Luckily, I fly from remote locations alone or with a friend or student, and don't have to deal with the "nose in the air" type people, but it sure is a gas to see the look on the faces of the "common folk" when I tell them the engine is out of a weedeater or chainsaw!! It's would be hard also to top the personal satisfaction of doing it. Priceless all that...

I have a lathe now, and will buy a mill soon, but I may continue to solve the "taper problem" this way. It sounds tricky to do a taper to this "newbie" to machine tools...

AV8TOR