[SEL] Petter AV2-M Restore, progress report No. 3

[Rob Skinner]

Hi, Curt.  Although these pictures are dinky by today's standards, you  
can see Bill Young using your method on a 15 h.p. Sakai.  Go here:  http://engines.rustyiron.com/Bill

	
Rob Skinner
Antique Stationary Engines
La Habra, California

rob at rustyiron.com
www.rustyiron.com





On Apr 24, 2009, at 7:54 AM, curt at rustyiron.com wrote:

> Frank,
> Enjoying hearing your progress on this project. Looked at your website
> too. Be sure and photo document the project onto your website. We  
> enjoy
> the photo progressions.
> I've done some experimenting with impossibly stuck parts by placing  
> them
> in my wood stove in the evening as I load it for the night. I'll  
> place the
> part in the ample bed of hot coals, and then load the nights wood on  
> top
> of that. The fire burns all night and I'll let the fire go out all
> together. The next evening retrieve the cooled part from the ashes.  
> Loose
> parts....works every time!
>
> Now it would take a healthy wood stove to put your Petter cylinder  
> in, but
> maybe you could build something using a 55 gallon drum, or maybe a  
> fire
> pit in the ground. It's going to need to get really hot, and then cool
> very slowly to prevent any damage. I bet this method will work for  
> you.
>
> Curt Holland
> Gastonia, NC