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Originally Posted by Brandon Holley
Art- If your supporting the shaft on both sides anyways (assuming a wheel your using can have a bolt pattern), then bolting each end of the shaft in place is even more simple IMO, instead of having to turn down the ends of the shafts.
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Turning down the ends of shafts on a lathe takes one tool.
Drilling and tapping the ends takes three: a center drill, the drill bit, then the tap.
On a manual lathe, it's faster to turn the ends down.