Wind some wire around it to build up the diameter.

On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:54:33 -0600, Karl Townsend
wrote:

I need to make a pin .25" long by .096" diameter with a 0.109 by 0.117
head. It needs to be hard so I'll make it out of a 7/64 drill bit, the
size of the head.

What's a clever way to hold this in the lathe? it would be hard to
make soft jaws go down this small. I'm thinking some sort of
collapsible bushing that I'd drill.

Karl




Regards,

Boris Mohar

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