lookforjoe
True Classic
View attachment 4651 View attachment 4652 I ground the button off the backside and pressed the shaft out. Then oblonged the hole by 1/16 inch. Made a crescent moon shaped piece of metal 1/16 inch thick and pressed the shaft back in with the sliver in place. I was too lazy to turn on the gas for the mig so after securing the arm and making sure the shaft was in straight and tight I zapped the backside with the stick welder ground the weld down a bit painted it and reinstalled. 1/16 works pretty good. I wouldn't go much more than another thirty second. Circles are interesting things. If you enlarge the radius by half you double the area. I think I remembered that right. At any rate it doesn't take much to change the arc.
Very nice work.
I would like to replace the arms & pivots with newer style bolt-through arms. There is too much slop in the old design