Author Topic: finding center on a round bar (Read 4019 times)

madmike3435 · « **on:** February 15, 2017, 10:38:58 AM »

was visiting a friend on the weekend and the discussion turned to how to find absolute center on a 5/8" round aluminum bar , that I am making rad to firewall rods.

He simply grabbed a 5/8" socket, dropped a 3/8 punch with a point thru the end, then whacked it with a hammer. !!!!!!! The punch set runs from 1/8" up to 1/2" to cover all your 1/4----3/8---1/2" sockets holes.

voila , perfect center to drill down into and tap threads for spherical 5/16" rod ends left and right .

mike lynch

62131 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 15, 2017, 07:01:45 PM »

Very clever way of finding center on a round rod, tools that we all have in our tool box.

madmike3435 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 15, 2017, 08:50:08 PM »

I WAS ENTHUSED THAT SOMETHING SO SIMPLE , THAT HAD GIVEN ME TROUBLE DOING FOR A LONG TIME WAS SOLVED. I JUST HAD TO SHARE AND MAKE EVERYBODY ELSES LIFE EASIER.

MIKE

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