10-29-2013, 05:25 PM
hi all thanks for the comments i did a bit more tonight i made two new handles up out of stainless steel and mad them rotate to first thing was to set me bevel gage to the taper of the original handles once this was dun i then moved my compound slide to match the gage put sum 10mm stainless steel in me chuck and of we go once the taper was made i then drilled the center out to 5mm then drilled 6.5mm by 6mm deep then cut it off once the two had bin dun i then made the center pin this was made out of m6 hex bar i turned dawn the top 15mm dawn to 5mm then drilled and tap it for m3 then cut it off then the opposite end was taken dawn to leave a 5mm nut then taken dawn to 4mm then a 4mm die was used to mack the threads then two end caps was made to go on the ends once they where put together you will get the jist when you see the pics
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