One more wheel to final and one more faced, drilled, bored, and reamed.  I love having a lathe that will drill 1/2 inch holes like nothing.  A hole that size on my mini-lathe was a real ordeal.  Since the holes need to be reamed to .625 (5/8″ inch), I drill to .5, bore to .615, then ream to .625.

Cast iron is so messy and tough that’ll I’ll be happy to get back to cutting steel.  The cast iron powder is very hard to clean from hands and I often go to my job as a software development manager looking like I am moonlighting as an auto mechanic in the evenings.

The goal is to keep working through all eight wheels on hand until they are done.  It is a holiday weekend, so hopefully I’ll get some extra basement time this weekend.