Moldmakers keep silly putty handy to check internal features. Should work for an internal thread if it is big enough to stick your finger in with a blob of silly putty on it.
--Ralph -- Ralph ________________________________ From: andy pugh <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 19 October 2026 05:15:00 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] AI Hallucination. CAUTION: This email originated from outside the Walla Walla University email system. On Mon, 19 Oct 2026 at 13:03, Robin Szemeti via Emc-users <[email protected]> wrote: > > Probably not an "AI"as such but Google's pseudo AI intelligent search, > which is awful and keen to please and will make stuff up as something is > better than nothing. Try asking a well formed question of a proper AI > (Claude for example) and compare. Claude 5.5 Opus suggested a replica casting (which I already tried) and using a CMM with a tiny probe. I don't have a CMM but I do have a CNC milling machine, so I might actually try that with a bent needle. It might give me the thread profile. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.sourceforge.net%2Flists%2Flistinfo%2Femc-users&data=05%7C02%7Cralph.stirling%40wallawalla.edu%7C8dbc99da597e4c9fd1ba08df2ddab8b5%7Cd958f048e43142779c8debfb75e7aa64%7C0%7C0%7C639280089585024542%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=cd92ojJdwniTSiSY4lm0P5sAk%2F5jtKl86l75iGQK7VM%3D&reserved=0<https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
