Bearing Suppliers

[Gene]

I am ready to buy new bearings for my TH42. Has the forum established any preferred suppliers (cost?, availability? etc.) There are a few here in Baltimore but I would like to have something to compare with. Thanks, Gene

 

[caveBob]

Don't know about anyone else, but the best prices I was able to find at the time was at http://jbr17llc.com/

pasted from my notes:

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http://jbr17llc.com/
14125A Cone: $13.48
14276B Cup: $28.02
16150 Cone: $21.30
16284B Cup: $56.27

$13.48
$28.02
$21.30
$56.27
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$119.07 Subtotal
+$12.66 Shipping & Tax
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$131.73 Total 4 Item(s)
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[Gene]

Thanks caveBob. Are these grade 3 or better that I've read is recommended?

 

[caveBob]

Gene, to be honest I don't remember the actual grading on them but did check on them at the time. They are correct but there is a higher graded version available, remember something about a dot or something, class 1 or was it 5? The highest grade is not necessary for your lathe and not worth the 3-5 times $ difference, these will work just peachy.

 

[Mondo]

I agree with CaveBob, those are the exact replacement part numbers, and jbr17llc.com has the best prices. I checked their site moments ago, they no longer list the cups ("B" letter designation for the flanged cups). There are other vendors that list them as available, but I would send an email inquiry to the folks at jbr17llc.com and ask before ordering from somewhere else.

 

[Gene]

Thanks for all the help guys. I just purchased the items from "locateballbearings.com" for $97.62 before shipping and tax. It could have been cheaper if I had picked and chose between the two. If anyone decides to use the above ask for Mark. He is very good to deal with.

 

[wa5cab]

The term "Grade" applies to radial contact ball bearings, and straight and spherical roller bearings. The term for the numbers (or letters) indicating the precision of tapered roller bearings (only) is ANSI-ABMA Class. In order of improving precision, the numbers are 4, 2, 3, 0, 00, 000. The lowest precision class suitable for use on manual machine tools is 3. Timken in-house uses letters instead of numbers, as follows: (none), (none), C, B, A, AA. So a Timken Class C is OK. And don't ask me why "2" is worse than "3" or what happened to "1".:thinking:

Robert D.

 

[tripletap3]

Just for future reference I have bought a dozen or so bearings from VXB.com and have been very happy. They are all imported to the USA and they usually have several grades but I have found the Japanese bearings to be of very good quality and equal to any. It is very unfortunate how things work now but with the web world taking over there are only 1 or 2 local bearing shops left and the last time I priced bearings locally they were 4-5 times what I would pay on the web not to mention the $5 or more in diesel fuel I would burn running across town.

 

[xalky]

I've also used VXB for bearings and I've been very satisfied. I've never ordered really high end bearings from them though. Usually just run of the mill bearings and pillow blocks, but that doesn't mean that they don't have them.

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