Re: wheel studs
My 40 hubs in the picture were some swap meet purchases (probably about $30 worth, I'm a cheapskate) that had been used for a hot rod in their mid-life. I thought they would enjoy returning to an old Ford pattern in their twilight years. They did. Now they can either get a nice original Ford drum slipped over them, or a pair of the new Boling Brothers repro drums. The studs are long enough for either.
I had my buddy with a mill do the oversized drilling, mostly because he could center every hole. But also because he had the odd size bit. After he was done I ground the one side flat on the stud head, then pressed them in with my Horrible Freight 20 ton press. My part took about an hour for two hubs.
One other thing I want to point out, is that I had the face of the hubs trued on a brake drum lathe before I pressed in the studs. I wanted to be sure they would have zero wobble in them after a lifetime of abuse.
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