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Originally Posted by milt
Being as how the chucks may not be large enough to hold the OD, I can think of one more way to do this. Drill a hole to make a center, set up on the rotary table and drill the hub mounting holes. Then mount to your hub using longer bolts and some spacers cut evenly on your lathe. Use the hub chucked up as your arbor to cut the ID, fit it up to the hub tight and chuck it up again to turn the OD.
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Shifter, I don't have a hole saw, but I could certainly find one here in Houston.
Milt, this method would work, I believe. I could chuck the hub from the inside with the plate mounted/bolted to the hub.
But I think I could grab the OD though using the correct jaws.
These are all great ideas.
One more question, when I'm cutting the center hole, what happens to the piece of metal when I finally punch through? Does that piece fall harmlessly aside, or does it get launched. I'll be turning it slowly - 100 or 200 RPM.