On Sun, 12 Feb 2017 15:55:43 -0500, "Phil Kangas"
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On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 14:19:04 -0400, Leon Fisk
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On Fri, 10 Feb 2017 19:47:14 -0800
Paul Drahn wrote:

On 2/10/2017 6:49 PM, wrote:
Timesaver lapping abrasive
I see it for $50 per pound on Ebay. Where do you get it?

It looks like McMaster carries it too:

1 lb. 5lb.

Available Grits Each Each
For Soft Metals
80, 120, 220, 320 4781A4 $26.79 4781A5 $118.10
For Hard Metals
40, 80, 220, 320 4781A6 $26.79 4781A7 $118.10

https://www.mcmaster.com/#polishing-compounds/=16b6pqk

Or try http://tinyurl.com/j6aurtu $3.66/10g, because
who needs a
full pound of lapping powder?

--
Give me the luxuries of life.
I can live without the necessities.
--anon

I've often wondered how this lapping powder would
work on say, a '66 GM 225 V-6 crankshaft. Use it
to fine tune the clearances all at once. Solvent clean
ofterward. Anyone try this? ;) phil k.

Wouldn't the abrasive just get embedded in the insert?
That's not good... sorry i posted the question. phil k.
Greetings Phil,
The yellow label stuff is for lapping soft metals in just the kind of
application you describe. I have lapped in many babbit bearings using
Timsaver lapping compound. Mix the stuff with oil according to the
instructions and apply through oil hole if the bearing has one or
apply to bearing shells and assemble the bearing. The abrasive will
not embed into the soft metal but will instead lap it. Conventional
lapping compound, like the Clover stuff, will embed in the softer
metal and lap the harder metal. Timesaver works opposite in that it
will not embed and will lap the softer metal.
Eric