From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 6/26/2024 6:59 PM, Snag wrote:   
   > On 6/26/2024 6:41 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   >> On 6/26/2024 3:33 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   >>> "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:v5i4pg$2bc2r$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>>   
   >>> Makes perfect sense to me.  Not sure about them being flat though.   
   >>> I'll go double check both of my sets when I have another minute.   
   >>> Bob La Londe   
   >>> -----------------------------------   
   >>> The rods for my Starrett are flat across the end.   
   >>   
   >> I went and looked.  I was in the back shop slitting some stock to   
   >> width, and I was right there.  The Craftsman set is flat.  The Shars   
   >> set is definitely radiused on every rod. I recall using the Shar's to   
   >> get some dimensions for the rails on a handgun frame and I had to   
   >> sweep it back and forth to make sure I was getting the dimension.   
   >> With a square end I would not have had to do that.   
   >>   
   >> I thought I had a benefit to the radiused end in my mind, but when I   
   >> think through it doesn't seem to add up.  Maybe just ease of grinding   
   >> to length being just a theoretical single point instead of a   
   >> perpendicular flat.   
   >>   
   >>   
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   >>   
   >    And this might not be as straightforward as I thought . Those collars   
   > at the top only want to rotate about 90° . Might be because the   
   > setscrews have flattened the threads but I haven't pulled a screw to see   
   > . Tomorrow will be soon enough .   
   >   
      
      I decided to look up calibrating the rods ... the collar doesn't   
   rotate and the nut on top adjusts the length . The setscrews lock the   
   collar in place .  I'll be checking that in the morning .   
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   Snag   
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