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Scary delicate hanging out there unsupported, on the end of so many lever arms.

Well the main reason I put this on here is because the guage on the 12-32 hole broke.  The guage didn’t break but the fitting broke off. I had taken it off to recalibrate it and the fitting snapped.  I didn’t use any brute force on it either. 

I am not a pro at silver soldering.  It’s very secure none the less unless I blatantly started twisting it off.  I suppose I could get rid of the 45 ° joint and have it just straight up and down and give it a slight twist, towards the operator.