[SEL] piston rings

[Ed stoller]

Oops, this file is on making pistons, not rings.

Ed Stoller
New Fairfield, CT
http://home.earthlink.net/~edstoller/
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Brueck" <b2 at chooka.net>
To: "'The SEL email discussion list'" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] piston rings


I have a 2-page scanned document that I'm pretty sure came off this list
sometime in the past few years.  It is a good write-up on making your own
piston rings.

It's about 1.5 meg total size.  Wayne (or anybody else who cares) send me
your e-mail address and I'll forward a copy of the files to you.

B²

Bill Brueck
   Chatfield, Minnesota, USA

b2 at chooka.net

Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Thackery
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 9:59 AM
To: 'The SEL email discussion list'
Subject: Re: [SEL] piston rings

Curt,

Would it be possible for you to walk us through the procedure of making
piston rings. This is something I have been wanting to try for sometime but
can't seem to find anything on how it is done.

Thanks,

Wayne A Thackery



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of
curt at rustyiron.com
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 7:25 AM
To: The SEL email discussion list
Subject: Re: [SEL] piston rings

Tom,
I made new piston rings for a couple of friends last fall and fitted them to
the pistons. I took apart a feeler gage set and used 3 or 4 of the feeler
gages. They are made of a decent tempered steel and won't buckle as the ring
slides over the grooves allowing you to use quite thin strips.
Thankfully no broken rings, but I did make an extra ring for each just in
case.
Curt Holland


> In a message dated 4/26/2009 9:31:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> steve_royster at hotmail.com writes:
>
> did it  with two hands. the trick was  having enough strips to keep
> the rings  spread.
>
> Steve,
>
>
> Yep, same as using old hacksaw blades with set removed.  The trick is
> getting all the strips to stay in place while getting the ring
> initially started.  sometimes think I would like to figure how to get
> my toes to help  with the hands to hold stuff!  HA!
>
> Did you get my email I sent you about the Lowes stop after leaving
> Reidsville?
>
> Tom  Schmutz
> Concord, Va.
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