Thanks Desertfox,
I'll try the boiling water method tomorrow, and if that doesn't work, I'll try a scrap piece of aluminium with the blow torch first before using it on my work.
I'll let you all know how I get on so it might help others.
This is all really helping me a lot so thanks to all...
Thanks Greg,
Any idea about my previous question with heating aluminium ?
Do you know if it will dis-colour, and if so, can it be polished off ?
Thanks,
Soundssupreme.
Hi again,
I have machined it to the size you gave me (I used the larger tolerance), and it seems fine but I haven't fitted it yet. I like your idea of heating the item with the hole in it and I have a standard blow torch that might work but will the aluminium be dis-coloured if I do this as I...
Hi Desertfox,
Thanks for writing back.
The item in question is not taking any stress so to speak, it is part of a hi-fi tonearm and only has a tonearm clip and a small light component (the arm cueing mechanism) to be fitted to it. The shaft is to be about 70mm long and 14mm wide along it's...
Hi,
Tried the links given, but it all looks like gobbledegook to me. Maybe I'm on the wrong site. I am not a professional engineer, just trying to make the odd item. Is there a site where you can type in the size and it tells you the right diameter for the shaft ?
Or does anyone know what I...
Hi,
I am new to the forum.
I am trying to find informaiton on fit tolarances of hole and shafts and have read a couple on the net but they are difficult to undertand. Does anyone have a url for a web site that show this information in easy to understand form ?
My question for the moment is that...
