Centre drilling a round bar help

[Tommyf]

Hi Guys
Your advice will be much appreciated so many thanks in advance.

I am making some new pins for a ransomes mower and have run into a problem. I had some 30mm round bar and the pins are 30mm, however when i cut them to length and put a champfer on the end I tried to fit the collar there is no way its going to go on. So I have been trying set up my old myford lathe to take a tiny bit off the bar but the bar is too thick to pass through the hole in the middle of the chuck & head stock . I wanted to do this to centre drill it.
My problem is Im having real difficulty trying to get the bar to run true using the fixed steady so i can centre drill it to put the live centre in to it.

Am i doing the right thing or is there a better way to do this ?

Cheers Tom

 

[doubleboost]

Of you centre a small length then use this to set up the steady near the chuck
Put the long length in the chuck with the steady at the tail stock end
Then clock in at the chuck
It will be running true

 

[Pete.]

Once in the steady the end you're drilling will be running true and the only thing you'll get from running out at the chuck end is a bit of precession so really it only has to be 'somewhere near' at the chuck end. Your biggest fear it having it walk out of the jaws.

 

[Tommyf]

Thanks for your replies I'll give it a try tomorrow