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    Question about casting bronze

    I was thinking about doing something like that. I have easy access to aluminum cut offs. I'm on the road for work now so don't have access to the plans to be 100% sure about the bearing surface. I know for sure the crankshaft goes through the center bore. The rest just supports the bearing. From...
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    Other Shop footwear - what's on your feet?

    I wear old new balance sneakers Ones that are too worn to wear in public. I'm not against safety shoes or boots but I have never found any that did not cause a lot of knee pain within a few hours. If I'm handling heavy stuff I do usually put on steel toed sneakers.
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    Question about casting bronze

    Unfortunately due to the odd shape of the bearing I can't as far as I know modify an existing one. I probably won't want to go so far as to make my own casting equipment. I think it's likely I can find someone in my part of Canada who can melt some metal. I'm just hoping to make a round slug so...
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    Question about casting bronze

    The ingot idea is a good one if starting from scratch. I was hoping to use the recovered chips because the last time my friend did a particular job he had several buckets of chips from turning bearing bronze. I can get used bushings from work. They are made from a high quality bronze. I looked...
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    Question about casting bronze

    I don't think all bronze is sintered. This bearing will be in a chamber with lots of oil so I don't think it would need to be self oiling like a sintered bearing is.
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    Question about casting bronze

    I recently looked up some prices for round bearing bronze and wow is it expensive. I occasionally have access to some bearing bronze that is left over from turnings. Would it be practical to melt it down and cast it into slugs? How difficult is it to avoid it being too porous to use? I have...
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    Peavey Mart Closing

    It wasn't on the list that I read but it looks like the Peavy Mart here in Sault Saint Marie will be closing. Too bad I liked going there occasionally.
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    Tool Identifying this dial indicator

    The dial on that one actually looks pretty good. I have polished a few that were so cloudy the numbers could not be read. I used to use mirror glaze. Now I use some stuff that we use to polish airplanes at work. It does not work better than mirror glaze it just lasts a lot longer. I can't...
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    Rock Tumbler

    I think Lortone was bought out by Covington. I did do a quick google search and tumblers and parts seem to be available.
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    Silly little question

    I modified a regular grease gun and made it into an oiler. If you use a decent quality needle all the oil goes down into the oil fitting.
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