The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Thanks! So the final measurement of 47/64" or 5/8" is from the tip of the sapphire to the end of the shank regardless of the individual sapphire size if I am interpreting this correctly. Makes sense, easier to cut thin aluminum rod down than make perfectly identical sapphires each time.

Hello markrob, I saw in this thread that you are using the Presto short shank stylus in your (awesome) build. If at all possible, could you share the dimensions of that part? Working on a solution myself but can't seem to find any drawings for it. The useful numbers would be overall length including...