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Originally Posted by dieseljeep
I'm used to metal working and filing a flat on the shaft, will take a bit longer than that. It depends what the shaft materal is, steel, aluminum or brass.
I'm a bit older than many of you and have the tools to perform, these tasks.
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That's my point, and that wiscojim doesn't seem to understand about me, I'm only 27 years old, and I haven't done a whole lot of metal working at all in my life with files or grinders and I don't have any files or grinders and with me being on disability and not currently having a job (except what little work I get doing repair work for people with vintage electronics) I don't get that that much money to buy stuff like a $200 bench grinder or a $150 set of files. I'm lucky to of even been able to of gotten the tools I have right now that I use which were given to me by relatives for Christmas gifts, or I had bought for a real good price at Aldi or Radio Shack, or even got from my Grandfather when passed away. I just want you guys to know that I'm just trying to do my best with what I have to work with and what knowledge and experience I have gained over the past 15 years of working on these things, just be thankful that I'm one of the very few millenials that's even got an interest in these antique and vintage radios and record players at all because to be honest most people in my age group (as attested to by many of the posts on here) would rather just chuck these old radios out than try to figure out what they are or how they work, let alone try to fix them! The mindset of the millenials is that if it doesn't have a way to hookup an ipod to it or if it doesn't have FM Stereo then its garbage.