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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Step 1. Create the Slot Stub Sparking Head</div>
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      <p class="para_topic"> In this task, you create an electrode sparking area that burns away surrounding material, leaving a row of stubs that mold the cooling slots on the saw cover.</p>
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif"> On the<b class="uiTerm"> Electrode Design</b> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('nxelectrode_design/index.html?goto=nxelectrode_design/nx_electrode_toolbar.html&amp;vars=-aux,-home','link','menubar=yes,status=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no,height=600,width=500,left=100,top=100');return(false);">toolbar</a>, click <b class="uiTerm">Trim Solid </b><img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/wizards/electrode_design/trim_solid.gif" border="0">.
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                     <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif"> On the<b class="uiTerm"> Trim Solid </b>dialog box, choose <b class="uiTerm">Face</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Manual</b>, and <b class="uiTerm">Subtract</b>.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif"> Adjust the display to maximize your view of the floor and stubs.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif"> On the<b class="uiTerm"> Trim Solid </b>dialog box, select the <b class="uiTerm">Convex</b> option, and set the search level to <b class="uiTerm">2</b>.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">One at a time, select <em>any flat side</em> on slot stubs <b class="uiTerm">1</b> through <b class="uiTerm">9</b>.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">On the <b class="uiTerm">Trim Solid</b> dialog box, choose <b class="uiTerm">Create Bounding Box </b><img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/wizards/electrode_design/create_box.gif" border="0">.
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         <p class="para_action">On the same dialog box, choose <b class="uiTerm">Edit Bounding Box</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_d_editbox.gif" border="0">.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">To size the sparking head, drag the <b class="uiTerm">X</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Y</b> arrow handles in the <b class="uiTerm">-X</b> and <b class="uiTerm">-Y</b> directions as shown.
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                  <p class="para_note_body"> Stop when it looks like the face offsets are approximately <b class="uiTerm">-3 mm</b> in the <b class="uiTerm">Y</b> direction and <b class="uiTerm">-38 mm</b> in the <b class="uiTerm">X</b> direction. This balances the electrode design by placing the slots in the center. 
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                  <p class="para_td" align="center"><b class="uiTerm">Finished Slot Stub Sparking Head</b></p>
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