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The Home Machinist

We write, you write… alright!

By Bob Fritz

I get letters. Letters with great questions, most with compliments, some with other sorts of, shall we say, opinions. But most interesting, there are tool-and-die makers reading my humble efforts at Metal Shop 101, and they’ve made some great suggestions that are worth passing on. I also want to say, before we go too much further, that I and my editors are gratified by the response to this series and the dialogue that has emerged.

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