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I'm in the process of building Elmer's Open Column Twin and I'm needing a hunk of something for the cylinder block. I have a nice-sized chunk of Aluminum but I think I want to use brass or cast iron for the block. I don't have a chunk of brass big enough hanging around the shop right now but there is something sitting on my bench that my eye keeps going back to. A few years ago I bought a small anvil from H.F. for just a few bucks. I don't use it much and I'm pretty sure it's made of cast iron.
I've read there are different grades of cast iron and I'd have to think that an anvil is probably made from one of the harder types and I don't know if it would be machinable or not. If it turns out that it is suitable for this then I may have found a relatively cheap source for cast iron hunks. I think the anvil only cost me like 6 bucks or so and one could get a number of cylinder blocks from it.
Am I onto something or just wishful thinking?
-trout
I've read there are different grades of cast iron and I'd have to think that an anvil is probably made from one of the harder types and I don't know if it would be machinable or not. If it turns out that it is suitable for this then I may have found a relatively cheap source for cast iron hunks. I think the anvil only cost me like 6 bucks or so and one could get a number of cylinder blocks from it.
Am I onto something or just wishful thinking?
-trout