Dave, and all,
First, despite what I said in the video, I will be taking the rods off, again. I believe that I must assure that I haven't made the big ends oval. If I have, I will decide between my own honing or sending them out, again. The filing I did on the landings was done mostly with a jewelers file, just to lower the knicks. However, I might have gone too far. The worry, as I understand it, is exagerated wear on the bearing shells along the long line of the rod, because of the reduced contact area. Basically, I think they would probabaly be OK, but it is soooo much easier to deal with it now. This all would have been avoided if the "machinist" was worth a crap (a bit crude, but not an official cuss word in the U.S., in my opinion).
We'll have to see (really, "hear") what mine sounds like when its done. I assume you've seen it here in the forum. I'm worried that you might think that mine is made to look good but not run good. I'm hoping for both, though not in total original style, like the beauties that some here are riding. More like, "how shiney can it look on a small budget and with a lot of time."
Richard