Turning the lumps and bumps off the column shift collar for a 1982 Chrysler steering column that will be installed in a 1941 Hudson pickup street rod. Note the J-B Weld on the right filling the hole where the shifter arm used to come in. My original style Homier lathe had no trouble at all turning this piece which cleared the top of the cross slide by about 1/8". (After doing the cross slide modification, of course!)

The brass and copper piece is a flex joint I found in a box of old radio parts I bought at an estate sale several years ago. I turned down the outside of the Homier lathe's leadscrew lash adjuster nut to slip into the end of the flex where it's held by two setscrews. The bracket, bushing and shaft also were in that box of stuff. The handle is my poor attempt at doing something fancy. :) Just dinking around experimenting and decided to use it for this.

Here you can see my homebrew 3/8" shank boring bar holder, the cross slide screw setback spacer, the compound slide screw modification (closeup below) and off in the left side is the carriage stop I made.

Sad proof that our education system needs help, or NASA isn't telling us everything...
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