From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 2/14/2025 11:37 AM, Leon Fisk wrote:   
   > On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 12:49:49 -0500   
   > "Jim Wilkins"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> t seems a toss-up whether large bearings or shafts to mount them on are   
   >> easier/harder to find as surplus. I tend toward galvanized pipe and tubing   
   >> for their availability, perhaps more than their suitability. Adapter   
   >> bushings are within my 10" lathe's capacity. The scrapyards and small shops   
   >> I once used as metal sources have gone away, and the small sizes of most of   
   >> my projects rarely justify buying full mill lengths of stock.   
   >> jsw   
   >   
   > These wheel bearing/hubs are throw aways. There was no provision in   
   > them for repacking the bearing or replacing it. So if you checked   
   > around the repair shops you could probably get them for free. A lot of   
   > times they make noises while driving but would be suitable for what Bob   
   > wants to do. Mount one to the floor and another overhead to ceiling.   
   > Put flanges on a pipe, channel... that matches bolt pattern on the hub.   
   > Or find a tire rim that fits them if that would work better in some way.   
   >   
   > A lot of my old sources for stuff have disappeared too. I think part of   
   > it is liability worries and businesses being regulated/taxed beyond   
   > reason nowadays🤷   
   >   
      
      
   I still have the OEM wheels off that truck Chevy truck I mentioned.  I   
   used one for a concrete filled base for a grinder pedestal.  The others   
   I had planned for hose hangers.  Dang it.  I'm never going to be able to   
   throw anything away ever again am I?   
      
      
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