Hi all.
I'm not a mechanical engineer, but occasionally I need to build something.
Currently I want to attach a wheel assembly (truck) to a piece of tubing that rotates in a pillow bearing, so it can spin. So I bought a bearing with a 1-inch inner diameter, and a 1-inch-OD piece of metal tubing. Well, the tubing won't fit into the bearing. I guess that makes sense.
My caliper shows the ID of the bearing to be up to .999" (hard to measure accurately), and the OD of the tube to be 1.003".
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Do people just grind down the tubing in a situation like this so it fits? I guess this is kind of a silly question, because what else is there to do? The next-smaller size tubing would not sit centered in the bearing, obviously.
I don't have a proper workshop, because I live in an apartment in L.A. Considering that situation, I have a lot of tools I suppose (drill press, table & miter saws, X/Y table). But for something like this, it means manually grinding away metal with sandpaper I guess. Any insight appreciated.
Gavin