Hobby Shafting
Silversteel shafting for hobbies. Not suitable for precision bearings.
Suitable for use with plastic gears, bushes, couplings etc. Not recommended for use with precision steel or stainless steel bearings. Some sizes have special features such as serrations or small barbs (noted in description). Unground ends. Ideal for axles in robotic applications and educational projects.
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Supports - Pedestal Two Bolt.
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For general hobby applications.
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Made of hardened high speed steel.
Useful for turning and boring tools, constructing pins, hinge pins, arbors, pin gauges, dowels, preforating punchs. Can also be ground to make special cutting tools such as mills, spotfaces, angle or radii cutters, etc. This category may be available in the new MBA online store at
Rod - Drill Blanks.
Tube and Tubing
Hollow round tubing for general hobby applications.
Includes K&S Metals range and more. May be slightly oversized on OD so some reworking might be required before fitting closely mating parts. This product is not recommended for use as a bearing shaft. We suggest you use items from the category - Shafting - Ground for bearing shaft. This category may be available in the new MBA online store at
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Precision ground shafting.
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Used in critical aircraft structural components. UNS R56400. Composition Percentage: Al 5.5-6.75, V 3.5-4.5, N 0.05, C 0.08, H 0.015, Fe 0.40, O 0.2, Ti Balance. Grade 5, 6Al-4V, TC4 is a high strength titanium alloy. Tensile Strength 91.5kgf / mm2. Yield Strength 84.5kgf / mm2. Elongation 10 Percent. Shaft with undersized tolerances is suitable for use with precision ground bearings wih inner rings. HRC 36. Surface Finish Ra 0.8-1.6 um. Not suitable for running needle bearings directly. Shaft with oversized tolerances is suitable for pulleys or gears requiring interference fits, or for machining to your required tolerances.
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CP2 Commercially Pure Titanium Grade 2. Tensile Strength 35.2 kgf/mm2. Yield Strength 28.2 kgf/mm2. Elongation 20 Percent.
Commercially pure for general industrial corrosion applications. UNS R50400. Widely used in power generation, chemical processing, aerospace and medical applications. Composition Percentage: Al 0, V 0, N 0.03, C 0.08, H 0.015, Fe 0.3, O 0.25, Ti Balance. Shaft with undersized tolerances is suitable for use with precision ground bearings with inner rings. HRB 74. Surface Finish Ra 0.8-1.6 um. Not suitable for running needle bearings directly. Shaft with oversized tolerances is suitable for pulleys or gears requiring interference fits, or for machining to your required tolerances.
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Ready made precision ground idler shafts.
Internal grease hole can be accessed by drilling if required. Use with your idler pulleys. Can be used with the idler tensioners listed on this site or use in your own design. This category may be available in the new MBA online store at
Shafts - Idler.
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Shafts - Pinion.
For mounting of linear shafting.
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Rail Supports - Without Shaft.
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Includes linear shafting.
Includes shaft to h6 tolerances. Support is made from aluminium. This category may be available in the new MBA online store at
Rail Supports - With Shaft.
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One piece construction made from 6061-T6 Aluminium with ceramic coating to Mil-8625. Suitable for use with Frelon lined linear bearings.
Not suitable for linear ball bearings. Weld spatter, paints and other contaminants will not stick to the shaft. Vibration resistant and non-magnetic. Not suitable for harsh washdown environments. This category may be available in the new MBA online store at
Rail Supports - With Shaft - One Piece.
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Keyways are cut full length of each bar. Low carbon steel C1018. Good case hardening properties.
Diameter Tolerance +0.00/-0.051. Keyway Depth Tolerance +0.41/-0.00. Keyway Width Tolerance +0.05/-0.00. Unhardened carbon steel. Special order may be available for stainless steel, other diameters, other lengths. Please ask.
Great axles for low load and low precision applications like trolleys, carts and wheelbarrows.
Check listed specifications for keyway information. This category may be available in the new MBA online store at
Shafting - Mild Steel.
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For general hobby applications. This rod is annealed soft to make it easier to bend. Copper, brass and aluminium,
300mm lengths for general hobby applications. Not recommended for heavy duty applications. This product is not recommended for use as a bearing shaft. We suggest you use items from the category - Shafting - Ground for bearing shaft. Includes K&S Metals range and more.
Linear Bearings
Standard closed type to run on standard 60HRC shafts with h6 tolerances. For running on shafts fixed at the ends.
Use with hardened precision ground shafting. Shaft tolerance: h6 (Normal Fit), j6 (Close Fit). Housing Tolerance: H7 (Clearance Fit), J7 (Interference Fit). Max Temp: 100
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Bearings - Linear - Ball - Stainless Steel - Closed.
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Flexible Shaft
Flexible shafting with coupling ends ready to attach to a fixed shaft.
1.7 and 2.5mm cable diameters can be operated manually at 62mm bend radius with torsional break strength of 0.62 N.m. 3.3F shaft has a greater degree of flexibility than standard 3.3mm. 3.3F shaft can be used in dynamic mode if shaft isshortened to approximately 50mm. This category may be available in the new MBA online store at
Shafts - Flexible - Coupling Ends - Open - Mild Steel.
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Strip
For general hobby applications. This brass strip is annealed soft to make it easier to bend. Brass.
300mm lengths. Not recommended for heavy duty applications. For use with bearings we suggest you use items from the category - Shafting - Ground. This category may be available in the new MBA online store at
Strip - Soft Metal Packs.
For general hobby applications.
NOTE! Very thin sizes may experience some bending. They may not be straight for the entire length. May be slightly oversized on OD so some reworking may be required before fitting closely mating parts such as bearings. This product is not recommended for use as a bearing shaft. We suggest you use items from the category - Shafting - Ground for bearing shaft. Includes K&S Metals range and more.
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For general hobby applications.
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Rod - Round - Brass.
For general hobby applications.
NOTE! Very thin sizes may experience some bending. They may not be straight for the entire length. May be slightly oversized on OD so some reworking may be required before fitting closely mating parts such as bearings. This product is not recommended for use as a bearing shaft. We suggest you use items from the category - Shafting - Ground for bearing shaft. Includes K&S Metals range and more.
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Hardened and Ground Steel 100 Cr6. Din 7979.
Extractable dowels have a thread tapped in the end to fascilitate removal from blind holes. An air release flat is ground along the full length of the pin to overcome the problem of pressure build up by trapped air. Hardness 55-62 HRC, HV550-650. Extractable pins may or may not have a flat to vent pressure when pulling. Also known as parallel pins.
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Vapor degassed high tensile strength chromium alloy steel. Spring ends are ground square. Designed for long life cycle with constant high end deflections and shot peened to increase fatigue life.
Colour coded gold. Efficient operating range is 15 to 25 percent of the length. Maximum deflection is 30 percent of the length. This category may be available in the new MBA online store at
Springs - Die - Imperial - Heavy Duty.
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Colour coded blue. Efficient operating range is 25 to 40 percent of the length. Maximum deflection is 50 percent of the length. This category may be available in the new MBA online store at
Springs - Die - Imperial - Medium Duty.
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Colour coded green. Efficient operating range is 15 to 20 percent of the length. Maximum deflection is 25 percent of the length. This category may be available in the new MBA online store at
Springs - Die - Imperial - Extra Heavy Duty.
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Colour coded red. Efficient operating range is 20 to 30 percent of the length. Maximum deflection is 37 percent of the length. This category may be available in the new MBA online store at
Springs - Die - Imperial - Medium-Heavy Duty.
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For punches dies and high strength machine parts. Unhardened - requires heat treatment.
High abrasion resistance and high toughness when hardened. 100 percent machinability. Requires heat treating to harden. Small diameters may not be perfectly straight. Refer engineering guides online for W-1 hardening requirements. This category may be available in the new MBA online store at
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Standard closed type to run on standard 60HRC shafts with h6 tolerances
Use with hardened precision ground shafting. Shaft tolerance: h6 (Normal Fit), j6 (Close Fit). Housing Tolerance: H7 (Clearance Fit), J7 (Interference Fit). Max Temp: 100
oC Intermittent, 80 Deg C continuous. This category may be available in the new MBA online store at
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