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Lap Primer?

Thread starter althius
Start date Jan 7, 2008
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althius

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Been reading about this whole lapping thing. Is there a primer/sticky out there? Seems like a good idea, but is there a downside?

Groveling_Wyrm

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Jan 8, 2008

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Read the sticky at the top of this section and you will see a good step by step on lapping.

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