Snowy Rivers
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Weather is crappy...half snow here at the ranch.
Did some snooping around for the bearing retainer rings..
Nothing....custom part only...
So I decided to go on the snoop for some steel seamless tube close to the right size.
Nobody had any short pieces, and one outfit had a 5 foot (Must take it all)
$370
NO WAY......I do not need 5 feet of that stuff laying around the shop.
Another big steel supplier did not have any seamless tube, buttttttttttttt...did have a 3 foot scrap of 3" 4140 round bar in the drop box
FREEEEEEEEE WAS A MIGHTY GOOD PRICE....30 MILES ROUND TRIP
Gonna get that bad boy in the cut off saw and chop off about 10" . 4140 machines very nice, far better than regular cold roll or hot roll mild steel....some of that stuff is like machining mud....nasty rough finish...
That will fit nice in the lathe and then I can start whittling on it.
Wont take much to trim the OD down to 2-3/4"
Drill a hole in it....I think I have a 1-1/4" drill.....anyway, big enough that I get a boring bar in and get it out to size.
I am thinking about .004" to .005" smaller than the shaft size.
Warm that bad boy up with the torch and drop it on behind the new bearings.
Would have been nice to have a seamless tube, but ya know what they say about "GIFT HORSES"
I am very happy to get this chunk of bar stock......3 feet of this is HEAVY TOO.
I was a bit rough on the old one...sliced it on both sides and then heated it up good to get it off...
A real nice pretty new one will be sweet though
Did some snooping around for the bearing retainer rings..
Nothing....custom part only...
So I decided to go on the snoop for some steel seamless tube close to the right size.
Nobody had any short pieces, and one outfit had a 5 foot (Must take it all)
$370
NO WAY......I do not need 5 feet of that stuff laying around the shop.
Another big steel supplier did not have any seamless tube, buttttttttttttt...did have a 3 foot scrap of 3" 4140 round bar in the drop box
FREEEEEEEEE WAS A MIGHTY GOOD PRICE....30 MILES ROUND TRIP
Gonna get that bad boy in the cut off saw and chop off about 10" . 4140 machines very nice, far better than regular cold roll or hot roll mild steel....some of that stuff is like machining mud....nasty rough finish...
That will fit nice in the lathe and then I can start whittling on it.
Wont take much to trim the OD down to 2-3/4"
Drill a hole in it....I think I have a 1-1/4" drill.....anyway, big enough that I get a boring bar in and get it out to size.
I am thinking about .004" to .005" smaller than the shaft size.
Warm that bad boy up with the torch and drop it on behind the new bearings.
Would have been nice to have a seamless tube, but ya know what they say about "GIFT HORSES"
I am very happy to get this chunk of bar stock......3 feet of this is HEAVY TOO.
I was a bit rough on the old one...sliced it on both sides and then heated it up good to get it off...
A real nice pretty new one will be sweet though