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ohhhh soooo sweet. Looks beautiful. You did the inside as well as the outside right?
Nicely done.
Nicely done.
Yes completely disassembled
I repaired a worn brake cross shaft on a Model A. Had to weld up each end and then turn it down in the lathe.
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That looks, exciting, to turn! [emoji2962]
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Made a bushing spacer for wire wheel on bench grinder. Stopped it from walking across the floor at least, getting rid of oversized washers used previously.
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@Weldingrod1
Slow and steady. I read somewhere that when Ford made the cross shaft it was straight when the ends were turned. Then the shaft was bent as you see in the photos.
The center holes in the ends of the shaft were buggered up such that the shaft would not turn concentric when chucked up on a live center in the tailstock.
I turned an aluminum adapter piece that had a 75 degree concave cone on one face and a center point hole on the opposite face. That adapter was placed between the tailstock live center and the shaft end. This allowed me to hold the the the loose end of the shaft at the tailstock and to adjust the shaft so it ran true in the lathe.
I had a chuck stop on the opposite end so the shaft would not slip back into the chuck jaws.
Then I just went at very slow RPM and took light cuts.
It worked and I was able to get both ends of the shaft turned to proper dimension.
Rick
Slow and steady. I read somewhere that when Ford made the cross shaft it was straight when the ends were turned. Then the shaft was bent as you see in the photos.
The center holes in the ends of the shaft were buggered up such that the shaft would not turn concentric when chucked up on a live center in the tailstock.
I turned an aluminum adapter piece that had a 75 degree concave cone on one face and a center point hole on the opposite face. That adapter was placed between the tailstock live center and the shaft end. This allowed me to hold the the the loose end of the shaft at the tailstock and to adjust the shaft so it ran true in the lathe.
I had a chuck stop on the opposite end so the shaft would not slip back into the chuck jaws.
Then I just went at very slow RPM and took light cuts.
It worked and I was able to get both ends of the shaft turned to proper dimension.
Rick
Made a bushing spacer for wire wheel on bench grinder. Stopped it from walking across the floor at least, getting rid of oversized washers used previously.
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@toprecycler
Looks great, nice work.
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have you tried the knotted wheels over those. I don't get wires in the face with a knotted wheel.Made a bushing spacer for wire wheel on bench grinder. Stopped it from walking across the floor at least, getting rid of oversized washers used previously.
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