How to Fit a Shaft for a Kinetic Sculpture - Kevin Caron

From - Artist Kevin Caron needs to adjust a shaft so a sculpture he is working on will spin .... Kevin Caron is looking at a piece of stainless steel pipe and a stainless steel shaft. He has 2 washers welded onto to the shaft. He needs to get a thrust bearing to fit on the shaft so the sculpture will spin. The first race and the bearing itself will fit. The final race, though, is a little too small, so Kevin Caron is going to use his lathe to turn the shaft down a few thousands. He’ll also clean up his weld and some other areas. Kevin Caron secures the pipe in the lathe and applies a little cutting fluid before he uses the lathe to clean up the weld so the race fits on nicely. Then he puts the shaft into the lathe, applies a little cutting fluid, and turns on the lathe’s autofeed. About 7 minutes later, he checks, and the shaft is still a little too big. Instead of cutting the whole length, Kevin Caron just makes a shallow cut on the end of