<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 5/21/2004 1:12:53 AM Pacific Standard Time, sec@over= spianos.com.au writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Hi Dale,<BR><BR>Just to add to Joe's comments,= we use a tungsten carbide slotting <BR>cutter in our small milling machine = at 2000  RPM. Using the X, Y and <BR>Z slides on the milling machine it= is possible to do a very nice job <BR>with an appropriate jig to hold the s= hank in an indexed position.<BR><BR>Best,<BR>Ron O.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV= > <DIV>     <FONT size=3>Hi Ron</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Thanks. Came up for air I see. Sounds = like a great set up. Can I borrow it?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Dale</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>