From: clare@snyder.on.ca
On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 09:27:35 -0700, Bob La Londe
wrote:
>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?
>
>
>--
>Bob La Londe
>CNC Molds N Stuff
You can be guaranteed you will not find a use for it until 3 days
after you throw it out!!!
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