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"how did you cut out the 'inside' of the larger piece? It looks machined to fit the other piece perfectly. Can a lathe cut inside of a piece like that?"
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Yes. With a boring tool. I cut the inside to the specs I wanted, then turned the plug to fit.
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"out of curiosity have you ever just misplaced one or lost one?"
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I wish it were only one. I have lost countless parts, both during machining, and by dropping them. I lost half of the clamp for neck of the nitrous bottle (coming soon...) I was making last Thursday, gave up looking and made a new set. I have lost one half of that new set three times, twice Friday and once this morning. Found it each time, but lost well over an hour total looking for it.
Now I make extra hardware often while I have it set up just in case... Hence the 10 bolts for the fuel filler when only 8 are needed.
Now I look for a bit, but not all that hard unless it's something large enough that I have a chance of finding, or something that would take a while to remake... - Mark