Hi,
Nice job on making it work. I've found over the years of modifying tools that it pays to be care about what you start with. For little projects like that I like the CCC, (Cheap, Cheerful Chinese), brand of socket.
The cheap tools like sockets and wrenches tend to be softer and easier to do naughty things to. For example the socket I used for my mill power feed was easily drilled and tapped with HSS tooling. But it can still be a crap-shoot sometimes.
dalee
Nice job on making it work. I've found over the years of modifying tools that it pays to be care about what you start with. For little projects like that I like the CCC, (Cheap, Cheerful Chinese), brand of socket.
The cheap tools like sockets and wrenches tend to be softer and easier to do naughty things to. For example the socket I used for my mill power feed was easily drilled and tapped with HSS tooling. But it can still be a crap-shoot sometimes.
dalee
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