David Lesher fired this volley in news:jksn9u$6i3$2
@reader1.panix.com:

Never heard of flame spraying, but a friend's uncle repairs
up to 16 ft. crankshafts. First a welder builds up the worn
bearings. Then the crankshaft lathe regrinds them. He has to
redrill the oil passages.

I could see something similar on cylinders. No offsets needed
on the lathe.


The issue is that machine shop work is more expensive than just buying a
length of chromed rod made to purpose in an automated factory that does
that as its major production item.

I've even seen guys Turcite pitted rods, but it doesn't hold up as long
as they'd like.

LLoyd