lostmarbles wrote:Thanks Lowie, I did try a hammered flange and I reckon it'd take fukn ages to get them right but doable. Thats when I tried making the die, the difference 2+ hrs hammered, 20 min from start to finish using the jenny & die per flange and they seal perfect first go. The one I did for a test I checked for flat by using bearing blue on a sheet of glass and clean up with acetone. 320grit wet & dry on a sheet of glass with water works good just to finish up, but you've probably already tried all that stuff anyway.
Cheers bluc the pistons are usually a high silicon aluminium I think and pretty hard as far as alloy goes. I figured it would be ok to use as its all external to the still and will clean up easy with some alloy cleaner.
Zak Griffin wrote:Seriously impressive build mate. Love the ally sightglasses :-B
Have you slightly angled the sightglass branches? Lovely detail :happy-partydance:
Lowie wrote:[Finally got the bastards to seal last night, had to do a bit of extra hammering and sanding on the RC flanges. Next challenge will be when my sight glasses turn up. Gotta be a bit more delicate with those!
hillzabilly wrote:I like what ya did with the staino gauze packing ,its outta the box Aussie thinkin like that wich inspires me to keep lookin for advancements or options we can all use ,ya certainly have not lost ya marbles in my mind 10 points mate.cheers hillzabilly ;-)
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