[Steve Davis]

A year or so ago I bought an alignment tool on eBay. It had a clear acrylic handle with a nylon cap screw in the end of it. It was OK but there was room for improvement. I bought a lathe a few months ago and I'm always looking for a project to make on it, so I decided to make a better alignment tool. I bought an inexpensive screw driver and used the handle. The shaft is 1/2 inch nylon rod with a nylon cap screw in the end.

Drilling the nylon rod for the cap screw

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Tapping the nylon rod

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Drilling the head of the cap screw for clearance

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Reducing the shank diameter so the tool will fit through the holes in the chassis


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Drilling the handle

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The shank has been installed in the handle using a swinging press

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Steve