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    Nice tool, knoba!

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    Thanks DIYer!

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    Pretty thing to look at and look into. Great idea on the crosshairs. Spot on!

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    wow thats a nice punch eyeglass as good as mine. :O)

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    Thanks guys'!

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    There's nothing shoddy about your punch, mine just looks fancy in a round tobacco tin...

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    i'm gonna get a tin toooo...:O)

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    Thanks knoba! I've added your Optical Center Punch to our Measuring and Marking category, as well as to your builder page: knoba's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:


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    Knoba, Like I said I just love this thing and will be making one soon but realized you had a 17.8885mm spherical radius for your optics...how on earth did you determine that let a lone make it? I'll have to hunt for a tin though!

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    A really good and unexpensive idea !

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