"Jim Wilkins" wrote in message
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Very Nice! You went with the potter's wheel. At the contact angle in
the photo it looks like the sanding disk should spin the wheel.
If not you could put a few BBs under the end of the shaft as a thrust
bearing.

***Never thought of that! Finally good use for the spent Airsoft ammo.

My home made fixtures aren't nearly as pretty.
You can probably find oilite bronze sleeve bearings in hardware stores
although the copper ones should last quite a while. Spray-can chain
lube works pretty well to relube them.

***In the same photo-set there is a AVI clip of the thing working. It turns!
I looked at "proper" bronze bearings but they cost whole $2 each! I resented
spending $5 on the locknuts...

For my next project I shall convert base metal into gold...
Michael Koblic

Too late. Aircraft makers already do that with aluminum.
For years fighters cost $1000 per pound.

***I shall stick with my set-screw portfolio...

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Michael Koblic,
Campbell River, BC