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U joint fit right on the rack no problem:

A while back I measured the end of the steering column and found it matched the standard DD shaft perfectly.  I found out it matches almost perfectly.  It was a little too tight.  I measured the old one.  The thickness across the flats matched within .001.  The diameter was .750 for the new shaft, and .739 for the old one.  I went ahead and turned .010 off the diameter of the last 1.5 inches of the column.  This was the first time I used the 4 jaw chuck on my lathe.  Fits great now.  Snug but possible to get in there.

I realized the other day that I could no longer clean up the shop because there were too many things that had no place to go.  I bought a tool box that exactly fits under the lathe.  It showed up a couple days early so I snagged it tonight.  It is really nice to finally be able to put wide tools away.

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