Re: Machining Choices

On 31 Oct 2005 05:17:03 GMT, D Murphy <spamto154@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Cliff <Clhuprich@xxxxxxx> wrote in news:otmam1htbhp9tica0jjuvhv528cgmgrt58@
>4ax.com:
>
>> Problem is that the floating ring is about 3/4 as wide (or a bit
>> more) as the "groove" it was machined out of ... just as a starter.
>
>I wonder if they started with a bigger diameter and swaged or rolled it
>down before parting the ring.

I sort of doubt it.
IIRC The part was Aluminum, about 2 inches OD, 6 inches
long with the sliding ring being about 2.5 inches wide seeming to
clear on it's ID by perhaps .1" and riding in that "slot" no wider
than about 3 inches.
I've been puzzled for decades <G>. I do hope that there was
no cheating involved .... THAT would be so simple.
--
Cliff
.

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