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Screw count has hit four!

Well known fact; a machinist should be able to make anything to any size and I can certainly guarantee that no two dimensions match across the four screws! There's versatility for you. Despite appearances I did use the same knurling tool in the same manner for all four of them but I am now all knurled out.

I did cheat with the thread cutting and used a die, got a feeling I would be really pushing my luck trying to cut an M5 thread up to a shoulder on the lathe at this stage of the learning curve. It's been frustrating enough getting to where I am; luckily the lathe is securely bolted down on to a substantial bench so would be really difficult to throw out of the pram!

Dinner is now in the oven and I've just opened a fresh bottle of what hopefully will be a very pleasant Argentinian red cutting fluid.