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Offline NeoTech

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One way of cutting a wormwheel..
« on: April 07, 2013, 07:10:43 AM »
And the big quesion is.. why the hell didnt i think of that instead of handcranking a wormwheel on the indexer...

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Offline DMIOM

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Re: One way of cutting a wormwheel..
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2013, 07:16:40 AM »
John 'Bogstandard' showed us that method on MadModder a few years ago!

http://madmodder.net/index.php/topic,1913.msg19552.html#msg19552  (unfortunately his C-o-C sketch isn't visible any more)

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Re: One way of cutting a wormwheel..
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2013, 11:39:50 AM »
hehe well the whole thread is missing every picture.. that could be a reason.. i never read the thread.. ;)
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Re: One way of cutting a wormwheel..
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2013, 11:42:18 AM »
I suppose it's the issue of photos on 'off forum' locations which may not stay there forever. This is why even with the limitations of not being able to intersperse text with photos I am resisting using other hosting sites.
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Re: One way of cutting a wormwheel..
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2013, 11:59:19 AM »
Yeap i host my images on my private server.. it has been up for 12 years.. it will be up for another 10-15 years i hope at least. =)
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Re: One way of cutting a wormwheel..
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2013, 01:15:42 PM »
I've always had this one in the back of my head to try, but never had the chance yet.  Glad to see it does actually work for when I need it.