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    Meehanite Cast Iron Available Locally?

    Hi Peter, In the case of the Howler 15, the liner is specified as unplated "Leadloy" steel. My take on Leadloy is it was a good choice for cylinder liners where oil was always present but it is a terrible choice for any other use as you can almost hear it rust. If you leave a clean piece of...
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    Meehanite Cast Iron Available Locally?

    Hi All, A very interesting discussion so far - keep it going. Well, I am not exactly up the proverbially sh-ts creek without a paddle as I do have one last piece of GA-50 Meehanite. It was given to me decades ago by Harry Hawkins, a past President of TSME. I don't know where he got it from but...
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    Meehanite Cast Iron Available Locally?

    Hi Peter, No hard chroming facilities here. Will have to outsource and this will present a problem as I don't trust a regular chroming facility to successfully handle a job like this. The specs. say the piston is to be "flash chromed" 0.0003" total to at least 60 RC and then polished.
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    Meehanite Cast Iron Available Locally?

    Yes, cast iron for the piston. But not just any cast iron. Craig Asher knew what he was doing. I have all of the the construction articles and there was a very good reason for using it in this case -because of the design. Using an aluminum (alloy) piston would not have resulted in a lighter...
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    Meehanite Cast Iron Available Locally?

    Hi Peter, Yes, you are correct. It is for a 2.5cc model 2 stroke speed model engine which I started (from a casting kit) when I was sixteen. Craig Asher designed it in 1959 and in 1960/61 it won many domestic speed events. It was also entered into and did very well in international speed...
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    Meehanite Cast Iron Available Locally?

    Hi Peter, One UK site says all sold out and the other UK site says doesn't post to Canada. I know you can source Meehanite in the UK but the shipping cost here is astronomical if and when it is available. I know Meehanite iron is available in Canada but just where...
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    Meehanite Cast Iron Available Locally?

    Hi Mike, I am in Toronto and local can be anywhere in Canada.
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    Meehanite Cast Iron Available Locally?

    Hi All, Does anyone know where one can source true meehanite cast iron in small quantities? I have a very small high performance piston to make which will be chrome plated and I need the real thing not something which is close for this application. A 3/4" dia round bar 6" long would be ideal...
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    It Looks So Easy and Straightforward ON Paper But...

    Hi All, Moving on with the valve layout. Initially, when I did this to the LBSC drawing dimensions, it didn't look anything like what was shown so after some head scratching I decided to make a revision. Some of the dimensions given do not seem to be correct but we shall see. My rough sketch...
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    It Looks So Easy and Straightforward ON Paper But...

    Hi All, Moving on. The partially made valve handles shown are not Superscale but I liked the look so I decided to make up something in that style. They were "eyeballed" from the Superscale photo posted early in the thread. Construction wise, they were first roughed out on the bandsaw and...
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