Machining a bearing spacer

How hard can it be?

A friend of mine asked a couple of bearing spacers. A surface grinder would have been the perfect tool for the job, but I don't have one, so I made the spacers on the lathe. Parallelism was the challenge.

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Let's face it, no one does this on the lathe.

Expansion Arbor

In this video I'll make this tool that will help me refacing the flanges of some old carburetors - SU H2/HS2 - on the lathe. Then, I'll replace the throttle shaft bushings and check the result of the completed work on the surface plate.

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Driving ANYTHING between centers on the lathe.

Lathe dog driver

My lathe's spindle taper does not have the correct MT4 angle and for that reason, until I fix it, I cannot rely on it. Knowing this, I decided to make this tool so I could turn some parts between centers.

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I’ve been asked about the tools I use since the day I started the YouTube channel, so I figured a Tools page should cover those questions… because sometimes having the right tool for the job makes all the difference.