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Re: Q&A response - new interpretation of R16

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Originally Posted by AdamC View Post
Checking that article about curvilinear triangles (please don't harangue me for steering away from the original topic), does anybody know of a company that sells a curvilinear drill bit? It would be useful for drilling holes and then mounting a square locking pin as opposed to cutting notches and then mounting the pieces together (which changes the size of the bar stock). I suppose if they don't exist, I'll try and make one myself.
I don't totally understand the geometry behind it, but the second sentence in the linked article was "No - you can't drill square holes", so I'm guessing there's some reason that doesn't work.
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