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| awemawson:
It's an adjustable pin spanner - it is adjustable for spacing of the pins, and the pins themselves are interchangeable (I have a selection of different diameters |
| appletree:
--- Quote from: awemawson on November 24, 2015, 01:04:32 PM ---It's an adjustable pin spanner - it is adjustable for spacing of the pins, and the pins themselves are interchangeable (I have a selection of different diameters --- End quote --- Nice bit of kit, like me you appear to have lots of tools, abilities, and experience to carry out most tasks. Where did you gather all this? |
| awemawson:
Question of necessity really - when thing's are broke, and you are broke, no one else is going to fix them for you :lol: |
| Spurry:
--- Quote from: awemawson on November 24, 2015, 01:04:32 PM ---It's an adjustable pin spanner - it is adjustable for spacing of the pins, and the pins themselves are interchangeable (I have a selection of different diameters --- End quote --- Thanks Andrew. I've never seen one of that type before. I guess it would remove very heavy circlips too. :thumbup: Pete |
| awemawson:
A bit of progress today - the spherical bearings arrived, but not the circlips to retain them. I made a start on the housings for the bearings - I had a bit of unknown origin 2 3/4" bar that seemed a likely candidate as the original housings are 2 1/2. Faced it off and reduced the outside to 2 1/2" then drilled it 1 5/16" - it needs boring out accurately to 1 5/8" but I will leave it over night chucked up to return to room temperature. Looking at the way it turned, I suspect that this bar is a bit more than just mild steel, a good thing for strength just so long as it welds ok. ...why drill to 1 5/16" ? Well it's the largest drill I have on a 3 MT shank and to use a nearer one to finished sized I'd have to use a 'jump up sleeve' to 4 MT and although I have one, the whole caboosh gets very unwieldy. I need to grind an internal grooving bit to make the circlip grooves, but can't do that yet as I need to measure them first. |
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