Thread: Who can make me one of these?

Try your local TAFE could be a project

Gee, I was kind of hoping someone out there with a metalworking lathe was going to volunteer...

I visited a local engineering supplier, who confirmed it is a standard 1/2 inch UNF thread. They said any machining company wouldn't want the work, thought the tafe was a good idea. Also suggested just welding a nut onto a 1/2 inch bolt. If all else fails and the tafe can't help, I'll try that.

I'd do it, but as of right now, I don't have a complete metal lathe and 1/2" is a little too big to turn in my drill press.

I doubt that just welding a nut onto a bolt will be all that great as alignment might be a problem, seeing as this thing is likely to spin at a great rate of knots.

How desperate are you for this thing? I start lining the furnace tomorrow, so I can cast the rest of the lathe, which then needs machining, then I could make it. But there's gotta be someone else around who is more local that could do it for you.

And someone who could do it now, rather than in 2-20 weeks depending on what comes up in the next few weeks.

I need someone to mow my lawn.

Are both internal and external threads 1/2 " UNF



Russell

Originally Posted by dazzler

I need someone to mow my lawn.

Gee I was hoping that you would offer to do mine.


Peter.

John
Why not just get a UNF "long nut" these are about 40mm long then use a UNF bolt to mount your wheels by screwing into the nut .
Try "Keables" in the top end of the city , they have an amazing array of things with treads on them. They may even gave "Stud extenders" exactly like you want.
Regards
Bill

Ok smarties, I guess I deserved some of those responses...

To answer Ashore, yes, both threads are UNF. The more I think about it, having this manufactured is just not economical. So I think the nut and bolt option will be the way to go, as long as everything is balanced. Thanks for the tip about Keables, I will try them next week.