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Tonight we had a major situation. Sewer backed up into our basement...I was able to get water moving again but city sewer system around here had gas leaking up the drain hole. We needed a cap for the drain fast (13 month old in the house.) 5 3/8 inch inset. Heres where the lathe comes in..I took a piece of poplar scrap i had laying around, turned it just a touch below 5 3/16th with a slight taper. Grabbed some 2" wide rubber stripping and put it around the edge ( epoxy and staple gun)...pour mineral oil all over it and hammered it into place. Of all the things i have made and tried to make, i dont think i have ever used the lathe to make an emergency fix before.
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