[TheForge] Drying Borax (was: Welding flux?)

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

well:
Let me pick your brain a bit then.
I've ordered the rollers for the press and they should arrive this week.
However, when i extracted the shaft, then tried to remove the rollers , they were jammed in there
solidly enough that i had to use angled prybars to work them free and that took about 10 minutes.
That's too tight for free turning rollers,
 so i think that the side plates moved in at some point in their abuse history.
Guessing i'll need to spread the plates a few thousandths or grind more clearance in that awkward location,
and i'd rather not take the whole silly thing apart for this.
The squat, 3 ton portapower cylinder is about 3/16 too tall to fit in there,
and the little dinky one isn't powerful enough.
Wondering about trying to drive in opposing sets of wedges
But that's marginal for several reasons.
Reluctant to get abrasive grains in the works and not enough room to swing big files.
Any ideas?

On Jul 22, 2013, at 11:47 PM, Jerry Frost wrote:

On 7/22/2013 9:44 PM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> Hey Jerry
> Email Peterson's and ask..
> Or, if they have an 800 number, see if you can talk your way back to the tech guys
> Or, call sales and see if they will send you a sample to test in the name of your whole darn BS assn.
> You can convincingly ad lib the argument.
> 
> 

That is a good idea! Thank you Pete, I'll see if I can get over my terse reticence and shy nature. Oh I do SO like the idea of free samples and I'll try to force myself to send them an evaluation. Heck, maybe I'll end up on their product testing staff. Free samples and wages.

I'm even more excited now than I was when I read the label! too cool to have friends with ideas.

Jer
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