Re: Making rod bearing inserts, Attention Machinist

[Buccaneer]

quote dmbono:

Cut the rod to length of bush plus 1″ or so for chucking. Split the bronze rod with hacksaw, then file or belt sand surfaces flat. Then soft solder together. Then mount in a four jaw chuck, turn OD and bore Id right to size, then part off. Heat to separate the halves.

That cut joint doesn’t have to be perfect.
Dave

Interesting way to go about this problem. Sounds "do-able", but I only have a 3 jaw chuck
for my old Logan lathe, but perhaps it would work?
By "soft solder", do you mean anything but "silver solder" ?
Thanks!

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