Steel Bushings...

[downsizingnow48]

You are looking for alternatives to the factory part. You do not have a set of alternatives to examine. Instead you complain about the alternatives people suggest.

And here is the McMaster Carr page:
McMaster-Carr

 

[Sysop]

You are looking for alternatives to the factory part. You do not have a set of alternatives to examine. Instead you complain about the alternatives people suggest.

And here is the McMaster Carr page:
McMaster-Carr

I'm simply looking for someplace that carries the needed size without a silly-high markup or ridiculous wait-time. I will never complain about an honest effort to help. McMaster's site isn't the easiest to find what you need on, I appreciate the link. I can handle $13.58 for a foot of that no problem. That is surely better than $12.50 for a 3/4" length of steel (which was the closest I turned up searching their site).

Thanks!

 

[Sysop]

Sysop,
What size do you need?
edit:Never mind, I should have read better. I figured Misumi would have a configurable one but I checked and couldn't find one either.

Yea, it was a good place to check, and thanks for the effort. Take care!

 

[Sysop]

Monday's do open up a world of possibilities...

I ended up with 4750Man's suggestion of a lathe... Walked into a local machine shop that generally does big jobs for big companies. They have a $100 minimum order, but I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask if they had something laying around their scrap pile that would work. Anyway, the owner greeted me kindly, looked at the one I had, and said "I don't know what we'd have to make this out of to meet the $100 minimum order and I know we don't have anything like that in scrap."... I was about to say "thanks for you time" and make a quiet exit, and he said "Can you wait till lunch time?", to which I answered with a smile "Lunch time certainly beats waiting on UPS.". He said "How's $25 sound?" and I smiled and said "It sounds like a good day, thank you so much for your time." Wrote my name and number down and went on my way. Little later I got a call that he was finished, and I said I'd be right in.

The results:

I thought I was only getting one, but he made me two! Heck of a nice guy, as are all of you who assisted in locating some alternatives to the couple week projection of the manufacturer.