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Next is the belly holes. My fixtures hold the plug and locate the plug using the belly hole, the front one to be specific. Most all my fixtures for any plugs I make use the belly holes to locate the plug for all operations. That being said you want a nice fit, size, for the pin, be it steel or wood, that goes in the belly hole. I do hydro my darters after turning and thru hole. My darters are not weighted so I feel important and a pretty easy step. Some do not, some think unimportant, some have other reasons. In a talk with Mr. Musso he said I really should, so I do. I will try and include a few pics to help. Here is the fixture, sled that carries the blank. I use a table saw with a dado blade to cut the first angle. You can see the pin in the rear end that goes into the blank and the pin on the bottom closer to the cut that locates the blank. I really don't even have to clamp the blank to the fixture as it is locked into the sled but I do just in case.
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