[SEL] White metal (help from the aussies?)

[peter ogborne]

Chester ,I can lend you the Hoyt book on the Lined Bearing.As others have 
said  dont get too fussy about the grade .Are you going to pour around the 
journals or do you intend making a jig to hold the shells.The Hoyts book 
will give you some ideas on making the jig.I just did the mains for that big 
engine of mine .I had a few blow holes but the old remedy for this is to 
fill them with soft solder......for our purpose this will be OK . As a 
matter of interest Steve Eatts here in Albnay uses a lot of white metal in 
his business of knife sharpening for the wood chip mill....he has a pot of 
metal on the go often .Steve belongs to TRACMACH.
If your supplier wants to be pernickity tell him you want Hoyts D.11.This is 
the lowest melting metal and will be fine for your purpose.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Skinner" <rskinner at rustyiron.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] White metal (help from the aussies?)


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> On Jan 19, 2009, at 6:50 PM, Chester Smith wrote:
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>> Eric i asked them & they will not comment, they said the buyer
>> should know
>> what he wants, thanks.
>> Chester.
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> Like Rick said, Chester, if they're jerks, find another vendor.  If
> you have no other options, just tell them #11.  Honestly, for your
> purposes, the differences won't amount to a hill of beans.
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> Rob
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