Well done on your final success and beating the problems into submission .
You should be very pleased with your result .
Cheers
Dennis
Hi Dennis,
A big thank you for pointing me in the direction of the taper pins. I made a test piece still with the brass and solder but with as much thickness as i had room for and of course the taper pin driven in with Loctite and it was much stronger so i went ahead and made a new crank, so far so good

Kind regards
Ade