Quote Originally Posted by Robin Hewitt View Post
If you want to get it hot you will need to lag it :D

Silly question... Are you faffing about casting because you don't have another lathe to cut the new bushing on? Do you need help?
Robin,

Well I wouldnt call it 'faffing' as such... there is an element of learning a new skill here too :) but you are correct in that currently I dont have access to another (working) lathe.

Even if I did, I don't entirely see how to create a bronze bushing as the spindle is offset in the casting. It would need to be turned down from a solid 1.75" round and bored out to 1.25" approximately 3/16" offcentre. But then the castings would need to be line bored to ensure they are concentric and parallel with the bed as the advantage of a poured bearing is that it isn't dependent on the alignment of the external casting as long as the spindle is in line. Thats not true of the bronze bearing.

Irving...