[SEL] Piston Rings and old engines.

[rowlands1941 at roadrunner.com]

Yeah, yeah, yeah...  big piston rings?    You ain't seen nuttin yet!  

How about some piston rings from a blooming mill engine.

http://news.webshots.com/photo/2084882970033749120vQFRWq?vhost=news

The Honda Civic is in the picture for scale.

Rick
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Skinner" <rskinner at rustyiron.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Piston Rings and old engines.


> 
> On Oct 3, 2008, at 4:04 PM, Elden DuRand wrote:
>> I SAW that.  And, I know that Curt was up the creek unless he did it  
>> himself.
>>
>> Although I'd like to have an engine that takes nice big rings, that  
>> ain't a-gonna happen so I don't think I'll need to make any rings  
>> 'cause the sizes I use are easily obtainable.
> 
> How about rings for your airport tug?
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