muddstopper
Veteran Member
I need to put some splines in a piece of 1/2flat plate. I know there are a thousand ways to do this, but I dont have any of those tools. So my question is, if I put the piece of flat plate in a forge and heat it and then use a press to push the plate over the splined axle stub, or axle stub thru the plate, what am I going to tear up. The purpose of the flat plate is to make a lever to turn the axle in the hub. 180* of rotation is all I am after. The lever will be pushed with a small hyd cyl. I dont want to just weld the plate to the axle because I wouldnt be able to remove the axle if the need arises later. I am hopeing the axle splines will act like a broach as they pass thru the plate metal. The fact that as the metal cools should make a super tight press fit would be a bonus. Should I grind the spline end flat so it would cut as it passes thru the plate metal, or just use brute force to press the axle thru the plate and let the melted metal form its own splines.