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    yet another ring design thread, hot vs cold forming

    The Trimble "hot" method for forming rings results in a ring with uniform contact and uniform wall pressure all the way around it when it is compressed into the cylinder, when the ring is not compressed into a cylinder it is not a perfect circle, if it were Trimble could have gotten away with...
  2. raveney

    Miniature Tunnel Ram on Demon V8

    Hello all, Just finished a customized version of Steve Huck's Demon V8. Started building last May 2021 and it runs pretty well on pump gas and acetone. Learned to nickel plate, TIG weld aluminum, cut dovetails and and cast parts using lost foam method. Its using a Jerry Howell TIM-6 transistor...
  3. 1 inch cast iron piston rings for the 10cc engine

    1 inch cast iron piston rings for the 10cc engine

    Homemade piston rings. The fixture on the left next to the piston is used in the lathe to finish individual rings
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