It was a rainy day so I made a bolt

I took my three point arms from my Super 55 apart to sand blast them and I noticed someone had replaced one of the bolts. Where there was suppose to be a 5/8" bolt, with a step down to a 1/2" fine thread and with a 13/16" hex head, they replaced it with a plain 5/8" bolt. It was a rainy day so I worked inside today and made a replacement bolt from a regular 5/8" bolt. My first step was to make the 1" hex from the 5/8 bolt down to a 13/16" hex. I used my bench grinder with a coarse stone to grind off 3/64s off each face of the hex. I did the finish grinding on a disc sander. The hex came out okay, but it was off center to the shaft of the bolt. So I decided to try again and pay closer attention. To step down the shaft to 1/2" for the threads I marked off the length that needed to be reduced and again using the bench grinder I took it close to .5", but finished off the last .010" using my drill press and a flat file. I set the drill press to about 1000 rpm, and clamped the bolt into the drill chuck. Then I held the file firmly against the bolt and turned it down to .5 approximately. When that was done, I cut it to length and cut the threads with a die. Next I had to sand off some of the thickness of the hex head and give it a radius edge to match what I assume was the original bolt from the other side of the 3 point. Came out pretty good. I don't own a lathe and not sure I could run one if I had it. Just goes to show you just about anything is possible if you take your time. Buy the way, I looked on line to see if there was a similar bolt, but couldn't find one. The closest I could find was shackle bolts, but not in the size I needed.
In the picture, the bolt on the left is an original, the center is a 5/8s bolt like the one I turned down, and the one on the right is the one I made.

NICE WORK! Especially using everyday tools. That must have took patience.

It feels good to do stuff like that. Good looking job. gm

It was a fun challenge. Not the easiest way to make a bolt, but I am tickled with the way it came out. I could of left the 5/8" bolt that was in there and no one probably would have noticed, but I would know. Waiting for some good weather to finish up the paint on my Super 55. I want to show it this year. I already did all the body work on the tin. The nose and fenders needed some patching and dinging.