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Yesterday I made the spacer I was missing.
The piece was 2-1/8" square so there's a few flat spots on the 2-1/4" outer diameter. I don't think it's critical.
I scribed some marks from corner to corner to find the center point then drilled a center drill hole. I then used that center drill hole to chuck up the piece in the 4 jaw by pinning the piece to the back of the chuck with a center in the tailstock.
I bored it out to about 0.751". The pin itself mic'd exactly 0.750" to maybe a few tenths under.
After I had the center hole I just happened to have a 3/4" slitting saw arbor. I mounted the washer in the arbor and made a scratch pass on the face at the proper diameter. I then belt sanded off the bulk and cleaned up the OD on the lathe using the arbor again.
The piece was 2-1/8" square so there's a few flat spots on the 2-1/4" outer diameter. I don't think it's critical.
I scribed some marks from corner to corner to find the center point then drilled a center drill hole. I then used that center drill hole to chuck up the piece in the 4 jaw by pinning the piece to the back of the chuck with a center in the tailstock.
I bored it out to about 0.751". The pin itself mic'd exactly 0.750" to maybe a few tenths under.
After I had the center hole I just happened to have a 3/4" slitting saw arbor. I mounted the washer in the arbor and made a scratch pass on the face at the proper diameter. I then belt sanded off the bulk and cleaned up the OD on the lathe using the arbor again.