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   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   
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   > 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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