Curtis talks. Just keep trains away from him. Lol , just found your channel going down the rabbit hole now.

Great job. Your engineerings skills are obviously coming along nicely but don't neglect the magpies. They're not going to feed themselves.

The industrial hard chrome is hydrogen embrittled. The outside layer(0.05" deep) is probably RC65 or better. We anneal it by induction before machining. the center is basically 1040 hot rolled.

the eyes are Inertial Friction Welded. I have made literally thousands of them. The chrome is best machined with a ceramic insert or by annealing the end first.

To support stick out on the backside of chuck you want whats called a spider but really it's best to avoid doing that if possible due to whip, that tape really did nothing. Chuck it short, use a low rpm and center drill then feed more in and use a live center so the tail stock supports it. Kind of find a balance for the spans. For longer spans between chuck and tail stock you would want a center rest. Just have to watch the chrome don't get damaged. If you had center drilled the end of the eye before parting it off you would have been able to use the lathe to hold it aligned for tack welding, just cover the ways first. Induction hardened/chromed rod is is pretty hard on even carbide inserts until you get down into it so coolant and go slow is a good idea. I did hear your indicator crying with the lath spinning that fast, just turn it by hand or use very low speed lol It's a shame Enco was bought out by MSC, they had decent prices, MSC don't. Anyway just some tips to consider but you got it done so congrats ! Learn by doing.

@wethepeeples8309

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Thanks you!

Wow...pretty cool! Youguns doing the hard stuff...awesome Cool shoutout to CEE, Abom79, and a few others I see :) Do you guys watch Snowball Engineering, or On Fire Welding? Great job guys! Keep em coming!!!!

@wethepeeples8309

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We’ve never watched Snowball or On fire welding

hope you specified induction hardened hard chrome bar.you can engage the half nuts anywhere because 16 tpi is a direct multiple of the lead screw pitch.

@plastic_strider8156

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That’s good to know

Dang that thing looks rough! y’all did a great job on the new one. Would you just look at it😂😂

The Pakistanis are good at those types of work