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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...
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      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...
    • Gordon
      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...
    • Gordon
      Gordon replied to the thread Making a distributor cap.
      I made a distributor cap on my 3D printer. Worked OK and easy to make.
    • Gordon
      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...
    • Gordon
      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...
    • Gordon
      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.
    • Gordon
      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...
    • Gordon
      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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