Maiwald Makeover.......

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Dean W:
David, if you have a place in your town that does EDM machining services, check with them about a small piece
of carbon/graphite. They use it for the EDM process.

fcheslop:
Hi David,its Graphite you need not Carbon

NickG:

--- Quote from: NickG on July 28, 2012, 10:13:51 AM ---... though with this graphite may give you very good results, wouldn't need oil and you could leave the aluminium.

Nick

--- End quote ---

Ahem .. somebody already mentioned graphite! :lol:

I used it in both poppin flame licker engines and they both started immediately ... was so impressed I have plans to replace the piston and valve on my other flame gulper too!

Motor brushes are also a good source if you can find any large enough.

Nick

Stilldrillin:
Hi Chaps!
So sorry for the delay.

I've not dropped off the planet, just yet! ...... As a pal used to say. "Everything in me favour's, against me", at the moment. :bang:

A bit of gung ho machining of a 5" flywheel, and the lathe gave a couple of gentle pops, and went into quiet mode! :zap:

Since then, several aspects of daily life have gone wrong. And, a lot of other things haven't gone right.

It's blummin amazing, how everything comes at once! :palm:

The Maiwald parts lie just where I left 'em. Before they were covered with multiple parts from the stripped lathe..... Which is now rebuilt, again! :thumbup:

Give me a few more days..... Probably!

David D

Stilldrillin:

Well..... It's been quite a while since I did any orphan work. But! the big news is....... I've got Maiwald work underway, again! :)

Assembled together what I could find........

Cast iron. Graphite. Brass tube. Also, 2 packs of M2 grubscrews...... Dunno what they are for! :scratch:

And set up, to drill for cylinder sleeve......

Then...... The phone rang! :palm:

No time to get back to it, until next week. But....... We're progressing, at last!

David D

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