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Gordon
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Gordon replied to the thread Flathead hit and miss engine???.I found my old slide rule a year or so ago and showed it to my grandson. I bought it about 1960 when I was ain college for about $25... -
Gordon replied to the thread Ring grooves.Thanks. I will probably order a couple of inserts and make a holder. I don't understand why the holders are so expensive. I just got a...
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Gordon replied to the thread Ring grooves.The inserts look good at $17 but the price of the holder will shock you. $140 for a 3/8" square with a corner notch seems kind of...
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Gordon replied to the thread Ring grooves.I will probably have to just invest in some carbide grooving bits. I have looked at them before and hesitated because of the cost but...
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Gordon replied to the thread Ring grooves.I have never tried them for ring grooves but I have tried them to cut off rings from a blank and my observation is that the wheels flop...
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Gordon replied to the thread Ring grooves.Yes I am backing out the cutter before moving it over to widen the groove. I am wondering if the reason why I am successful sometimes...
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I seem to have a problem with ring sealing. Usually after a lot of screwing around I finally get the rings to seal. I think that the...
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Gordon replied to the thread Making a distributor cap.I made a distributor cap on my 3D printer. Worked OK and easy to make.
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Gordon replied to the thread Bought a new shop stool today---.Brian: I am not sure what is going on in Canada but the stool that you got used is $57 US on Amazon. Amazon does not even show stools in...
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Gordon replied to the thread Head gasket.I have placed two additional screws in the valve area and I no longer have a leak at the head when using a teflon gasket. Still having a...
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Gordon replied to the thread O Ring for piston rings.I am not having much success with the O rings. I have remade the pistons with the proper groove and they give better compression for a...
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Gordon replied to the thread Flathead hit and miss engine???.If you made it horizontal it would not look like a tower. Engines were made both horizontal and vertical.
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Gordon replied to the thread Total new-comer to CAD. Which programme to choose..There are two big advantages to Atom 3D. First it is fairly easy to learn. Second the program lives on my machine, not in the cloud. I...
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Gordon replied to the thread O Ring for piston rings.OK Thanks. That is the information that I was looking for. I will try again. Interesting information from Jim G on the different...
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What are the specifications for using O rings for piston rings? In the past I have seen specifications for sizing the width and depth of...
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