Any machinists on the board?

[EvilTessmacher]

As in, active, working, has-a-lot-of-machine-tools machinists?

I have a part that I'd like to have made, and it's way beyond my ken.

[CROSSBOLT]

I think de dee is an active machinist....

[de dee]

I think de dee is an active machinist....

  only in my dreams  old man  de dee  construction for 40 years

[de dee]

I think de dee is an active machinist....

[CROSSBOLT]

Whaddya, howdy shave down that variator?

[de dee]

I shaved the variator slides with a 1 / 2 " belt sander, it fits very well,   and by hook or crook it worked,  made a template of wHAT I wanted, a curve ,  so the variator was on and off over 20 times, that's what happens when you don't know what you are doing, but do it any ways,. 

[Stig / Major Tom]

I shaved the variator slides with a 1 / 2 " belt sander, it fits very well,   and by hook or crook it worked,  made a template of wHAT I wanted, a curve ,  so the variator was on and off over 20 times, that's what happens when you don't know what you are doing, but do it any ways,. 

Doctor de dee, you're a trip!

Stig

[EvilTessmacher]

A pretty darn impressive one, with that alternative engineering...

My task isn't nearly that complex. All I need is an aluminium bar, about 1" in diameter, with one end slightly chamfered, and the other end made with a flat spot and a hole. I'd post a drawing, but I haven't had the time to make one.