<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2730.1700" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 11/14/2003 4:50:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, Crashva= lve@aol.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><FONT face= ="Times New Roman" color=#000040></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial>Your trig= sounds betterer than mine Dale. and I find the use of plate as a custom str= essing framework an especially elegant method of work as the Brits have it. = Have you ever slapped a few dial indicators on a plate while chipping to see= if it jinks around at all ? Just curious<BR>Glenn C.</FONT></FONT><FONT col= or=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></FONT><FONT face=Arial> </FONT= ></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3>   Gl= enn </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3>  Everythi= ng I know I learned from somebody else & the old school of hard knocks. = Pre-stress is an Old American factory method. No dial idicators yet . Why do= n't you come out and slap some contaption on one though, it sounds interesti= ng.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3>   Da= le</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>