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I was trying to put a 1.125" hole through a piece of steel that's 1.5"
x 2.5" x 1". I was using a mill and the only 1 1/8" cutter that the shop I was in had. It made a really lousy rough cut that's also about ..012" oversized. This piece needs to be split to clamp down tight on a 1 1/8" post. Anyone have a suggestion for how to fix it up? I've never used JB Weld... would it work to line the hole with that and then bore it to 1 1/8"? I've made a jig so I could put the piece on the faceplate of the lathe to bore it there; I may not have access to a mill for quite a while now, so a lathe approach is best. I was also thinking about a sleeve, but I'm not sure if there is enough room to bore it out to fit a sleeve in there. If I did, what size OD on the sleeve would work out? Or should I say, how thin could the sleeve wall be? Last resort is to smooth the hole out as well as possible and then slit it much wider than I had planned, but that's not the best way. Thanks. -Bruno |
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