Dave588 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 New member here. I am browsing the web looking for materials and inspiration on a project. I found this site searching for 6" steel rollers. I found 2"dia x 6"length steel rollers at McMaster Carr. I found bronze bushings. I found some .375" VBA4 eccentrics made by pacific bearing at Motions Industries. I found some .375 idler shafts. I found 1/2"alum endplates at speedy metals. I don't have a lathe. I'd like a better axle than a .375 idler threaded into the roller. I would rather find a steel roller cut down to a 1/2" axle on each end or long enough that it could be machined. So I'm wondering, given all the metalworkers here, would there be better sites than McMaster Carr to get rollers? Or should I be looking for a machine shop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 What continent are you on? Here in the USA I would try finding a Votech machine shop to see if they would do a small project for me---I have one such build my falconettes 30 years ago for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave588 Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 Central MA area. Vo-Tech is not a bad idea. I'll have to check around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Welcome aboard Dave, glad to have you. A number of the guys around here take a vocational metal shop class to have access to the machinery. You also get to learn a skill or two. Frosty The Lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave588 Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 Thank you for the welcome. A class would be ideal, I'll just have to look around for something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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