Recent content by kerrigan

Hey all, good news. Although I have all I would need to make a bushing acceptable for reassembly, I realized that I don’t need to keep the original bushing outside of the unit anymore since I now have full measurements of it. I put it back inside and finally had a chance to do a test. There is...

Thanks for all your support folks! On-hold here until Saturday, other stuff to tend to The folks at my local bearing shop think that I should take washers, and slide them up from the narrow end to be seated beneath the flange of a 1/8. We’ll see.

Got calipers today! 💪

Got washers. Will post a photo shortly here

I speculated and haven’t tried it yet. Time to find washers!

lol. I had a dream last night that I found a pair of calipers in my toolbox and of course I do not own any. Sounds like time to get some 😆

Yep, I was able to find such a bushing! The only issue is I don’t know what will happen when I try to fill the empty space that’s supposed to be occupied by the thick flange. I could try washers and see if it affects any of the rotation. But yes this is true!

I reckon, but I attached a photo of the ‘arbor’ or ‘spindle’ I guess which goes right into this bushing. If you also look at the diagram or the patent I attached on the thread, you can see this too. I was going crazy for a couple weeks because I thought this here was a “bearing” I was supposed...

Holy cow folks that’s a lot of feedback, thanks! Gonna read through here

Thanks. How about that!! I’m guessing the automobile scene was even more exciting around this time.

Hi everybody, Hey there, how goes it! Kerrigan writing to you: I believe this is a new subject matter. First I wanna give a nod to this thread which I enjoyed reading (and is topic-relevant): https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/circular-saw-corded.531805/ Here's what has happened: I...

Hey there folks, my name's Kerrigan and I've decided to join up here after spending several months working on restoration of an old tool that I came across. I've also really enjoyed performing restoration of Ford Model T Running Board Toolboxes because they are unique and I've got a process for...