I was not thinking about your current project but about a situation needing a bore or od journal sized. Use a non metallic sizing feature. It should be removable leaving a repaired and sized bore or shaft. On Sep 6, 2015 10:00 AM, "Gene Heskett" <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 06 September 2015 06:56:10 Stuart Stevenson wrote: > > > > Dunno how good the magic, but a month or two ago, I asked the > > > manufacturers of Loctite whether their 680, or 680 upgrade, > > > gear/bearing retaining goop, with appropriate primer, would be good > > > for locking a zirconia bearing onto a stainless steel shaft. they > > > said: > > > > > > "Unfortunately, LOCTITE anaerobic products (like the 680) can only > > > be used on metal surfaces. Zirconia is a non metal (i.e. ceramic) > > > and a Primer is not suitable for this application." > > > > Wouldn't this be good information to use if you wanted to build up a > > shaft/bore? > > You could use a non metal that should be easily removable? > > I dunno Stuart. The shearing forces at work in the case of this motor > flywheel would exceed, and has, the holding ability, even of a broken > off tap left in the hole for a key. It appears they exceed most such > curable liquids holding capacity. I think if I had to build up a shaft, > the wire welder would get some use time to do the buildup, and then > remachined to the correct size. But I have not noted the availability > of a wire with hardness to match the original shaft, so the wear rate of > such a repair will be faster. I just did exactly that earlier this past > week on my 30+ yo Craftsman 38" rider. Welding up, and refinishing the > shank of a pull rod for the deck to frame connection to fit the now worn > hole it fits into. Who knows, it might last another 30 years, but it > will not be witnessed by me unless I make it to 110 yo. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
