rake60
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When I built Jan Ridders flame licker engine I had a very tough
time finding a suitable piece of cast iron bar stock to make the
cylinder. When I did finally find some bar stock it happened to be
about 7" long. Being that hard to come by, I didn't want to waste
a bit of! I decided to take a chance and free hang it in the chuck
just long enough to dust the outboard face flat so I could center
drill it and then engage the live center. I did manage to carefully
true up that outboard face, but decided one more light cut was
needed to be totally positive the face was flat.
When the tool reached center it wasn't perfectly ON center
and the stock took to flight.
It didn't do a lot for maintaining the lathe ways integrity.
Rick
time finding a suitable piece of cast iron bar stock to make the
cylinder. When I did finally find some bar stock it happened to be
about 7" long. Being that hard to come by, I didn't want to waste
a bit of! I decided to take a chance and free hang it in the chuck
just long enough to dust the outboard face flat so I could center
drill it and then engage the live center. I did manage to carefully
true up that outboard face, but decided one more light cut was
needed to be totally positive the face was flat.
When the tool reached center it wasn't perfectly ON center
and the stock took to flight.
It didn't do a lot for maintaining the lathe ways integrity.
Rick