July 2017

The gear linkage needs to be drilled and pinned in a number of places.
My drill press is on a shelf which is a bit too high for my short legs I do need to sort this out although I kind of want an older floor standing pillar drill. Consequently I am never confident in drilling accurately located holes - particularly in a round object such as a shaft.
I decide to use the vertical slide on the lathe with a drill chuck in the head stock.
I install the components in the car and once happy I mark the shaft alignments and hole locations.
I make some copper shims from a piece of plumbing pipe to align the universal joints in the vice. Holes are started with a centre drill and then drilled through with a standard 5/32" drill bit. To enable easier insertion of the pins I use a centre drill to break the edge of the hole and provide a slight lead in.
This is repeated for all of the require holes.