bertiebassett
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afternoon all
am after a bit of advice on how best to stick these two bits of metal together. Initially I was thinking of just bolting them but there's a fair amount of metal there and i wouldn't want the faceplate to part company from the spindle while spinning up.
The main plate itself is 13" diameter ( or will be after some more machining) and about 1,1/4" thick, unknown steel plate
The back plate was a bit of round bar, possibly EN1A8? main flange diameter is around 5" (ignore the red marker, was sketching layouts.)
the fit is reasonably close, they slide together easily but no noticeable looseness.
currently thinking of bolting through from the back plus drilling and tapping for studs from the front, these would then be plug welded and machined flat.
i could get some weld on the larger diameter but there's no access to the other side.
my other thought was to heat the whole thing up and braze it then add bolts for security.
any thoughts/better ideas from you experts?
am after a bit of advice on how best to stick these two bits of metal together. Initially I was thinking of just bolting them but there's a fair amount of metal there and i wouldn't want the faceplate to part company from the spindle while spinning up.
The main plate itself is 13" diameter ( or will be after some more machining) and about 1,1/4" thick, unknown steel plate
The back plate was a bit of round bar, possibly EN1A8? main flange diameter is around 5" (ignore the red marker, was sketching layouts.)
the fit is reasonably close, they slide together easily but no noticeable looseness.
currently thinking of bolting through from the back plus drilling and tapping for studs from the front, these would then be plug welded and machined flat.
i could get some weld on the larger diameter but there's no access to the other side.
my other thought was to heat the whole thing up and braze it then add bolts for security.
any thoughts/better ideas from you experts?