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Old 23 May 2019, 07:50 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by TomGrimes View Post
Thank you for responding, Scott. You're saying that a machine flipped a 5 upside down on it's own? Not that it matters, but I am just curious how such a thing could happen.
The numbers are not hand engraved so it is a machining error but the fault of the human that set the machine up. Whether it was die stamped or engraved using a pantograph guide I’m not sure but something went wrong. There will be others out there due to the quantity of parts produced.
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