lathe make shear pins for snowblower

Shear pins for Snowblower made on lathe. Logan lathe machining snowblower shear pins. Store bought shear pins can cost several dollars each. Using a lathe to machine homemade shear pins for the snowblower auger to prevent costly repair bills. Most snowblower models use at least 2 shear pins and some 4. My 1952 logan lathe is turning bolts into shear pins for .25 cents each!!

I am using grade 5 hardened bolts and cutting slots at the factory shearing points. Grade 3 hardware tend to smear into a bit of a mushroom making removal difficult. Grade 8 tends to be to hard and bends a bit before shearing, also making removal difficult. The lathe cutting tool is a standard .125 cutting off tool, which matches the wall thickness of the snowblower auger tube.
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