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Johnwa - the 5/16" drill guides take an 8mm drill as sliding fit. That's one size sorted. If you want some 10mm bore bushes I will be getting a small batch next month via a small engineering shop. They will be bored out from 3/8" guides so the surface hardness in the bore will be degraded. I...

I think the 148 is so good I have acquired another 2. Now heading to Carbide Reamers and drills to make the bushes Metric - 8mm and 10mm. I will probably make the guide rods 10mm Silver Steel and ream out all the holes while I am at it. Improved 148 with a good future life.

I am looking at proprietary hardened drill bushes for 6mm, 8mm and 10mm drills. Might be able to commission hardened steel bushes or alterantively I have a small metal-working lathe and could do brass or ABS ones with a tube hardened insert. Has anyone tried anything like this

Hi 148 followers just used this magic jig for first time in years and it is time to Metricate it. Did anyone commission replacement metric bushes for the carriers? The originals are a bit rough but work - they appear hardened so opening out an Imperial one is a no-no. Help appreciated. Phil