Dragline Crawler Build

[9W Monighan]

Keep the bar chucked through the whole process. Leave enough bar sticking out of the chuck so your tools can do what is needed for say,2 or 4 rollers. Turn the OD , do the step and taper using LH and RH tools, center drill, rough drill, ream to size you need, part off the finished roller making sure the left and right are equal so rib is centered. Now this process will keep everything concentric but don't drill too far because when you have to pull the bar out of the chuck to machine more you will have to face the bar off so it's clean to start another center drill.