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Unread 10-02-2015, 16:47
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Re: Need help reducing shaft diameter

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Originally Posted by Mark Sheridan View Post
You can try loading the shaft into a hand drill chuck, spin the shaft while cupping the part with sand paper. Let the hand drill do the hard work.
It's to long to do in a hand drill, which is why we tried a similar method with the lathe. I accidentally got my thumb pinched between the paper and the shaft, which hurt a lot, so I was wondering if there's a safer / alternate way to do it.
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