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Post  RknRusty Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:13 pm

It's not as professional as a Ken Cook job, but I think It'll work. I have only two of the unobtainable Norvel fine thread NVs, and both have been bent. So I had to try something. I ground one down and narrowed the shaft so a 4-40 nut would just fit over the tip. I tinned it and soldered it on with electronics solder.

It's barely short enough.
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Post  Ken Cook Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:24 pm

Very creative Rusty, I like it. We need to keep those ingenuitive juices flowing. Ken
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Post  Mark Boesen Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:39 pm

fyi, small wheel colliers also work.
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Post  RknRusty Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:32 pm

My collars are for 1/16" wire, too small for that needle. I could buy some bigger ones or bore one out when I do the other needle. And lock it down with a bit of JB Weld. I'm going to make the other one a tad shorter too.

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