Mill a pair of small slots 180 degrees out on the shaft in the area of
the flywheel. Install the flywheel and use a punch to peen a small area
of the brass into the slots. locking it in place.
Or vertical knurl in the same area and press the parts together with a
tighter fit (.002 undersized or so)
--
Steve Williams

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I make spinning tools for a lady who owns a sheep farm. They look like
a long slender top with a 3/32" drill rod shaft and a 1" diameter x
.100 thick brass flywheel to generate the needed inertia to keep it
spinning. These are for spinning cotton fibers.

The problem is that some of them do not stay fixed in the hole. The
hole is drilled and then reamed .0005 undersize and then the brass is
tapped onto the shaft using another piece of brass the same diameter
with a hole drilled in the center for the shaft to pass through. I
think some of the brass is being displaced by the much harder steel
shaft and it will spin on the shaft.

I have tried everything from Loctite to Super Glue to Epoxy. Loctite
was hit and miss even thought the brass and shaft were thouroughly
cleaned prior to assembly. Super Glue was the same but left an opaque
film. Epoxy was too unsightly and the customer did not like it.

I know that a shrink fit would be best but too much heat discolors the
brass. All I have to heat the brass is a toaster oven I use for
tempering. It was a max temp of around 500 degrees F. The other
problem
is how to shrink the drill rod. I do not want to have to deal with dry
ice or liquid nitrogen to do this. It is too expensive to get those
and
the profit margin on these is not there.

Any suggestion on how to put these together would be greatly
appreciated. The bonding agent cannot be seen on the outside of the
piece. I also tried soldering but it did not look too good.

Thanks, Steve




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