I cheated! I made a "screwed mandrel" out of it by threading the excess that protruded beyond the hub and installed a big nut on it and snugged it down. I also installed a bent tail lathe dog on the mandrel near the 3 jaw chuck, so it won't turn in the chuch and get "off". Al--- alanjstepney <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ahhh. A problem! > > Of course, you could always knurl it to increase the > diameter. > Only a shallow knurl or you may go to the other > extreme. > > alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > www.alanstepney.info > Model Engineering, Steam Engine, and Railway > technical pages. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Allen Messer" <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 1:00 AM > Subject: [modeleng] Re: D'jever have one of thise > days? > > > Like forgetting the "heat factor" when taking the > final measurement before taking the final cut on a > mandrel upon which you have worked most of the > afternoon, which is supposed to be used to mount a > flywheel with a previously finished bore? And what > should be a good press fit turns into a good running > fit when things cool off? Yeah! Been there and > done > that!! > > Al Messer > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.