ref: my previous post about resurrecting an old drill motor...

checked the drive gear and output shaft appears to be 15/32" diameter...
need an oilite bushing 15/32" i.d. 5/8" o.d. 7/8" length... quick web
search only shows diameters by eights... anywhere I could order these?

good news is if I can find one looks like it will only be a buck or two...

....or would I have to get a 7/16" bushing and ream to fit? that might
make this an expensive proposition...

thanks

nate

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On Feb 15, 10:28�pm, Nate Nagel wrote:
ref: my previous post about resurrecting an old drill motor...

checked the drive gear and output shaft appears to be 15/32" diameter...
� need an oilite bushing 15/32" i.d. 5/8" o.d. 7/8" length... �quick web
search only shows diameters by eights... �anywhere I could order these?

good news is if I can find one looks like it will only be a buck or two....

...or would I have to get a 7/16" bushing and ream to fit? �that might
make this an expensive proposition...

thanks

nate

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mc master carr, and local bearing shops will likely carry what you need

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On Feb 15, 10:28�pm, Nate Nagel wrote:
ref: my previous post about resurrecting an old drill motor...

checked the drive gear and output shaft appears to be 15/32" diameter...
� need an oilite bushing 15/32" i.d. 5/8" o.d. 7/8" length... �quick web
search only shows diameters by eights... �anywhere I could order these?

good news is if I can find one looks like it will only be a buck or two...

...or would I have to get a 7/16" bushing and ream to fit? �that might
make this an expensive proposition...

thanks

nate

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mc master carr, and local bearing shops will likely carry what you need

went to mcmaster first, figured they would have it... no such luck.
haven't found my "local bearing shop" yet... searching for "bearing"
locally returns a lot of "bearing point" offices but no bearing
suppliers... freakin' consultants (well, I guess someone has to
drive up property values)

nate

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On Feb 15, 9:28*pm, Nate Nagel wrote:
ref: my previous post about resurrecting an old drill motor...

checked the drive gear and output shaft appears to be 15/32" diameter...
* need an oilite bushing 15/32" i.d. 5/8" o.d. 7/8" length... *quick web
search only shows diameters by eights... *anywhere I could order these?

good news is if I can find one looks like it will only be a buck or two....

...or would I have to get a 7/16" bushing and ream to fit? *that might
make this an expensive proposition...

thanks

nate

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I"ve made them before by getting one smaller inside diameter and
reaming it to the correct size. Time consuming but not difficult.

Eric in North TX wrote:
On Feb 15, 9:28 pm, Nate Nagel wrote:
ref: my previous post about resurrecting an old drill motor...

checked the drive gear and output shaft appears to be 15/32" diameter...
need an oilite bushing 15/32" i.d. 5/8" o.d. 7/8" length... quick web
search only shows diameters by eights... anywhere I could order these?

good news is if I can find one looks like it will only be a buck or two...

...or would I have to get a 7/16" bushing and ream to fit? that might
make this an expensive proposition...

thanks

nate

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I"ve made them before by getting one smaller inside diameter and
reaming it to the correct size. Time consuming but not difficult.

I figured. Problem is, lack of machine tools Do you think the
finish from just running a 15/32 drill bit through it would be too
horrible? I am tempted to do just that. Would it tear up my bits or
does it drill OK?

nate

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On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:55:24 -0500, wrote:

On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:45:20 -0500, Nate Nagel
wrote:

Eric in North TX wrote:
On Feb 15, 9:28 pm, Nate Nagel wrote:
ref: my previous post about resurrecting an old drill motor...

checked the drive gear and output shaft appears to be 15/32" diameter...
need an oilite bushing 15/32" i.d. 5/8" o.d. 7/8" length... quick web
search only shows diameters by eights... anywhere I could order these?

good news is if I can find one looks like it will only be a buck or two...

...or would I have to get a 7/16" bushing and ream to fit? that might
make this an expensive proposition...

thanks

nate

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I"ve made them before by getting one smaller inside diameter and
reaming it to the correct size. Time consuming but not difficult.

I figured. Problem is, lack of machine tools Do you think the
finish from just running a 15/32 drill bit through it would be too
horrible? I am tempted to do just that. Would it tear up my bits or
does it drill OK?

nate
It drills fairly easy. The trick is keeping the hole concentric.
When you "searched" for the bearing guy, did you look in the phone
book?
A lot of these guys haven't discovered the computer yet.
Motor shops are another place to look.

You might check metric sizes. 15/32 is pretty close to 12mm and 5/8
pretty close to 16mm. I'm sure the original wasn't metric, but
whatever works....

Paul F.

Nate Nagel wrote:
wrote:
On Feb 15, 10:28?pm, Nate Nagel wrote:

need an oilite bushing 15/32" i.d. 5/8" o.d. 7/8" length...

mc master carr, and local bearing shops will likely carry what you
need

went to mcmaster first, figured they would have it... no such luck.
haven't found my "local bearing shop" yet... searching for "bearing"
locally returns a lot of "bearing point" offices but no bearing
suppliers... freakin' consultants

You have to look in the paper Yellow Pages. All online Yellow Pages
sites that I've found (at least in the United States) suck. They don't
seem to realize that if I'm looking in the Yellow Pages, it's because I
want to buy it, in person, today or tomorrow, not because I want to
order it from a place 1000 miles away and wait. If I want to order it
and wait I will Google it and find a vendor that is easy to deal with
online. Online Yellow Pages also depend heavily on keyword matching,
rather than humans sorting ads into the right categories.

Also, real hardware stores usually have a selection of oilite bushings.
Not Home Depot or Lowe's - an Ace, True Value, or independent hardware
store will be a better bet. They are usually in the stack of plastic or
cardboard boxes with little compartments in them.

Earlier you said it was a Black and Decker drill. B&D usually has a
service and parts shop in big cities; you might try there. They might
have to do it by part number, not size, or you might luck out when the
old guy at the parts desk says "Yeah, all the ones before 197x took a
no. 12345-6 bushing, lemme go get one".

You probably won't be able to buy just one bearing from them, but the
manufacturer's site http://www.oilitebearings.com/ shows part number
AI081014 for 16/32" ID, 5/8" OD, 7/8" long; you may be able to cross
this part number if you can't order by size. They don't list any 15/32"
ID bearings, and the 14/32" ID ones only come in 9/16" and 11/16" OD.

Also consider that if the ID of the bearing has been pounded out over
time, a 14/32" (7/16") ID may be closer to what you need. You might
measure the shaft and see what you think. Also, going back and forth
from decimals (on the calipers) to fractions is a common source of
confusion.

Maybe you can substitute a ball bearing, if you can find one that will
fit. See http://repairfaq.org/sam/appfaq.htm#afupgbcd for an example.

Matt Roberds

"Nate Nagel" wrote in message
...
ref: my previous post about resurrecting an old drill motor...

checked the drive gear and output shaft appears to be 15/32" diameter...
need an oilite bushing 15/32" i.d. 5/8" o.d. 7/8" length... quick web
search only shows diameters by eights... anywhere I could order these?

good news is if I can find one looks like it will only be a buck or two...

...or would I have to get a 7/16" bushing and ream to fit? that might
make this an expensive proposition...


*Possibly Graingers. Another place to try is a motor repair shop.

On Feb 16, 8:29*am, wrote:
Nate Nagel wrote:
wrote:
On Feb 15, 10:28?pm, Nate Nagel wrote:

need an oilite bushing 15/32" i.d. 5/8" o.d. 7/8" length...

mc master carr, and local bearing shops will likely carry what you
need

went to mcmaster first, figured they would have it... no such luck.
haven't found my "local bearing shop" yet... *searching for "bearing"
locally returns a lot of "bearing point" offices but no bearing
suppliers... freakin' consultants

You have to look in the paper Yellow Pages. *All online Yellow Pages
sites that I've found (at least in the United States) suck. *They don't
seem to realize that if I'm looking in the Yellow Pages, it's because I
want to buy it, in person, today or tomorrow, not because I want to
order it from a place 1000 miles away and wait. *If I want to order it
and wait I will Google it and find a vendor that is easy to deal with
online. *Online Yellow Pages also depend heavily on keyword matching,
rather than humans sorting ads into the right categories.

I'll have to see if I still have one... I'm so used to just going
straight to McMaster-Carr that my computer is my source for 99% of my
stuff...


Also, real hardware stores usually have a selection of oilite bushings.
Not Home Depot or Lowe's - an Ace, True Value, or independent hardware
store will be a better bet. *They are usually in the stack of plastic or
cardboard boxes with little compartments in them.

yeah, I figured that. Unfortunately the only independent close to me
closes at 6 PM. there is one that is open later and has more hardware
but it is a good ways out of my way... maybe I should just make the
time to drive by there. (on the upside, it is close to the Red Wing
store, and I need some new boot laces... yet another item that you'd
think would be easy to find in your generic local Wally World or
Target but isn't.)

Earlier you said it was a Black and Decker drill. *B&D usually has a
service and parts shop in big cities; you might try there. *They might
have to do it by part number, not size, or you might luck out when the
old guy at the parts desk says "Yeah, all the ones before 197x took a
no. 12345-6 bushing, lemme go get one".

You probably won't be able to buy just one bearing from them, but the
manufacturer's sitehttp://www.oilitebearings.com/shows part number
AI081014 for 16/32" ID, 5/8" OD, 7/8" long; you may be able to cross
this part number if you can't order by size. *They don't list any 15/32"
ID bearings, and the 14/32" ID ones only come in 9/16" and 11/16" OD.

Also consider that if the ID of the bearing has been pounded out over
time, a 14/32" (7/16") ID may be closer to what you need. *You might
measure the shaft and see what you think. *Also, going back and forth
from decimals (on the calipers) to fractions is a common source of
confusion.

I did measure the shaft, not the ID of the old bushing. It's really
egg shaped, like someone was using it to drive a wire wheel. The
bshing is actually over 1/2" ID now, hence my wishing to replace
it Steel shaft doesn't look worn though, it looks like the bronze
took all the abuse. Also the steel bushing that holds the rear of the
shaft (measured eyeballically) is a hair over 15/32.

Maybe you can substitute a ball bearing, if you can find one that will
fit. *Seehttp://repairfaq.org/sam/appfaq.htm#afupgbcdfor an example.

It'd have to have real freakin' small balls... (5/8 - 15/32)/2 =
5/64 and not a whole lot of meat to drill larger.

I am real tempted just to use a 7/16 bushing and drill it. Maybe use
a 29/64 bit and try to hone it to fit? Might be a *little* sloppy but
better, and this would be like my backup drill if *two* of my other
drills fail. In other words, it'll kick around the bottom of my roll
cabinet until I get sick of looking at it and pawn it off on someone.
Or in other words, it doesn't seem to be worth putting any exceptional
amount of effort into it.

nate

I figured. Problem is, lack of machine tools Do you think the
finish from just running a 15/32 drill bit through it would be too
horrible? I am tempted to do just that. Would it tear up my bits or
does it drill OK?

nate

It will drill oversize.

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I figured. Problem is, lack of machine tools Do you think the
finish from just running a 15/32 drill bit through it would be too
horrible? I am tempted to do just that. Would it tear up my bits or
does it drill OK?

nate

It will drill oversize.

How far oversize? 1/64" or more? I have a complete index. I did pick
up some 1/2" and 7/16" bushings and they fit just like I expected (1/2"
sloppy, 7/16" no go)

Again, this is a nasty cheap hack to make something destined for the
junkpile functional again. I'm probably going to try drilling the 7/16"
bushings and will report success or dismal failure

thanks

nate

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John Grabowski wrote:

"Nate Nagel" wrote in message
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ref: my previous post about resurrecting an old drill motor...

checked the drive gear and output shaft appears to be 15/32"
diameter... need an oilite bushing 15/32" i.d. 5/8" o.d. 7/8"
length... quick web search only shows diameters by eights...
anywhere I could order these?

good news is if I can find one looks like it will only be a buck or
two...

...or would I have to get a 7/16" bushing and ream to fit? that might
make this an expensive proposition...


*Possibly Graingers. Another place to try is a motor repair shop.

Grainger's doesn't have. really would like a mail order source if they
exist. Motor repair shops, auto electric shops, etc. don't exist in my
area.

nate

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On Feb 18, 8:05�pm, Nate Nagel wrote:
John Grabowski wrote:

"Nate Nagel" wrote in message
...
ref: my previous post about resurrecting an old drill motor...

checked the drive gear and output shaft appears to be 15/32"
diameter... need an oilite bushing 15/32" i.d. 5/8" o.d. 7/8"
length... �quick web search only shows diameters by eights... �
anywhere I could order these?

good news is if I can find one looks like it will only be a buck or
two...

...or would I have to get a 7/16" bushing and ream to fit? �that might
make this an expensive proposition...

*Possibly Graingers. �Another place to try is a motor repair shop.

Grainger's doesn't have. �really would like a mail order source if they
exist. �Motor repair shops, auto electric shops, etc. don't exist in my
area.

nate

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