[SEL] Measuring cylinder taper

[Steve W.]

Yep. The only thing I do different is using the piston to push the ring
through the bore so the ring stays square, and measuring every 1/2"

Steve Williams
Near Cooperstown, New York


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glenn A Karch" <glenn.karch at gte.net>
To: <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 9:10 AM
Subject: [SEL] Measuring cylinder taper


> Hi gang,
>
> I was helping Keith Kinney determine the cylinder taper on his Reid
engine.
> We found a unique way of doing it.  First you put a piston ring just
into
> the bottom end of the cylinder and with feeler gauges, measure the
ring gap.
> Then you slide the ring in a ways and measure the ring gap again.
Slide the
> ring in farther and measure again.  Devide the increase in the ring
gap from
> the first one by pi (3.14) and you have the taper.  Anybody else ever
tried
> that?  We then used an inside mike and obtained very similar results.
>
> Glenn
>
> Glenn Karch
> Haubstadt, IN, USA
> Hercules Historian
>
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