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    Stellite 6

    For high corrosion applications our choice of metals at the university was Hastelloy. Also a tough to machine metal. Toughest job I remember was drilling a .017 hole on the lathe..... -G "HASTELLOY alloy shows unsurpassed resistance to corrosion in seawater atmosphere. Exposed at Kure Beach, N...
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    Cast Iron stock

    railroad cast iron parts https://www.google.com/search?q=cast+iron+railway+parts&rlz=1C1CHBF_enCA847CA847&sxsrf=ALeKk037UMvE0kBmeCX4FvRGZWdMc0dWrw:1598501476360&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi2jq-FwrrrAhVW7J4KHdcqBq8Q_AUoAXoECAwQAw&biw=1680&bih=907#imgrc=--Qf320zLvim8M
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    Cast Iron stock

    and a good one that might work if the thickness is right, is a cast iron automobile flywheel...already flat on two sides.
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    Cast Iron stock

    ..............cast iron frying pans, cast iron pots, auto brake rotors, brake calipers,probably all kinds of cast iron parts lying around any railroad repair shop.
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    Dumb question probably

    Possibly a counter bore that uses interchangeable pilots? https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/71011746
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    Need a bed surface ground.

    When I was an tool and die apprentice one of the things that was taught to the machine repair trade was a thing called scraping. It was the most accurate method of achieving flatness, parallalism, and squareness and on a a machine bed. No mechanical pressure or heat from a grinding wheel, just...
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    Looking for help getting a 1.250" hole bored/drilled in a aluminium intake (Calgary)

    Thank you for your reply Peter. I am aware of the different methods of getting this hole made, as I have done similar work on Excello mills many times. The problem is finding a place that has all the particular tooling to be able to do it. CNC would be much faster without all the necessary...
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    Apprenticed at GM Transmission Plant in Windsor Ontario as a Tool and Die Maker Worked as a...

    Apprenticed at GM Transmission Plant in Windsor Ontario as a Tool and Die Maker Worked as a machinist technician at the University of Calgary Science Workshop. Retired in May of 2012.
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    Looking for help getting a 1.250" hole bored/drilled in a aluminium intake (Calgary)

    I've got a aluminium automobile intake manifold that I need a 1.250" hole bored (drilled/CNC) to accommodate a oil filler tube. Just one hole. It will require a bit of a set up because of the shape of the intake manifold and the hole is at a 25 degree angle. If anyone can refer me to a shop or...
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