Quote Originally Posted by martymayes View Post
I have made some of those before!! .....std tubing for the tube part. For example, 1/2" cm tubing has at least 8 std wall thicknesses from .028" to 1/8". Try shopping at one of the aircraft suppliers for more variety.

For the "washer" part, rough cut out of plate, drill hole, stack up on arbor, put arbor in lathe, turn OD to size, bazinga! Done.
Awesome!! I like the idea of "stacking" the rough pieces and doing them all on lathe at once, that would save time, NICE!! Thanks!!