On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:23:54 -0800, Roger Hull
wrote:

First, thanks to all who offered advice on my Clausing cross-slide leadscrew
repair problem.

I have ordered Acme threaded rod to make the repair, but I will need to
accurately bore out the center of it whichever repair method I settle on. The
two choices now (As I see it) it to either turn off the existing worn-out
threads (I have a second lathe, a 3.5 x 17 Sherline), and bore out the
threaded rod to fit over the original shaft, OR Bore out the threaded rod to
the minor diameter of the splines and duplicate the splines (Or have it done
for me).

Either way I need to make an accurate hole almost a foot long. HELP!
Any advice appreciated. Alternate suggestions also appreciated.

Roger in Vegas
Worlds Greatest Impulse Buyer

Accurate hole almost a foot long..hummm sounds like gun drill time to
me. Since you are impulsive..and I happen to have a very nice
Eldorado Gun Drill available and surplus to my needs.....

Perhaps you would like to make a number of these and recoup your
expenses in purchasing my gun drill?
g

Gunner

"To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem.
To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized,
merely the domesticated." - Trefor Thomas