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From: Jerry Hey <jerryhey@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: PP construction methods
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:13:59 -0400
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Mine were a light interference fit.  Just shoved them in by hand.    
Jerry

On Jun 21, 2007, at 9:08 AM, <atlasyts@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>
>>
>> From: "Russell Duffy" <rusty@radrotary.com>
>> Date: 2007/06/21 Thu AM 07:59:01 EST
>> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
>> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: PP construction methods
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Sorry to post a question and disappear, but my coworker is off  
>> this week,
>> and the MRI gods are angry...
>>
>> Thanks for the great info.  I thought I had read (maybe from Lynn)  
>> that
>> welding the housings was a bad idea.  Have you actually welded any  
>> of these
>> George?  Got any pics?
>>
>> If a light press (small hammer <g>) fit with epoxy is OK, then  
>> that sounds
>> like the way to go.  Shouldn't be too tough to come up with some  
>> mechanical
>> method of holding the tube on the outside.  Lynn, would there be a  
>> problem
>> TIG welding the aluminum tube to the outer portion of the  
>> housing?  Just 3
>> or 4 telltale spots would probably be enough.
>>
>> Jerry, how did you ever shape the end of that tube without  
>> scratching the
>> housing???  Absolutely beautiful :-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Rusty (off to Panama City)
>
> I would take it eazy on the pressing. I have in the hangar one PP  
> housing with few radial cracks in the housing around the tight  
> fitting tube.
> Buly
> Getting ready for the Great Tear Down
>
>
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