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If you don't know that lost wax investment casting was used, I wouldn't rule it out. It imo is your best chance given the volume you want. Get the right shore of silicon rubber, cast a mold, split it, send wax patterns to a jewelry caster. Arbutus, not bronze filament, but sending it out to...

That is pretty thin. I was curious what casting process because you can get quite thin sections with investment casting, I'm not sure though if you can over such a large surface. Maybe you've been down that road, but if not, what you can do with investment casting is quite different from other...

Drill and hole and file .... you might've been done by now :). I've made square broaches, but that takes a day's worth of chin scratching before you even start. silver solder (braze) a big hex shape on top that you can put a socket/wrench on. If your welding resembles a bunch of grapes...

Sometimes you do what you have to do, but imo there is only one right way:, turn it to the size you need. There's ways to get a decent shot a subthou accuracy. 10ths indicator on the cross slide, tight set up and super sharp HSS so you can creep up on it would be top of my list. Anything...

bit of a mystery isn't it? If pressed, the cross section looks substantial enough that it would take a lot of force, and likely expensive tooling. But there are lots of industrial processes I don't have a clue about lol. As to what to do? What casting process did you use? To me that seems...

Seems like a lot of mill for 1300. I think he is incorrect/misleading to call it a universal. A universal is one where the table swivels, not where it has both vertical and horizontal functions.

Not me, I was too wishy washy. It's a beauty and I wanted it .... otoh I have one and can count zero times I've needed to do differential dividing :)

Derek is or was a member here .... going to see him Monday. Might just have to go to the bank! That looks sweet. Similar to the size I have, but I like the differential dividing capability.

Now he tears into packages with a new found vim and vigour!

It's a slightly challenging but a doable grinding job. You could lap it, no need for Time Saver though, just use regular lapping compound and a material for the lap that is softer than the CI. imo it will cut better than time saver whose only advantage is that it (supposedly) doesn't embed...