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Don Foreman
 
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Default A little metal crank

On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 09:22:19 -0800, "T.Alan Kraus"
wrote:

Don Foreman wrote:
I made a little metal crank to replace a broken one on a lathe.

http://users.goldengate.net/~dforeman/crank/


Beautiful work! how did you shape the handle?

T.Alan


Freehand, on the lathe. Turned a little of it, did the rest with file
and strip abrasive paper. It may sound tedious but in fact it only
takes a few minutes, particularly with brass.

Shoulda made it bigger, oh well.