Purchase precision rotary lathe spindles/shafts in Germany

[burningkrome 23]

Hello All!

 

I'm looking for a McMaster-Carr type of company here in Germany that sells directly to the consumer. In this specific case, I'm looking for highly precision made rotary shafts that will be used in a lathe. I need a shaft that is 156mm long, 15mm diameter, with at least a .03mm straightness tolerance. Similar to these at McMaster-Carr.

 

Unfortunately, McMaster-Carr no longer ships to Germany thanks to Trump's trade wars. 

 

Can anyone direct me to such a company?

 

Many thanks!

[silty1 3,019]

So Trump's trade wars mean in this case you don't get the shaft. 

[burningkrome 23]

1 hour ago, silty1 said:

So Trump's trade wars mean in this case you don't get the shaft. 

Exactly :D

[maxie 392]

I have no clue about the subject but was wondering what the German terminology was so I did a little bit of googling.  

Would "Rundstahl" be the thing you are looking for? 

https://www.metallzuschnitte-online.de/produkt/zuschnitte/ 

Don't know if those qualities work for you.  Most companies I found offer to make the part you need,  they don't offer material.  

 

One thing to keep in mind when doing research: "drechseln" is wood turning. If you shape metal on a lathe,  that's "drehen". 

My grandfather was a Dreher and he was very particular about the proper name. ☺

[HH_Sailor 2,190]

8 hours ago, silty1 said:

So Trump's trade wars mean in this case you don't get the shaft. 

But you do get shafted.

 

It's all in the grammer...

[burningkrome 23]

2 hours ago, maxie said:

Would "Rundstahl" be the thing you are looking for? 

https://www.metallzuschnitte-online.de/produkt/zuschnitte/ 

 

That is exactly right! Thank you. They only go to H9 tolerances, however. Do you know if any of the other companies go to H6 or better?

 

Also, I don't know the German tolerance for straightness, which is critical in this case. I.e. This would be a rotary shaft, meaning it needs a straightness tolerance of 0.3mm per 300mm length.  

[catjones 1,215]

I bet there are lathe manufacturers in germany and i bet there are lathes in germany and i bet those lathes have shafts.  i'm too lazy otherwise i'd look up the german words for lathe shaft and do a search.

[Cheekyfox 183]

Quick search found this company that makes spindles for all applications...https://www.weissgmbh.com/en/

[SpiderPig 9,624]

just google CNC engineering and take your pick... or shaft

 

[vivanco 124]

One can ask this company if they can make custom product according to users specification. 

https://shop.torcman.de/Precision-Shaft-10-x-115-mm

[AlexCLE 51]

Did you find what you need? A mechanical shaft would be called Stahlwelle. Something like raw bar stock for turning would be Stahlstange. Here is a place that sells H6 tolerance precision shaft (0,1mm per meter straightness): https://www.maschinen-werkzeuge.com/de/stahlwelle-o-30-mm-h6-gehaertet-geschliffen.html

What are you making? I've been looking for an alternative to MSC/McMaster/Grainger also. There is Würth but you have to have a business to have an account.

[burningkrome 23]

On 1/11/2021, 7:28:41, AlexCLE said:

Did you find what you need?

I did find a local company that provides it, but thank you for the post. I'll keep it in my bookmarks! :)