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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Select a blank from bar or tube stock</div>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgturning/turn_geom_boundary.html');return(false);">Boundary Geometry</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgturning/turn_geom_curve_stock.html');return(false);">Selecting a Blank from Curve Stock</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfgturning/turn_geom_blank_workspace.html');return(false);">Selecting a Blank from Workspace</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">Bar Stock is raw material in the shape of a bar, i.e., with no hole through the middle. Tube Stock is in the shape of a bar but with a hole running the length of the middle. This type of stock is used to save roughing time for parts with no material in the middle. Turning allows you to define various parameters of these stock types to create a blank most representative of the blank on the machine.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">define the mounting position:</p>
            <p class="para_item">The mounting position is the point where the blank is attached to the spindle axis. This may be</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">At Headstock - the blank is positioned in a positive x direction from the headstock</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Away from Headstock - the blank is positioned in a negative x direction from the headstock</p>
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            <p class="para_item">input the length of the blank stock in Length</p>
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            <p class="para_item">input the outside diameter of the blank stock in Diameter</p>
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            <p class="para_item">input the inside diameter of the blank for tube stock</p>
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