I wondered if I was way out of the ball park with the idea of J-B Weld but, your two votes for it gives me more confidence to try it.
I do not have machining tools available. The simpler, the better...as long as the solution is effective, durable, safe, etc.
Pressed, what is that 'way...
I'm hoping to rebuild an old wood working tool, Parks 12" thickness planer. The shaft holding the planer head is about 1" diameter, 20" long, supported at each end by ball bearings bedded/encased in babbitt which is further housed in cast iron pillow block structures which split into top and...