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A friend at work does some work with high end mountain bikes. I mentioned that I just put together a small machine shop and he asked if I could make a few parts for him. I was looking for something to practice on so we settled on a price of $50 plus material cost for the whole thing. It was a fun project; mainly turning on the lathe. I even got to do some threading (right and left hand!). I polished up the parts (aluminum) with Mothers mag wheel polish. It took me several hours for the whole job (I'm pretty new to machining so I'm slowish). It was fun. I think my friend feels bad that he is getting the parts so cheap, so he volunteered to buy me a machinists handbook (I need one so I didn't decline )
(The large cylinder in the photo was given to me to test the fit of the end pieces.)
Rick
(The large cylinder in the photo was given to me to test the fit of the end pieces.)
Rick
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