Barrel bushing

[nickelsilver]

I have a nice little carriage clock in for service, very good shape, except for over 0.30mm sideshake of the barrel arbor in the barrel. Thought I would show how I bush these; it seems they often get overlooked or just skipped as they are a little more fussy than just bushing a plate. I measure everything up, then remove the boss in the barrel, and make a bushing that fits from the inside and is stepped, replacing the boss. This way it's captive, and doesn't require a big interference fit to get seated and stay. I turn up the bushing with a boring tool in the lathe, doing the outside as well (running in reverse of course), then do the barrel opening with the same tool. It's a pretty quick process once you have the moves down!

 

 

[watchweasol]

A nice and tidy job 

[teegee]

Looks great! I don't have nice bezel chuck like that and have to use a WW faceplate and some precarious clamp positioning. Much slower to set up, but it works

[m1ks]

Very nice.
Lathe work is something I'd really love to get into.

[oldhippy]

How did I miss this? I always let the bush protrude by a tiny amount on the face side, then clean off, that way by the time you have finished cleaning up and polishing the barrel you wouldn’t see the bush. Nevertheless a good tidy job. We all have our own ways of working.