Talk:Bushing/archive

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Local usages of terms belong in a dictionary, not an encyclopedia. Wiktionary may be interested, but I suspect Urban Dictionary is probably the best place for it. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 17:32, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
You're probably right there. I hadn't heard of these sites before. Thanks (original article was not mine by the way) :) -- Diom1982
If Wiktionary take it (I've honestly no ideas what their criteria for inclusion are; they may well require evidence of it's being used by a nontrivial sized population) then wikipedia can host a special "wikitionary has a page about xxx" tag, so that anyone who comes here looking for it will find the wiktionary page. The same isn't true for Urban Dictionary, as a) it's run by an entirely different organisation, and b) it clearly lets in any old crap ;) -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 18:34, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Merge with bush (mechanical)

I propose bush (mechanical) be merged with this article. Any comments? —BenFrantzDale 20:54, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

A merge looks sensible, essentially they are the same. The only thing is with terminology, perhaps it's a regional or American English vs. English English thing, but the object is a bush, not a bushing. Graham 00:24, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
One possibility is to do the Bush (mechanical)-Bushing merger, and at the same time split off the electrical meaning into Bushing (electrical). The two concepts are very different in nature. We could then possibly do with a disambiguation page. --BillC 21:11, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
That sounds like the right approach. —BenFrantzDale 21:33, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
Done! BillC 22:15, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] definite need for disambiguation

I aggree that the mechanical object is a bush (although I don't doubt that some people mught call it a bushing)

I dunno about the electrical thingy

But the further meaning for a bushing is in the manufacture of glass fibre, its a big plate of metal, usually platinum / rhodium with lots of holes, the glass dribbles out of the holes, and forms fibres as it falls.

The wikipedia glass fibre page links to bushing, but that then tells you about the mechanical rubbery type of object, which really is entirely different.

Ben ford

Agree - disambiguate - move the current page to Plain bearing first:

  • Bushing (plain bearing)
  • Bushing (threaded pipe adapter)
  • Bushing (electrical thingy)

209.102.126.124 05:04, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

One problem - a plain bearing may be a bush, but a bush (even in this limited sense) is not a plain bearing. What about bushes made from rubber or polyurethane? They are not considered plain bearings in the usual sense, since a plain bearing allows one part to rotate inside another with a sliding friction between, whereas many bushes only allow very limited rotation or compression of the pliant material. That's why, when I want to buy something like that, I ask for a "bush" and not a "plain bearing". This merge seems likely to me to cause a worsening of the precision of the different terms. Graham 05:12, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
Bushings can be either plain bearings or bushes. Merge "bush" into "bushings." Merge "plain bearings" into "bushings," too. Mugaliens 16:20, 10 August 2006 (UTC)