Workshop Tip - Don't Throw Stuff Away! - Part Two

[wizard69]

Well that is a very interesting use of those cartridges.

This left the mind churning and one idea that cam to me is to use them to make small crank handles. That is to replace the ones that always break off on small lathes and mills. Bore a slightly larger hole and fill with a bit of epoxy and then drive in a length of drill rod. Stand on end to allow the epoxy to run down around the drill rod that would be inserted an inch or so into the cartridge. Seems like a light weight way to produce a small crank handle. Not having the cartridges on hand I have to wonder what the max realistic bore one could drill through the neck, but if you can do 5/32" that might be good enough for many small machines.