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Ductile is less slippery than grey iron, so grey would probably be better for the liner. I just already had ductile iron the correct...

Thanks for that information. You seem to have a reasonable selection of materials to choose from, which is always nice, and of course we...

Cylinder liner: ductile iron, grade FCD450 Piston: cast aluminium, grade AA337 (9.5% Si, 3% Cu, 1% Mg, 1% Ni balance Al) Rings: grey...

I'm getting somewhere:) I redid the spline for the swirly M tracing over Pat's original and then wrapped it onto a cylinder in Alibre...

Nice conversations going on here. A pleasure to watch. But Pat, no google? You already use youtube. You could use a vpn and incognito...

Just one comment, based on personal experience. I hope you didn't steal that muffin tin from the kitchen cupboard! I took (and kept) an...

I have been doing some research on material compatibility and have found many different suggestions, plus the old automotive standby...

Made the piston rings and fitted to the piston.

I was on two backyard casting forums over a period of about 9 years, and I read everything that was posted (tons of stuff). We debated...

I watched the art-iron cupola folks pour iron for several years, and finally the lure was too great, and I said "I have got to do that"...

Skim and post comments? Those posts are more like an authoritative white paper on the topic. Your depth of knowledge on the subject is...

Metal shrinks as it cools from a molten state, and so your patterns have to be made slightly larger than the finished part size. There...

I know how you feel Bob. They are all so unique, with their own personalities, that it is easy to get attached to them. Who has a pet...

I had a deaf cat that wasn't scared of anything. He would sit on top of the lathe and swat at the chips as they flew off. He would also...

I don't know why people say you can't do cast iron at home, I've done it in a blacksmith forge. The one crucial element is the right...