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  1. Jan 17, 2026, 08:28 AM #1
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    A quick tip to sit square collet blocks accurately upright.

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    The base of this 5C collet block has a nut that is not accurate enough to sit the block upright, so I used Vee blocks to square up all 4 faces.
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