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Custom Brass Bushings, Where to buy material?

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Duramax7man7

Good Morning Fellas. 


I have another project but figured that you all would be the best source for this kind of thing... 

 I'm looking for a place to order brass bushing materials that I could order to specified size and cut to varied lengths depending on the application. These would need to be standard sleeve bushings, non-flange style. Although if they had those I might find a use for those as well. 

Thanks!

Andrew

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pacer

Good ole Mcmaster Carr can probably fix you up. If not there are several metal selling sites, one I like is Speedy metals.

https://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-brass-alloy-rods/=1d5hrg5

http://www.speedymetals.com/

 

I have long made my own bushings on my lathe. Over the yrs I had accumulated a pretty good supply of misc scrap brass round stock, but a while back when prices went crazy I quit buying and lately I've had to really scratch to find a suitable piece.

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Duramax7man7

Thanks! 

 Unfortunately I don't have a lathe and would like to find premade bronze sleeve bushings or possibly tubing that I can cut to length. 

I'm looking for 13/16" OD / 5/8" ID with roughly a 3/32" wall. So the ID is a smidgen flexible on that size. 

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lynnmor

One example, they have others: 1" long

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Duramax7man7

Okay. Thanks. I may have found some on McMaster-Carr. Well see how they fit both applications. Thanks Fellas! Much Appreciated!

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Sarge

Thanks for the link - that place is a treasure trove for what I need.

 

I just scour the scrap yards for brass/bronze scrap rounds and such - then put the old Enco to work making what I need around here. There aren't too many places that will do custom sizing without making the cost prohibitive, but that site looks really promising.

 

Sarge

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Duramax7man7

Thanks. I actually was able to order some of the bushings from a local bearing distributor as well as got some from McMaster's and installed them. After install, they were a tiny bit tight afterwards so took a round file to the inside as well as a 3/8" round stock piece with some emery cloth wrapped around it. The center bolt bushings were nice and snug. Thanks for the help as always fellas. 

 

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Sarge

One of the most used tools here for my die grinders is a slotted butterfly mandrel - basically, just a precision slotted 1/4" hardened rod you chuck up in a die grinder. Wrap it in your favorite bulk shop roll sanding/crocus cloth roll to the size needed to finish a hole, and just go at it. I've even refinished brake cylinders with them quite a few times when I didn't have the correct size finish reamer. The only place I've ever found pre-made butterfly reamers is Goodson, they supply engine machine shops with what they need to finish heads/cranks/blocks. If you're really good with a hacksaw or have a metal cutting band saw - you can make your own. Just keep in mind that 20-30,000rpm's can be a bit, uh, dangerous.

 

I have 3 different lengths of them here, they pretty much never wear out unless you somehow bend one. Even the cheapest, junk Chinese die grinder can be a handy tool with these things.

 

https://goodson.com/collections/porting-and-polishing/products/butterfly-mandrels

 

Sarge

 

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