Sounds simple enough except for the swallow of coffee. i have to start with at least a pot before I can move forward.
I get the 'not rocket science' part of it. 15 years ago I would have stuck it in a collet on a toolroom lathe, faced it to length, put a nice little .030 radius on it with a file, hit the end of it with some 400 paper and be done in a minute or 2 but, having graduated to a cheap hacksaw and bench grinder, I was just curious who was doing what and what seemed to work best. I don't want to work too hard on this little project for fear of breaking a sweat.
The crocus cloth is a nice touch. I used to cut a lot of 17-4ph stainless doing defense work and I could get an 8 finish on the parts polishing them with crocus.
Thanks to all of you for your advice.