Re: Off Topic Question for the old-timers
Hi, Look at the link below. I think it might be a OiliteR Spherical Bearings. Hope this helps. https://www.bowman.co.uk/bearings/oilite-bearings-self-lubricating-bearings Paul :-) :-) _____ From:
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Paul Galarneau
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Re: Off Topic Question for the old-timers
Jeff Plastic may not be a good alternative I am afraid the shaft may bond to the plastic when it gets hot. I would call McMaster-Car and ask a technical person what they have to substitute oil lite
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Guenther Paul
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Re: Off Topic Question for the old-timers
Maybe ssearch for "oil impregnated spherical bearing"? Most of the hits are on Chinese sites but maybe with some digging... Here's one:
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Russ Kepler
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Re: Off Topic Question for the old-timers
Jeff Have you considered plastic there is some tough plastic out there. GP --------------------------------------------
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Guenther Paul
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Off Topic Question for the old-timers
Apologies up front for OT, but you guys know more than anyone I've spoken to on the phone today. Does anyone know the proper terminology for the attached pic? Pillow, Pillow Block, Oval, ovoid, egg,
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rockindubya
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Re: Royal live center
That's a pretty darn deal , I hope his students know how lucky they are ??? ??? animal
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mike allen
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Re: Internal Threading - Compound Setup
Really, these things are not rocket science. They are a set of centerless-ground rods of specific diameters, and a paper chart. (Or, you can do it with a simple equation.) As long as the rods are
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Jon Elson
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Re: Internal Threading - Compound Setup
You buy or make a plug gauge with as nearly exactly the thread you need to mate to as you can manage. For a lathe chuck, a duplicate of the spindle.? For the one I made for my Atlas I was essentially
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Bill in OKC too
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Re: Internal Threading - Compound Setup
I was thinking of a double-ender. Yrs, d > >
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David Beierl
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Re: Internal Threading - Compound Setup
Technically, to make thread gauges plural.? You need a go and a nogo if the thread really matters like a receiver. Save time and make them on the same bar, just use your cut off tool to separate
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Charles
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Re: Internal Threading - Compound Setup
Ron,Earlier in the thread it was discussed to make a plug test piece with external threads to be used to test fit the interactive threading.? The reference to using thread wires was referring to the
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Jody
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Re: Internal Threading - Compound Setup
Use the wires to make a plug go/no-go gauge. Yrs, d > >
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David Beierl
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Re: Internal Threading - Compound Setup
I rarely comment, but this one has me mystified.How do you use thread wires on internal threads?Even if the wires are bent into a circle to fit inside the internal thread, you need an internal
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Ronald Mattson <mattsonrj@...>
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Re: Internal Threading - Compound Setup
Thanks Bill,I think I'm going the thread wire route.? Doing a little research and digging it seems to be the method for accuracy, it's economical and versatile. As far as mic's, I have all I need
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Jody
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Re: Royal live center
Can we change the subject line of the conversation, if we are no longer on the live center topic? Can this be done? My Outlook does not allow me to change message subject line.
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Andrei
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Re: Royal live center
Dave, I am about 5 miles north of Bloomington-Normal, just a couple of hours away. Bruce Monson bmonson61@...<mailto:bmonson61@...> Dave Matticks wrote: Where in Illinois are you? I'm
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bmonson61
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Re: Internal Threading - Compound Setup
Thread wires and regular micrometers. Mitutoyo or Starrett if you like, but regular mikes. ;) They are way more versatile, and relatively speaking, cheaper, too.?
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Bill in OKC too
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Re: Royal live center
Where in Illinois are you?I'm about 5 miles straight South? of O'Hare.?Dave? Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
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Dave Matticks
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Re: Internal Threading - Compound Setup
Bill, Are you happy with PD thread wires? It says made in the USA by Fischer Scientific.? No reviews on Amazon yet.?? The Brown & Sharpe thread wires on Amazon don't have very good reviews.? Its
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Jody
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Re: Internal Threading - Compound Setup
Go shars, unless it is for a money making enterprise you are buying it for Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> ________________________________ Sent: Wednesday, January 9, 2019 7:57:25 AM
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Andrei
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