Thanks for the "affirmation." It's sorta fun turning it, although I'm still pi$$ed about throwing away the original
. Actually the original isn't original. I had gotten a C-body 8-track deck from Ebay and scavenged the eject pin and the thumb wheel controls off of it, so it was galling to have accidently thrown the pin away.
I fell heir to the lathe. It's a South Bend from the late '30s that needed a motor, some oil, and a lot of cleaning, so this pin is my first project on it. I hoping to hear how long the eject pin supposed to be, then I can thread it and find a plating shop. It this goes well and plating isn't to horribly expensive I might try to make a couple extra. In any case, I'm going to make one more and try using stainless. This one is plain steel (from a bolt), and I think stainless would make a nicer product.
