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   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 25 Feb 2023 07:33:39 +0000, Rob H   
    wrote:   
      
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   >Yea, like most people has a lathe, a welder machine and cutting discs.   
      
   He's using a drill press, and I have a cheap device that holds a hand   
   electric drill and turns it into a drill press.  There are even cheaper   
   things that just hold the electric drill in place.   I did think about   
   buying a cheap drill press, but cmoputers interfered and I don't spend   
   as much time doing active things anymore. Instead I sit a this desk   
   getttng fat.   
      
   Plus I have a double grinding wheel** and you could just hold the rod up   
   against the grindstone and carefully rotate it in your fingers.  After   
   the end is tapered, cut it to the right length.    And I have an angle   
   grinder that he used.   And I think maybe  you could even just use an   
   electric sander???   
      **My grinding wheel was very cheap.  It is just a bracket with an   
   axlet that holds a grindstone or wire wheel at each each.  I added a   
   left-over motor I got somewhere, that already had a pully, and I bought   
   belt and mouted it all to a board, which is clamed to my workbench.   
      
   The angle grinder has cutting and other discs.   
      
   I have a very cheap set of taps and dies, under $10, although probably   
   not one that big.  Maybe one could use speed nuts if they make them that   
   big.  Maybe one could just thick nails, if they woudln't overheat.   
      
   I don't think he used a welder. In fact he made one.   
      
   Plus it's an excuse to buy more tools and that's always good.   
      
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