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Midnightwalk

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11. So it wasn't the screws

Reply to marble falls (Reply #7)

Wed Jan 30, 2019, 02:39 AM

Jan 2019

That thomasnet site is cool. Did you see the daily bite stuff? Those articles were good. I think it proves your point about getting custom screws shouldn't be a problem. The original article should have done a better job fact checking. Apple's story doesn't seem plausible.

In your opinion is there a coming shortage of tool and die makers like the article I linked says?

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