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[phill05]

Hi all,


I've started to design one and have begun collecting odds and sods that I'll be using along the way (take-up bearings, flange bearings etc.)

One thing that's got me a bit stumped, though, is how to get my hands on a pair of live shaft stainless rollers.

Or I could fabricate 'em from a steel pipe with a steel shaft passing through it held central by a couple of alu caps made on the mini-mill. (All probably glued up with the strongest epoxy I can find...)

Any other ideas..?

Wal.

Hi Wal,

Don't know if this could be what you need but I have a 610mm x 50mm dia with a 30mm bore through it Stainless steel rod, I also have a piece of 465mm x 32mm dia solid stainless bar which would turn down for the ends.

All you would need then is someone with a large enough lathe to turn down the ends to fit into the tube then skim off true the tube and away you go, easy!

Phill