Return-Path: Received: from tomcat.al.noaa.gov ([140.172.240.2] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c3) with ESMTP id 857643 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 18:05:36 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=140.172.240.2; envelope-from=bdube@al.noaa.gov Received: from mungo.al.noaa.gov (mungo.al.noaa.gov [140.172.241.126]) by tomcat.al.noaa.gov (8.12.11/8.12.0) with ESMTP id j36M4o20002903 for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:04:50 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <6.2.1.2.0.20050406155618.0310e778@mailsrvr.al.noaa.gov> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.1.2 Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 16:04:42 -0600 To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" From: Bill Dube Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] thinkin' outside the (batter's) box In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Might be quite useful for constructing an intake manifold. The taper might allow you to make significantly shorter runs.They weld on the knob and the tip of the bat, so I guess the alloy must be weldable.

At 12:45 PM 4/6/2005, you wrote:

I am chopping and welding on my water pump and need a way to reduce the 1 1/4" outlet. My welder pulls out this piece of AL. "where did you find a reducer like that?". "there was a whole dumpster full of them at the scrap yard, they're baseball bats" "of course!"
These have a good wall thickness, min. .063, and can be cut to whatever size you need, 2 1/4" to 7/8". The hard part is sneaking out of the Little League park with that bat down your pant leg! "looks like you sprained your ankle, guy"