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.