Re: Stem question

On Mar 22, 6:31 pm, Irish-Rogue <rmurr2...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thank you all for the detailed replies and tips!

Cheers!

CHECK the end of the stem. A lucite MP is machined . A vulcanite one
is cast. The lucite will have a fairly consice rectangular slot MT
.

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