Bush 1 1/2" (bore) x 1 5/8" (OD) x 3/8" (length)?

I'd venture to guess most that read this list have the capability to produce that for you . What are the tolerances , and where shall I send it ? My reply-to is good . I have both 4140 and 1018 crs on hand ...

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Thanks, Terry. I've sent you an e-mail.

Best wishes,

Chris

Thanks. From the look of it, though, it looks like they're a bulk supplier. I only need the one bush.

Many thanks,

Chris

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What makes you think that? The prices quoted are for 1 to 4 pieces.

Are the prices in the PDF part of the site? I couldn't get that to work in my browser. Just got a blank screen. I'll try on another computer tomorrow.

Best wishes,

Chris

Try 1-1/4" pipe.

I emailed you the pdf, if I despammed your address correctly. $10.70 for a plain steel piece.

You can also get a price (and an image and 3D model) by choosing "Configure" in the first link, if your browser will work there.

Thanks, I got the PDF. I also registered to use the site and got the same price of $10.70. I couldn't select "England" as a shipping destination, though. I've sent them an e-mail to see if I can get a total price.

If not, I have come across a somewhat rusty piece of stock from which I should be able make a bush. I didn't think I had any 2" round stock, but found an off-cut at the bottom of a box. Actually, this might be a better idea as I can test it against the parts it must mate with to ensure a close fit.

Not sure what the stock is, though. It has a green-blue end. I hope it isn't something ultra hard and unmachinable.

Thanks for the help.

Best wishes,

Chris

Hi David,

Thanks for the kind offer. I've just found a piece of 2" round steel bar in the bottom of a box. I'm hoping I can turn it (slowly) on my father's Myford lathe. But if I can't I'll get back to you.

Best wishes,

Chris

Chris,

I've got some 1.75" OD 1.5" ID brass tube that I could turn a ring from and pop it in the post if you haven't sorted the bush yet.

Sounds like you may have the problem solved, but:

Thanks. I found that site actually, but when I searched for the part number I got on the USA site, it didn't come up with anything.

Chris

That's pretty much what I thought. But having looked at the bar a bit more closely, it has been sawn with a bandsaw or hacksaw, so I'm hoping it'll be machinable.

Best wishes,

Chris

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Well ... the color codes vary between vendors, so unless you know who the original full-length bar was bought from, you have no clue what it is.

FWIW, My E, M. Jorgensen metals catalog shows green with blue stripe as being Type 416 heat treated bars -- Rockwell C 25-32.

Nothing else in that catalog seems to match.

Since Jorgensen is shown as having 13 locations (as of the time of publishing) -- all but one being in the continental US, and that one exception being in Hawaii, I think that the odds are that your steel came from a different vendor. :-)

Good Luck, DoN.

Put it on a grinding wheel . Short streamers with lots of forks generally indicate more carbon/alloy . Long streamers with few forks are generally low carbon steel , and easily machined . In my experience a very sharp cutter with a bit more top rake gives me a better finish on 1018/1045 low carbon steels . I still usually end up doing final with a fine single cut file and wet-or-dry sandpaper . FWIW I cut 4140 with a portaband , handled wrong on the lathe it can be a real whirling SOB to machine . Low speeds , light cuts , and slow feeds to keep the heat down (I cut dry) . It can harden before you realize it ... and the first sign is a smoked lathe bit .

Thanks. I'll give it a go.

Best wishes,

Chris

I got a message back from them saying that they don't sell imperial sizes in Europe, so it looks like it's time to make one!

Best wishes,

Chris

IIRC my local UK stockist has EN3B with a green end, not aware of them having anything with a green-blue end.