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01-01-2007, 03:25 PM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
Posts: 13,453
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Finally got a camera this year, well we got the kids one.
The live center is made of parts from the local hardware store.
A 3/4" steel axle
A bronze bearing to match
A brass washer
A fender washer
A locking nut
You would need to grind a point on the end of the axle, I did it by spinning it against a belt sander.
On the drive end I use a cut off speedbore bit that I "unsharpened"
a pipe flange and a piece of pipe with a brace clamped to the drill press.
It's worked for the past couple of years
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Lets Go Darwin
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01-01-2007, 05:08 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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Classic ingenuity
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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01-01-2007, 06:31 PM
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Certified Mass-hole
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Jackson, NJ but born and raised in Massachusetts.
Posts: 1,223
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Very good upfront thinking  |
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01-01-2007, 06:36 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Where there is a will, there is a way. And your will is admirable to say the least. Not many people can build plugs with only a drill press!
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01-01-2007, 07:16 PM
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"Fishbucket"
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bahston Hahbah
Posts: 6,588
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love it.
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01-01-2007, 07:49 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 5,945
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gotta love yankee ingenuity  |
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01-02-2007, 10:56 AM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
Posts: 13,453
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
Where there is a will, there is a way. And your will is admirable to say the least. Not many people can build plugs with only a drill press!
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I have a few more tools than that, I used to run a cabinet shop as part of my construction business.
But I never needed a lathe and Plugs are only a foot max for the most part. |
Frasier: Niles, I’ve just had the most marvelous idea for a website! People will post their opinions, cheeky bon mots, and insights, and others will reply in kind!
Niles: You have met “people”, haven’t you?
Lets Go Darwin
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