Looking for suggestions and advice:
I'm building the Webster IC, and I'm using bronze bushings, which raises the question, what is the best way to polish a bronze bushing? And while we are at it, what is the wrong way to polish a bronze bushing.
Is this wrong: Wrap some 1200 grit paper around a shaft to make a "flapper" and just rotate it in the bushing. Or will this cause uneven polishing?
How about this: Make a lap and use lapping compound (or is this overkill?)
Something in between?
And what about the shaft that goes in the bushing? Seems like it ought to be OK to use fine grit abrasive here . . .
What is your preferred method and why?
I'm building the Webster IC, and I'm using bronze bushings, which raises the question, what is the best way to polish a bronze bushing? And while we are at it, what is the wrong way to polish a bronze bushing.
Is this wrong: Wrap some 1200 grit paper around a shaft to make a "flapper" and just rotate it in the bushing. Or will this cause uneven polishing?
How about this: Make a lap and use lapping compound (or is this overkill?)
Something in between?
And what about the shaft that goes in the bushing? Seems like it ought to be OK to use fine grit abrasive here . . .
What is your preferred method and why?