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Retired Engineer in Williams, AZ
Welcome to the forum!- awake
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- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Webster Build Questions and Progress
I'd say you're in good shape. As I understand it, when using CI rings you want some cross-hatching in the cylinder walls to retain a tiny bit of oil. With o-rings, maybe an even smoother surface is appropriate - ?? But I would think that as long as the surface is smooth enough not to tear up the...- awake
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- Forum: General Engine Discussion
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Webster Build Questions and Progress
Danuzzo, I made my Webster with a steel-lined cylinder and a cast iron piston - for exactly the reasons you name, using the materials that I had on hand. It runs nicely. You can see details in the thread titled "Steel Webster."- awake
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- Forum: General Engine Discussion
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Hello from musical instrument maker
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Ball bearing center
I wonder if this was pressed together, and thus is held together by press fits. If you could heat up the outside (including the bearing) and cool the center spindle, maybe it would come apart without needing persuasion. Not sure how to achieve that, other than perhaps heating up the whole thing... -
Tangential tooling
I made one many years ago for my 12.5 x 30 Cincinnati TrayTop lathe, and I use it all the time. Grinding the bit is simple a matter of holding it so that it presents to the grinding wheel as a diamond shape - i.e., rather than the flat sides being horizontal and vertical, the corners are aligned... -
New operator in Salt Lake City UT....
Welcome to the forum!- awake
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- Forum: New Member Introductions
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