Keyway Bushing

[aametalmaster]

Here is something i pondered a while back. I have a keyway set that goes to 5/8" on the bushings. Now i needed a 7/8" one in a hurry. Do you wait untill Monday and order one or do your best and make do with what you already have. Yup thats what i did. I made a 7/8" bar with an offset 5/8" hole drilled in it real close to the edge. Using a 4 jaw chuck on my lathe for that step. Then i took the new soon to be bushing to my arbor press and used the same cutter to cut the slot in the side. Then i used the new bushing just like the others to make my keyway...Bob