03-31-2015, 10:35 PM
OK all you engineers out there! 
I want to make a new ratchet collar for my arbor press. The original is a porous casting with obvious voids in it and I just don't trust it. I'm sure it will end up failing on me at the worst possible time. So what's the group's general consensus on what the best material to use would be? I don't happen to have any steel in that diameter sitting around, so I will have to purchase something specifically for this job no matter what. So what material do you recommend I buy?
p.s.
It is a 3-1/2 ton press if that matters.
I want to make a new ratchet collar for my arbor press. The original is a porous casting with obvious voids in it and I just don't trust it. I'm sure it will end up failing on me at the worst possible time. So what's the group's general consensus on what the best material to use would be? I don't happen to have any steel in that diameter sitting around, so I will have to purchase something specifically for this job no matter what. So what material do you recommend I buy?
p.s.
It is a 3-1/2 ton press if that matters.
Willie