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China can make good quality if they are given a decent price point to work with, North Americans are the problem. Everyone it seems to wants to pay as little as possible, which is understandable, but it leads to Amazonification of all products. I only want to purchase a tool once, I don't mind...

H-M? Am I missing out on a good site?

So you're shaving the keyway in a couple of thou. on each stroke, cool. That's how green I am when it comes to the possibilities of what a mill can do. Did you modify that boring bar yourself or is that something that can be purchased? I found these guys but their tools look expensive...

I have the original cast iron pulley for my lathe, at the moment it has a 5/8" bore and I need drill it out to 7/8" for the new motor. Do I have to find someone with a shaper or is there another way to do it? Thanks

A little cheaper on Aliexpress, https://vi.aliexpress.com/item/1005003518993184.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2vnm

I can't get past the shape, it looks like something I doodled in my notebook when I was 10 yrs old.

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So with using 5C or ER40 collets to hold the work piece, what happens when the the round stock you buy isn't precisely the same size? I buy most of my metal from McKinnon Metals, https://mckinnonmetals.com/ and some times what is sold as 1/2" or 1" is somewhat under or over sized, these collets...

A drill chuck you mean? Hell I don't even have a working tailstock yet, I'm trying to adapt the Utilathe 13" tailstock to fit my 10".