Mike Burdick
Senior Member

Brian, Gosh... you build an engine from scratch and then you hunt around for an off the shelf fan blade to finish that beautiful work of...

winchman, Nice workmanship - very professional! Here's a suggestion for the next one you make....:) Build the floor with a "V" slant...

Apparently not a bad answer... This person suggests that many different kind of woods are needed to make a guitar: ...

Tony, Why shorten the shaft... just machine the old brass off, like you suggested, then drill and tap the shaft end (axial) for a small screw...

Kind of a catch-22 here. You mentioned the "terminal was burned off" and that may mean the connection could not handle the capacity but since you...

Not even close! Here's an example of a hoof knife. It's not really used to trim the hoof, but rather the frog and sole. They come in right and left...

Ouch! Having teeth excavated sounds very painful to me.

A very informative and helpful article from Sherline Products: "Grinding Your Own Lathe Tools" ... http://www.sherline.com/grinding.htme ...

Try this.. Text Book of Turning by P.F. Hercus, 57 Pages (PDF 3.39 MB) or view these... http://cholla.mmto.org/machining/tubalcain/

Yes, drill a 1/8" hole. The pins are over sized. http://www.engineersedge.com/roll_pin.htm

I'd just braze a 1/4" X1/4" HSS tool bit 90 degrees to the very end of a piece of scrap cold rolled rod; sharpen the HSS bit as normal and be done...

For what it's worth, here's a review of the item the OP is referring to ... ...