looking for a 4" hubbed wheel

Dec 18, 2004 13 Replies
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Basically a sprocket wheel without teeth--like this:



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4" dia., 3/16" to 3/8" thick Hub dia. 1 1/4" to 1 3/4"
1/2" bore (or smaller, I can bore it out). Hub length 1" to 2". Preferrably mild steel or *cast iron*, but aluminum will work.

This is for a woodturner's eccentric chuck attachment I designed--



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Now some of my woodturning buddies want one made up.



I'm hoping somebody will have a small pile of these in their scrap bin, I could use about a dozen perhaps more. But if you have just one, or 5, let me know. I can turn down an oversize piece, but will need the 1/2" bore.



I could use a sprocket wheel or gear and machine it down for lack of anything else.



I'd consider welded construction if the weld were on the flat side and didn't stick out, or a very nice looking full-circle weld at the joint between the hub and plate.



Be nice with the price please, I have to make a little money on this. Thanks,



Ken Grunke

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Sears sells 4" faceplates for their woodturning lathe that come pretty close to what you describe. The hubs are for a threaded spindle, 3/4-16 as I recall.

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Hey, you are just down the road(and across the river) from me! Went to your website and noticed the Coulee region reference. I work in Winona.

In any case, if you have a means to do so, the easiest is probably going to be going down to Fleet Farm and getting some gear blanks.

JW

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Go cart disk brake or the friction drive disk from an MTD snowblower (or Ariens) with variable speed.

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Well, the Shopsmith faceplate or it's equivalent is the most likely candidate but any faceplate has a premium price which I don't need to pay. I'm a woodturner primarily so if I bought a faceplate I'd want to use it as such ;-)

I even have the foundry equipment (self-fabricated and a bit crude) to do aluminum castings but only an unheated garage to do it in, and it's too frickin' cold to be a sand crab right now--our mid-day highs have been in the teens! (F)

I'm hoping a foundry hobbiest will do a small batch for me and am in touch with one guy but I probably shouldn't bother him 'til after the holidays.

Ken Grunke

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I don't mean a finished faceplate. I mean a mounting plate for a chuck. It is almost like a faceplate - or is one without a hole pattern or scribes... unfinished.

Ken Grunke wrote:

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AKA "Backplate". --Glenn Lyford

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I seriously considered doing that from steel or aluminum and it wouldn't be a problem with just one or two--but I want to make a batch of 10-20 or more, and that would be too much work and a LOT of swarf. I'd want a

1 1/2" hub, for easy turning access at the headstock end of the work.

I'm going to have made or make myself aluminum castings. Thanks,

Ken Grunke

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How about using weldable sprocket hubs and 1/4" plate? --Glenn Lyford

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