Thanks, Lee. I may go that route, if I can find a cylinder hone that small. I tried one last week and it was too large to enter the bore, and Brake Cylinder Hones around here are so short I am afraid that I could not get the bore parallel. Al --- Lee Grant <leegrant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Al > Chinese made small engine & brake cyl hone's are > sold here for about $14.00 > AUD $10.00 US I would send you one but the postal > rates would be 3 times > that. > > Lee Grant > PS. For people in OZ they are available at Super > Cheap Auto. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Allen Messer" <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "modeleng" <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 1:15 AM > Subject: [modeleng] Lapping Steel Cylinder > > > > I have a cylinder fabricated from Black Steel > > Pipe/Tubing that must be lapped. It is app. > 1.625" > > in diameter by 4 inches long. A commercial > cylinder > > hone would not fit in the bore. Making a lap from > a > > piece of Copper this size is cost prohibitive. I > have > > several blocks of very dense hard Maple on hand. > Is > > it possible to do a well fitting job with a wooden > > lap? > > > > Al Messer > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. > > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.