[modeleng] Re: Lapping Steel Cylinder

  • From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 18:16:41 -0700 (PDT)

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
> >
> >
> >
> >
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