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Unread 05-11-2017, 08:29 PM   #3
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Both the wood base and the concentric-circle base are crappy fits in the tube. I doubt if Mec-Gar or the 'Holland' bases are OEM.

The other base looks like a dished plastic Mec-Gar base. Several members here use a ball-end mill to dish out the OEM Mec-Gar base. It can be done without removal.
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