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Originally Posted by R.C.
Ditto,
If your turning down the back guy currently to .375", you might as well save yourself time and just lathe it down to .500".
I know it might be lighter to go that smaller bearing but honestly, its much easier programming/making 2 of the same part then it is 2 different parts.
Adrian,
We do about the same thing, buy .375" OD Tube with a .235" ID. 1658T41 - McMaster. We go parting crazy and you can make a lot of spacers in no time, especially on a bar feed  . We use this material for the gearboxes we make. Do you really need the cbores? We've noticed its incredibly harder to assemble gearboxes that way.
-RC |
I agree that counterbores are harder to assemble with and unnecessary. What we've been considering for next year is buying aluminum 6063 .375" OD tube with .145" ID and still machining it out. While we will have an extra step, the ID will be closer, the hole will be centered throughout, and our drills will not gum up because we are taking out quite a bit less material. However I'm worried about the 6063 aluminum. I've heard it is a bit less strong than 6061 and more gummy. I'm assuming it will be fine but if anybody else does this I would love to know.