On 28 Nov 2005 22:52:09 -0800, "Loren"
wrote:

A decent print I could do! Hell, I'll give it to you in Solidworks if
you desire. I appreciate the offer Gunner, thank you. How would you
feel about a short section of NF thread at the ends, stepped down to
whatever dia.. 3/4" 7/8" or 1".. would be fine. And of course two
keyways to complicate things. oh yeah, all this times 3. sigh...
yeah.. it's for a powered tubing roller and these are for the drive
shafts.


Send it in any common format. Shrug..Ive got most of the tools to
decode it.

I'll go ahead with a test piece I think and by this weekend my choices
will be more clear.

Has anyone had success with a shaft weldment as an alternative to
machining from stock?

Thanks guys.
- Loren

Ive welded shafts up to length before..motor shafts up to
drivelines..and never did get them truely square, even when fixturing
in V blocks. I always got some warpage at the weldment that required
either bending/straightening to get it to run moderately true. Which
means it really depends on what speed you are going to turn it.

Ive got the HLV-H, so can do about 9x16 or so between centers. The
15x52 Clausing spit out an $80 drive belt..so its down at the moment,
until I can figure out how so scrounge up a cheap/free one.

Id be happy to do your project for you. I enjoy doing projects.

Gunner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner