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How would a length of leather belt work in the steady rest with the finished side against the shaft and well oiled?
Not at all well. It wants to flex too much - even "escape". One would need a full-circle "sleeve", not just tip pads
"Bacon rind" as an emergency MAIN bearing (surely didn't last in a ROD bearing) has stood up to loads - even in a cousin's dreadfully wore-out '56 Dodge mini-Hemi - long enough to get a decent trade-in on a new "Valiant" for his Mum.
But it had full 360-degree backing. And he only had to make it the few miles to the dealership with 90-weight gear lube in the motor.
Not sure the Quaker Oats keeping the trashed differential quiet even reached fully-cooked? You'd have to know subsistence farming around the great metropolis of French Creek, West By God!.. Virginia, "back in the desperate-poor days?"
Several plastics - and even more than a few WOODs.. make more practical "soft" tips.
ANY of 'em get grit or chip trapped, they will mess-up the shaft.
"The wise" have always preferred to turn and shrink (back then) or Loctite (present-day) a sacrificial ring or sleeve onto the work for the duration.
Let THAT surface take the nasties. Discard when done. Works a treat. Has always.
Yep, got a bunch of sleeves hanging on the wall. Some are brass, but mostly aluminum. Both metric and inch.
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