Home made piston rings

Gents, You may be interested in seeing a few photos showing how I made an oil scraper ring for a 3/1. Start at this photo -

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1" of 100mm cast iron and about 5 hours later, I have a ring! I need to make a set of 40thou oversize rings and another scraper ring for my 3/1. I have found the previous owner of my 3/1 has fitted a standard set to a 40thou piston, this leaves a gap of 0.140" instead of 12 - 16thou. The bit of iron will only do 3 rings so it'll have to do, putting the 3 correct size ones to the top. regards, Simon
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A credit to you Simon, I was always crap at machining thin section CI & especially admire the ring making ;o))

The rest of the album is well worth a look, a most comprehensive record.

Keep us informed, won't you?

Regards,

Kim Siddorn

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Kim Siddorn

Kim, Certainly will, rebuild starts in ernest when the rings are ready. Wont be long then. Simon

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simon.wass

Very nice work. Patience is key, isn't it?

Chris

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Christopher Tidy

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