finding center on a round bar

[madmike3435]

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]

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

[madmike3435]

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