On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:59:40 -0700, Jim Wilkins
wrote:

On Sep 30, 5:00 am, Prometheus wrote:
Hello all,

In the process of restoring the gigantic, ancient turret lathe I
recently aquired, I discovered that it's missing a pin on the
underside of the hex head that is used to index the machine to the
next station.

Basically, all I'm looking for is a peice of something tougher than
the mild steel I've got laying out in my forge, probably 4140 or a
little length of drill rod, that is .500 (preferably .003-.004"
oversized) and 1.4" long. I could go buy it, ...

Is the lathe functional enough to make it out of a 9/16" Grade 5 or 8
bolt?

Jim Wilkins
Or a Chinese cold chisel from Wal Mart?
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada