Found some time to work on the connecting rods.
Had to finish T's trellises and install a phone jack.
Geesh, the days are flying by!
Not a good job on the rods. Holes appear pretty off center but so long as the distance between holes is correct, the rods should work.
The 1st pic shows me using a 1/8" end mill. I took that hint from Dean's website.
Otherwise the dimple would force the center drill and/or drill off.
You may recall I'd 3D printed a spindle stop for the mill. Very handy as otherwise I would need a 3rd hand.
One to twist the draw bar, one to hold a wrench on the spindle, and one to hold the tool so it doesn't drop out.
The spindle stop takes the place of the wrench on the spindle.
Unfortunately, too often I would turn on the mill forgetting the stop was in place.
This resulted in two types of noises and the stop sometimes getting flung off.
One noise was the rattling of the draw bar in the stop.
The other noise was me.
So I made a little reminder and we'll see how that goes.