Some suggestions on splitting this sleeve

[Blue Chips]

I've spent (read wasted)hours searching/inquiring for these bearings or similar, found some that would make for a very good substitute and inexpensive from Motion Ind. unfortunately, they require a minimum 300 quantity to purchase. They show as singularly available on the website, going to try that and see how far it goes. Strange thing is a inadvertent email quote was received for 80 of them, I sense a rat in the wood pile. Hind sight being 20-20 should have just made them to begin with, they would have been done by now.

So much time is wasted looking, as annoying as the internet is I am very glad for it, seems almost like one can't get along with out it though I built one of these helicopters in the early 70's with no internet, imagine that, no internet......

[Aaron Novak]

I've spent (read wasted)hours searching/inquiring for these bearings or similar, found some that would make for a very good substitute and inexpensive from Motion Ind. unfortunately, they require a minimum 300 quantity to purchase. They show as singularly available on the website, going to try that and see how far it goes. Strange thing is a inadvertent email quote was received for 80 of them, I sense a rat in the wood pile. Hind sight being 20-20 should have just made them to begin with, they would have been done by now.

So much time is wasted looking, as annoying as the internet is I am very glad for it, seems almost like one can't get along with out it though I built one of these helicopters in the early 70's with no internet, imagine that, no internet......

Usually I have found its easier to just make what I need. So much time can be wasted trying to make something"work"

[Jim Hardin]

Maybe I missed it, but with a flange on both ends your 'kerf' must equal the flange width+ unless you intend to build the hole around the bushing???

[Blue Chips]

Don't follow you Jim.

[Aaron Novak]

Don't follow you Jim.

Me either

[Jim Hardin]

Don't follow you Jim.

Me either

First! When I replied, Blue Chips image in post #9 was not visible to me. Sooo without that extra info, I thought you were asking to install a double flanged bushing into a hole which is impossible since the flange exceeds the diameter of the hole

Now that I see how you are doing it I think you are over complicating it???

I would paint or use a permanent marker on the flange to 'match mark' before I cut it with a hand held Dremel cutoff wheel.

The cut is thin and this way every wavy deviation will match just as well as well as any other method short of machining 2 bushings.

[Blue Chips]

Now that I see how you are doing it I think you are over complicating it???

Now that is one area where I need no instruction.

Been a good thread and it is very doable several ways as mentioned here.


Thanks

[Blue Chips]

For others information if it may be needed or of use.
Motion Industries did not come through (after 10 days) but was able to locate an alternative through http://www.igus.com/
They also have UK distribution at http://www.igus.co.uk/

Ordered 1", 3/4 and 1/2 bore
http://www.igus.com/wpck/3727/iglidur_clips2?C=US&L=en

No lubrication required, can be made non-rotatable if need be with a drop of Loctite Prism 480.
Excellent specifications for control bearings and available in numerous inch and metric sizes.

They beat you up a bit on shipping but the prices are very inexpensive, cant even begin to spend the time machining for what all these cost.