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Ok, I decided to make a throttle body spacer for my jeep. I've heard they aren't worth much on the 4...

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This time the flash worked so you can see the pile of stuff the 1x3.5x12 6061 bar is sitting on. If ...

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Using the hole saw to get a better idea of where the center of the hole is. It's surprisingly hard t...

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Find the center of the hole, deeply center punch and drill the 1/4" pilot hole.

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First use the hole saw to cut a hole in a piece of hard wood so that the hole saw won't wander aroun...

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All set up to bore out the center hole. everything is clamped down so it won't move around. See how ...

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Once the hole is started switch the wood to the bottom.

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This takes a long time. You need a sharp hole saw and lots of time and oil. I found it worked best t...

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The hole is cut and the sides trimmed to almost the finnished dimension.

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So I got carried away and finished with no more pictures. I filed and ground and sanded the sides un...