Making A Flat On A Shaft

You also can place round stock in lathe bigger than on of shaft then bore through with a slip fit the size of the shaft.

Use a sharp hss cutter in tool post to scribe alignment marks on face of stock by just moving tool same as facing but with stock stopped.

On one make scratch along side.

Tip of cutter must be on center.

Maybe face first so you can get the tip on center then make marks and bore last.

Use square from bed and rotate 90 degrees and mark again.

Use vice on drill press to hold and use scratches to verify square and place side scratch top.

Center punch on scratch and carefully drill hole into center bore.

Set screws usually have pointed tip so select a drill that has same size to make a landing or seat and drill hole with that size.

Slide shaft into your sleeve and test to verify it is landing on center.

Now drill the seat and the set screw will land in seat and the fit will be great.

You can do same without the sleeve to use as a guide but the sleeve makes it easy to repeat without much work and you can practice your skills and make a tool at same time.

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