Quote Originally Posted by WESTERNAERO View Post
He put a part in a "V" attached to the tool post, put a cutting tool in the spindle and ran the cross slide with the part across the spinning tool? Definitely creative but it's nice to have the free end of the part on a center.
It's not WW2, there's no need to be that clever. Take the shaft to a shop with modern equip and pay to get it done. <<<<<< Not trying to be a dick with this. I'm just saying, is the 50-100 dollars it's going to cost, worth all the effort of making something like that? I've run conventional lathes, mills, screw machines, grinders, threadrollers, etc. Now days I wouldn't even think about it with the technology that's out there in the machine tool world. Unless, you have a lathe and you like to tinker.
No worries, I don't think you're a Dick. I like learning some of the info you provide. I'm just a Hillbilly that likes to tinker with stuff on nights and weekends and the shop's are'nt open then, so it's not about money more like convenience to do stuff when I can. As far as the effort of making something like that, I'm sure I could copy it in about an hour.