[SEL] Piston Ring Gap

Arnie Fero fero_ah at city-net.com
Sat Mar 26 09:06:38 PST 2005


I hate to be the one to break this to you, but the spring-loaded hones you
describe are also just glaze breakers.  They will not do a thing for
out-of-round or tapered bores.  Precision cylinder hones are rigid (like
the Sunnen) and are damn expensive!!

See ya,  Arnie

Arnie Fero
Pittsburgh, PA
fero_ah at city-net.com

On Sat, 26 Mar 2005, guitronics wrote:

> OK.I can respect your opinion.Then again, the only accurate hone would
> be 3 stones spring-or-gravity 'loaded' on a precision lathe.
>
> Reg Ingold wrote:
>
> >I hate to tell you this but you are using a 'deglazer'
> >It is NOT an accurate hone.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "guitronics" <guitronics at comcast.net>
> >
> >>I'd use a "Bottle Washer" type of hone,much simpler and easier to use
> >>than the standard "Stone"type.




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