Martin H. Eastburn wrote:
Richard Hanley wrote:

A buddy of mine is building a 3 cylinder steam engine for a small
car.
He asked me to find him some cast iron for the cylinders. Our local
steel supply place has Dura-bar 1 1/2 ID - 3 1/2 OD which is perfect but
you need to buy 6 feet and it is ~ $ 400. Dose anyone have any short
pcs for sale [ he needs 3 chunks 4 1/2 inches long] Or would anyone like
to go in together and buy 6 feet and divid it? Or any suggestions.
Richard

http://www.mscdirect.com/IWCatSectio...=View+Products


Nasty hyperlink -


That's the understatement of the year!


May I suggest you develop a penchant for using:

http://www.tinyurl.com

for those kind of things.....

It shrunk the URL you gave us down to:

http://tinyurl.com/4xoea

(Which still wouldn't go to the right page at MSC any better than the
link you posted did, but you get the idea...)


TinyURL said the one you posted had 666 characters and was actually
(leaving off the initial "h"):

ttp://www.mscdirect.com/IWCatSectionView.process?Keyword=Y&
RestartFlow=t&Merchant_Id=1&p_section_Id=1915&Sect ion_Id=191
5&p_product_type_Id=1042&ShowProductList=t&p_att_t ype_id_0=1
3427&p_att_value_id_0=340270&p_search_flag_0=1&p_a tt_type_id
_1=27412&p_att_value_id_1=109007&p_search_flag_1=1 &p_att_typ
e_id_2=27413&p_att_value_id_2=221213&p_search_flag _2=1&Selec
tedAtt.length=3&pbegin=0&pcount=15&NameVector%5B0% 5D.Name=Ma
terial&NameVector%5B0%5D.Value=Gray+Iron&NameVecto r%5B1%5D.N
ame=Inside+Diameter&NameVector%5B1%5D.Value=1.5000 &NameVecto
r%5B2%5D.Name=Outside+Diameter&NameVector%5B2%5D.V alue=3.500
0&NameVector.length=3&View.x.x=91&View.x.y=15&View .x=View+Pr
oducts


666 characters, eh?

Hmmm, isn't that "The Mark of the Beast"? I'd look elsewhere for stock,
if you buy that stuff Satan is liable to get even when you try and
machine it, like maybe make your cutoff tool snap off seven times on one
piece.

Cheers,

Jeff









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Ask the local distributor if you look in the scrap bin. I have picked up some
nice pieces of cast iron this way.

GJR

Also consider stainless steel is not the best conducter of heat.
I suppose some alloys may be better than others, but...

"A.Gent" wrote in message
u...

"Nick Hull" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"williamhenry" wrote:

tell him to look at the used junk yards for cylinder liners out of
small
diesel engines , or maybe buy them new

like for the small diesel welder engines?



Why is cast iron required for steam engines? Wouldn't stainless work as
well? What are the issues other than rust & lubrication?


Maybe ease of machining?

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Jeff R

Well blush my face :-)

That one doesn't work (either). You will have to use the page number
I gave 1765 on the right side of the main http://www.mscdirect.com/
These java pages and searches don't work with the whole string...

Martin

Jeff Wisnia wrote:

Martin H. Eastburn wrote:

Richard Hanley wrote:

A buddy of mine is building a 3 cylinder steam engine for a small
car.
He asked me to find him some cast iron for the cylinders. Our local
steel supply place has Dura-bar 1 1/2 ID - 3 1/2 OD which is perfect but
you need to buy 6 feet and it is ~ $ 400. Dose anyone have any short
pcs for sale [ he needs 3 chunks 4 1/2 inches long] Or would anyone like
to go in together and buy 6 feet and divid it? Or any suggestions.
Richard


IWCatSectionView.process?Keyword=Y&RestartFlow=t&M erchant_Id=1&p_section_Id=1915&Section_Id=1915&p_p roduct_type_Id=1042&ShowProductList=t&p_att_type_i d_0=13427&p_att_value_id_0=340270&p_search_flag_0= 1&p_att_type_id_1=27412&p_att_value_id_1=109007&p_ search_flag_1=1&p_att_type_id_2=27413&p_att_value_ id_2=221213&p_search_flag_2=1&SelectedAtt.length=3 &pbegin=0&pcount=15&NameVector%5B0%5D.Name=Materia l&NameVector%5B0%5D.Value=Gray+Iron&NameVector%5B1 %5D.Name=Inside+Diameter&NameVector%5B1%5D.Value=1 .5000&NameVector%5B2%5D.Name=Outside+Diameter&Name Vector%5B2%5D.Value=3.5000&NameVector.length=3&Vie w.x.x=91&View.x.y=15&View.x=View+Products


Nasty hyperlink -



That's the understatement of the year!


May I suggest you develop a penchant for using:

http://www.tinyurl.com

for those kind of things.....

It shrunk the URL you gave us down to:

http://tinyurl.com/4xoea

(Which still wouldn't go to the right page at MSC any better than the
link you posted did, but you get the idea...)


TinyURL said the one you posted had 666 characters and was actually
(leaving off the initial "h"):

ttp://www.mscdirect.com/IWCatSectionView.process?Keyword=Y&
RestartFlow=t&Merchant_Id=1&p_section_Id=1915&Sect ion_Id=191
5&p_product_type_Id=1042&ShowProductList=t&p_att_t ype_id_0=1
3427&p_att_value_id_0=340270&p_search_flag_0=1&p_a tt_type_id
_1=27412&p_att_value_id_1=109007&p_search_flag_1=1 &p_att_typ
e_id_2=27413&p_att_value_id_2=221213&p_search_flag _2=1&Selec
tedAtt.length=3&pbegin=0&pcount=15&NameVector%5B0% 5D.Name=Ma
terial&NameVector%5B0%5D.Value=Gray+Iron&NameVecto r%5B1%5D.N
ame=Inside+Diameter&NameVector%5B1%5D.Value=1.5000 &NameVecto
r%5B2%5D.Name=Outside+Diameter&NameVector%5B2%5D.V alue=3.500
0&NameVector.length=3&View.x.x=91&View.x.y=15&View .x=View+Pr
oducts


666 characters, eh?

Hmmm, isn't that "The Mark of the Beast"? I'd look elsewhere for stock,
if you buy that stuff Satan is liable to get even when you try and
machine it, like maybe make your cutoff tool snap off seven times on one
piece.

Cheers,

Jeff











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@ home at Lion's Lair with our computer
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