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I'm 50/50 on that one, Peter. The 'plug' is 7mm deep which would take some machine time on brass plate - then there's the stress the plug would put on the surrounding blank while turning. Probably uneconomical even if it were possible ...

Ian, there's a pictorial of the process in this thread.

[QUOTE="Jimjam66, post: 28719, member: 58"] I'm 50/50 on that one, Peter. The 'plug' is 7mm deep which would take some machine time on brass plate - then there's the stress the plug would put on the surrounding blank while turning. Probably uneconomical even if it were possible ... Ian, there's a pictorial of the process in [URL="www.penturners.co.uk/buy-sell/482-cnc-mill-time.html"]this thread[/URL]. [/QUOTE]

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