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• Flat – thick, regular and thin.
• Fender – thick, regular and thin.
• Split Lock Washer – split centered.
• Split Lock Washer – split off center.
• Spring Lock Washer – top view
  Spring Lock Washer – bottom view
• Internal Tooth Lock Washer.
• External Tooth Lock Washer.

To begin open the Iso Hardware VL file you created in the last tutorial and duplicate the ellipse moving it off to the side.

Step 02

• Dupe this ellipse again and move it up 3.50 inches using the Property Bar.
• Break the outside nodes of the bottom ellipse with the Node Edit Tool, break apart (Ctrl+K) and delete the upper portion.
• Extend the lines as shown making sure the object is closed and that the vertical segments are snapped to the upper outside nodes.
• Trim the overlap using the Shaping Docker. This is a lot deeper than any washer but by initially creating it with this depth will allow easy modification later. Set a copy of this primitive aside for future use as a master cylinder.

Step 03
The Flat Washer

• A flat washer has a hole that is usually about 45 percent of the outside diameter. Duplicate the top ellipse and use the Property Bar to reduce it. Duplicate the result and put it aside.
• Create three rectangles with the following heights: 0.30, 0.50, 0.70 inches high.
• Duplicate the three objects three times off to the side snap the rectangles into place and drag the bottom nodes us to the height of the little rectangles.