Agreed that a guy with a lathe could knock that out fairly easily.
The question becomes, will he do it for less than the machine is worth.
Sad but true, much of this import equipment and tools are considered consumables. Use it 'till it breaks and get another.
I'm like you, I hate to throw otherwise good tools away. I'll usually spend the money to fix it, if it's a good tool otherwise.
I suffer from the same problem. I just spent $60 to fix my old (like 43 years old) Craftsman 1HP air compressor. Probably should have just chucked it, but it did serve me well for a bunch of years. DeVilbiss actually made them back then, so maybe it was the right thing to do.
