GWRdriver
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I just downloaded their cat and their open stock goes from 2" ID to 8.5" ID. I have no idea how much their products cost but it would be interesting to find out.
Not long ago I did the cyinder liners (1-5/8" ID) for my current locomotive out of a Durabar-like continuous cast iron bar. I hated to have to machine away a 1.5" diam plug but there was no way for me to get it out in one piece. A friend out of state offered to EDM cut out the centers so I sent them to him for the job. What's done is done but this was a "Doh!" moment . . . the shipping back and forth cost me far more than a new piece of 1.5" diam bar, plus the time and bother. Considering all this, the price of a commercially made liner might not be so bad after all.
Not long ago I did the cyinder liners (1-5/8" ID) for my current locomotive out of a Durabar-like continuous cast iron bar. I hated to have to machine away a 1.5" diam plug but there was no way for me to get it out in one piece. A friend out of state offered to EDM cut out the centers so I sent them to him for the job. What's done is done but this was a "Doh!" moment . . . the shipping back and forth cost me far more than a new piece of 1.5" diam bar, plus the time and bother. Considering all this, the price of a commercially made liner might not be so bad after all.
