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Old 06-18-2008, 10:27 AM
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Your thinking stock removal. Why not stock addition?

Take a piece of pipe and swage it down to the *right* size and taper, cut it in half and then buttress the half pipe for support. There is nothing wrong with the old ways of making the socket, it is just a bit slower.
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