So I tried the technique in that video.
First try - hard wood dowel
FAIL !
Second try - used a 6mm screw with its head cut off. That too was a FAIL...just snapped off.
Third try - 8mm bolt threaded into the end. That too was a FAIL...it just ripped the thread out.
No idea why they all failed. There was a very loose fit in the guide hole. So I abandoned that and resorted to good old fashioned planing using this guide to check progress.
And that got pretty boring, I have to confess. So I decided to focus on getting the wooden shaft as far in to the metalwork as possible and then worry about the rest of the shaft later.
This is where we are starting from. The original shaft was very nicely tapered into the very end of the metalwork and so I have a long way to go.
The ash remnants inside the metalwork proved excellent at showing the high points that needed removing.
Until finally, I think that this is pretty good.
But now for the
moment. I'll leave that for the next post.
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.