The cage is half aluminium, half tungsten. The magnet idea is a good one and worth definite consideration.
Still and all, I would like to find out a bit more about fluid filled bearings.
Cheers,
Wilson.
Hi All,
I'm making a self levelling mechanism using a weighted cage in a bearing. As the cage approaches horizontal the turning force to overcome any stick or friction in the bearing approaches zero. With an insufficiently free running bearing the cage does not self level. It gets stuck at 10...
Thanks Mike,
Its the sort of thing I think I'd like to see a video of your friend Francis doing. Its amazing what some folk can do if they've been doing it a while. Its even more amazing that you can sometimes pick up on what that is by just looking. Its how I learned to TIG aluminium...
Hi,
I'm rolling much smaller cones (inches rather than feet).
Plasgears said "Roll the cone if you can find or make the right back up rolls, otherwise you may end up with a spiral distortion."
I have made a die set for my first cone because when I tried to make it on a slip roll I...
