Question on rebushing flanges

[Thomas D. Seay, III]

>Dear fellow techs.
>
>I have never seriously gotten into rebushing flanges; just enough to pass
>the test on the course I took many years ago. My question is this:
>
>With replacement flanges only costing about 60 cents (US) retail, why would
>I ever want to charge my customer the labor involved in rebushing a flange?
>(which I imagine would be close to $5.00)
>
>Wally Scherer
>Lake Worth, Florida

Wally,

Some things to consider:

1. Identical replacement flanges may or may not be available.
2. If available, they might be of lesser quality than the originals.
3. If available, the geometry might not be exactly the same as the originals.
4. The original flanges have probably been traveled; the new ones 
won't have been.
5. The quality of the bushing cloth varies greatly from supplier to 
supplier. In general, generic replacement flanges don't always have 
quality bushing cloth. Using Renner or other high quality bushing 
cloth will insure that your centers will be consistent from flange to 
flange.

Regards,

Tom





Tom Seay
School of Music
The University of Texas at Austin
mailto:t.seay@mail.utexas.edu