Pedal Bush Redesign

[andysredmini]

Hi
I am currently building my pedal box and have a bit of spare time and a new (to me) lathe to play with.
Im thinking of producing a 2 piece top hat bushing instead of the straight through design in the book. Im thinking I will probably reduce the steel tube length by about 6mm and have a 3mm flange on each end of the bushing with the same outer diameter as the tube.

Any thoughts on this? i know its probably overkill but like i said i have the time and a lathe waiting to be used.

I was also looking at the oilite bushings but have told not to bother using them when using a threaded pivot.

Cheers
Andy