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Sandy just to clarify your point 2. Is this what you meant? Using a peice of stock bolted down to form a stop for moving the larger one along to machine the outer rounded edges true to each other. The machined face is then indicated true to the spindle and adjustments made.

Two holes drill through the portion of the angle plate to be milled out for attaching work. The cut can then be taken to make sure the two outermost ends are parralel and square as these will be machined in one setting giving me a datum to always work to.

Second crapagram shows how I was going to attach to posts, to give clear access, (the posts been shorter than the crapagram allowing machined surface to contact the cross slide) the circular arrow is I believe rotation of milling cutter and working in the direction of the arrows, will ensure that I avoid climb milling. Which I'll leave for a finish pass. If the spindle goes the other at then obviously reversing direction of arrows.
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