As the drilling required was pretty lightweight I decided to super-glue the gland and steel carrier together to drill/spot the holes. Big mistake. Although it all seemed to go smoothly, when I separated the two parts the holes in the steel part were completely out of position - it seems that being fractionally different sizes (less than a couple of thou') the vice had held only the upper part, the glue had failed to hold and as a result the steel bit had turned at some point. Bugger.
So goes another hour...turn mild steel to 18mm OD, face both ends, drill then thread central hole, ream one end for gland, cut slot for mating to upright. Second time around I used a nut and bolt to hold the parts together and all went to plan.
Here we are with the remade steel part and brass gland in situ. It's getting close to burn time again.
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