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Yes! It works really good. I also use it as an instant paint pallet. I stick it to my Corian work surface and can mix paint on it, or use it to mix up small batches of epoxy. When the paint or epoxy is dry, I just peel it off and throw it out. For my paint bottles that are used for the air brush, the foam seal deteriorates very quickly. Without the seal the paint dries out very quickly. I clean off the lip and then put a small square of Scretch-n-Seal on it, stretch it and then close the cap. It seals correctly.

I think I'm finished designing the Bullard Vertical Turret Lathe and will get ready to prepare it for printing. I also think I finally got a perfect print of the drill press and Bridgeport. I got the Bridgeport handles big enough that they'll hold together. I also got a new resin called Tenacious, which when added to my regular resin imparts some real flexibility to the material and will improve my production of thin and fragile details. I will have to adjust my exposure time to account for the slower cure of this new resin. I was told you should use the time for the slowest resin.

I was able to copy that huge faceplate from the wheel lathe to this machine and then scale it to 36", thicken it a bit and using it. It was a bear to draw and I'm glad I got another use for it. I chose not to add any small wires and linkages knowing full well that they wouldn't come out successfully. I faked the lead screws using a series of shapes that look like the thread shape, but they not in a spiral. It's just to add texture to this part.

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