<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (sr_rolla @ Jul 30 2008, 07:59 PM) </div>What do you do with the stub axle when you put it in the lathe? I have a lathe with a bore that will take the strut tube, but the headstock is too long for the stub to be outside it (ie. strut pushed through from opposite chuck).
The other lathe I have is probably short enough in the headstock, but the bore is too small.
Just can't win!!
Here is a 2" pipe tap
It's a tapered one, but you get the idea......$50 bucks per thread!!
Cut and weld ftw.