[ClodMaxx]

he's this little old german guy - super nice and showed me around all of his CNC machines, presses and other things i've already forgotten the names of. he told me that i'm welcome to stop by for any other 'challenges' like this...but i'll still order my aluminum motor mounts from mike. :005:

the lathe wasn't what opened the holes, although that would've been ideal except we couldn't figure out how to hold the irregular shaped knuckle and keep it true. he used the lathe to mill 2 pegs - one that was 15mm and the other was 16mm. the pegs were then put in this big milling machine that looked like a giant drill press on steroids. he had a 16mm drill bit thing that came down to open the holes. the milled pegs he created held the knuckle from the bottom, fitting into the lower bearing slot.... i just re-read this, and there's no easy way for my creative brain to 'splain it. :eek: i hope i'm making sense.