Lock Wheels  6                                                4-2024

 

Working With Wood Continued

 

After a few minutes I had 20 holes equally spaced apart.
 

 

 

Next I pressed the pins in using a small hammer. However, some of the pins didn't have enough press fit so I had to modify a few of them.
 

 

 

One hit with a hammer and a hardened dolly made quick work of mashing one end of the pin.
 

 

 

Deforming the pin enlarges the diameter slightly giving me the press fit I was looking for.
 

 

 

And there we go, all 20 pins are nice and secure now.
 

 

 

At this point I'm ready to fasten the five inch round to my 12" piece. And to make sure both are aligned I'm using my lathe tooling once again.
 

 

 

With the 3/4" pin inserted into both pieces, I can now tighten the four screws in place creating an assembly. I did this for all the pieces which worked out pretty good.
 

 

 

Working With Metal

 

I'm going to use some oil-light bronze bushings that will be installed into each end of the assemblies above. The inside diameter (I.D.) is 5/8" and the outside diameter (O.D.) is 3/4". The length is also 3/4" which includes the shoulder. These will be used with a 5/8" diameter steel shaft that all the wheels will spin on.
 

 

 

I've used these collars on a previous project many years ago and they worked great. These collars will be used to hold each wheel in place so they doesn't move from left-to-right on the shaft. They have a single screw that tightens them down and are made out of steel.
 

 

 

Here I'm installing the bushings into the wheel assembly using a soft faced hammer.
 

 

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