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
That cut joint doesn’t have to be perfect.
Dave
I finally got the material to make the bronze inserts. Only thing I’ve got done
so far is to cut it to length, and attempted to cut it in half by using
the vise jaws as a guide. Found out that I need to go buy some new hacksaw
blades tomorrow. All I managed to do was score in on the four sides.
I got to thinking that if I drilled an undersized hole in the middle of the
bronze blank, say 11/16" (crank throw is 7/8") I’d have less material to
hacksaw through, but was thinking the solder would have less area
to keep the parts together in the lathe as I machine the blank.
What do you think?
Is there a better way to cut the blank in equal halves than what I’m attempting?
Thanks!
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