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I appreciate all of your input.
That is an interesting discussion about Zamak vs. aluminum as it pertains to this application. I had not considered those points.
Robert, your encyclopedic insights are always appreciated.
You guys may have seen my comment a few moments ago on @kcoffield 's similar countershaft pulley thread, but I thought I'd post my update from today here, also:
That is an interesting discussion about Zamak vs. aluminum as it pertains to this application. I had not considered those points.
Robert, your encyclopedic insights are always appreciated.
You guys may have seen my comment a few moments ago on @kcoffield 's similar countershaft pulley thread, but I thought I'd post my update from today here, also:
Clausing does have the pulley in stock. I've only called them 3 times, and they've had all 3 parts in stock (half-nut scroll, carriage lock, and this countershaft pulley). That absolutely blows my mind.
Ordered one today. $86 + shipping. In my giddiness, I forgot to ask him my total with shipping. Actually...one sec I'll check my bank. $111.04 to my door. So: holy crap on the shipping, but still a helluva deal compared to eBay - especially for an assumedly new part. And hopefully that means either a wobble free part, or I can hold them accountable for a wobbly part.
He did confirm for me (well, via the picture in his system; he did not physically check the part on the shelf) this is the "Craftsman style" with 3 concentric weight-saving holes. It is not the "Atlas style" with 4 curved spokes/arms. He did not know which part number it is, only that 560-060 and 9-427 both cross-referenced to this 3-hole style he has in stock. And he said he has "a few" of them in stock.
I asked a couple extracurricular questions about their vintage stock. Is there any rhyme or reason to which parts they do/don't stock? Without laughing at me, can you confirm there's nothing close to an inventory or catalogue for customers?
I'll summarize his answers:
- No rhyme or reason. Some parts they have; some they don't.
- They have parts to machinery (not limited to lathes, of course) going back to 1930's.
- They sell "a lot" of this vintage stock.
- Some of it is new old stock.
- Some of the parts are actually manufactured new (this surprised me the most) - parts that sell well and they still have the prints for.
- And sometimes when a NOS item is depleted, they still make this determination: was this a part that sold well, do we have the prints, cost evaluation of having this part manufactured, etc.
- No catalogue or customer-accessible inventory, of course.
- Oh and, in response to a comment I made, he acknowledged they are very much aware of the price-inflated eBay market, and giving customers a fair-price alternative is exactly what they strive to do.
fyi I've done a good amount of paraphrasing.
Very interesting!
