Building up the shaft, to the point that the half-coupling didn't need also building up, was not an option as it has to pass through a twin oil seal,...
Actually some months ago I built up the worn key, made a spacer for the nut so that it would actually clamp the worn taper together, and bunged it up...
As with any tax there are oddities.
I do some work for two small companies operating freight barges around the Mersey area. Commercial vessels above...
A while ago I looked at using standard Unistrut type of enclosed track with an internal trolley for moving stuff on & off my mill table. I was quite...