Is spray welding by mail a possibility?

[Bill Dufour]

Brian you are probably right. The thin wall is fine for a wiping seal but a friction fit will probably crumple up the sleeve.
Further thought says when I did the jb weld thing I had no lathe. So jb weld then light passes with a file.
Bill D

[Bruce Wrenn]

Instead of spray welding, why not build area up using MIG welder, and then turn down to size.

[Zachary Hoyt]

I think the concern is that by welding on one side at a time the shaft would be pulled out of straightness. I may be wrong about that, though.

[Jerry Bruette]

Instead of spray welding, why not build area up using MIG welder, and then turn down to size.

We had a fabricator where I used to work that was very skilled at doing this. You have to be very careful not to warp the shaft. He would run a bead the length of the surface being repaired, let it fully cool and then run another bead 180* opposite of the first one and continue around the shaft. Also allowing it to fully cool after every weld and making sure to go 180* from the last bead. You'd still need a metal lathe and measuring instruments to turn the shaft to the proper diameter.

[Rob Luter]

You don't mention how much you need to build up the shaft. I've done this in the past using a plater. I had some small shafts that experienced fretting corrosion unter the bearings. A local guy (I know, you're in the boonies) hard chrome plated the worn areas and build the lost material back. I think he added 0.020" to the diameter. We then OD ground the shaft back to design diameter. A bonus was that the chrome was some pretty tough stuff and a much better place for the bearings to ride. No more fretting corrosion.

[Ted Baxter]

Might try keith rucker at vintage machine he may be able to help here is a link to his youtube channel https://youtu.be/O-QIWwW1LOs?si=Bg8ZCmRBiWDAF4Ia

[Zachary Hoyt]

Reading a thread about a Parks planer on OWWM led me to parts4parks.com which appears to sell a new shaft for $86. If they have one, at that price or anywhere close, I will buy it and put it in. Much better than any kind of repair to the old shaft, I would imagine, and the price looks good.