[modeleng] Re: Oilite bearings
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 06:41:39 -0800 (PST)
What a sad state of affairs! Once upon a time, long, long ago, suppliers took
pride in the fact that their merchandise was held to tight tolerances.
Al Messer
--- On Sun, 12/7/08, Jeff D <jeffdayman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Jeff D <jeffdayman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Oilite bearings
> To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sunday, December 7, 2008, 7:18 AM
> That's a sad state of affairs. I don't know how the
> USA firm is doing, but
> I'll see what I can find out.
>
> Boston Gear and several other companies still offer oil
> impregnated sintered
> bronze bearings, but most are made in China now.
>
> The last ones I bought for my work from a well known US
> firm were totally
> useless - they were .010 bigger on the od and .008 smaller
> on the id than
> the max catalogue tolerances. They didn't fit the shaft
> and bore I had
> designed to catalogue sizes, so I made up some proper ones
> from cored stock
> from the same supplier (and took some heat from the
> supervisor for the
> delay).
>
> Oh, and the supplier's response to my complaint about
> the first ones that
> were out of spec - "oh we can't help that, our
> warranty only covers
> replacing defective goods - would you like some more at no
> cost?" I asked if
> the replacements were from a different batch, and/or would
> be inspected to
> ensure they would be on-size. "Oh we don't inspect
> anything anymore, and
> yes, they are all the same batch."
>
> Won't be specifying that brand again.
>
> Cheers Jeff Dayman
>
>
> >From: "Alan Stepney"
> <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: [modeleng] Oilite bearings
> >Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 11:37:10 -0000
> >
> >I suspect many model engineers have used Oilite
> bearings, if not in models,
> >then in various pieces of workshop machinery.
> >
> >Sadly, Oilite have gone into Administration.
> >
> >See:
> >http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/businessnews/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=Business&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=Business&itemid=IPED05%20Dec%202008%2009%3A14%3A51%3A513
> >
> >
> >Alan
> >
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