ANewSawyer
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Finally had time to work on my weedeater, I measured the squish or at least attempted too. It looks like the squish is around 0.035-36. I did four pieces of tape, one on each side of the piston with a piece of solder on top. I used 0.032 rosin core solder and double sided taped it to the piston. Tape was about 0.004 thick. So I know I have at least 0.013-15 to mess with. I suppose the squish could be larger than that but I think it should be close enough. I did notice some gunk on the crankcase halves. Should I try to remove it? Or am I just gonna ruin the halves? The gunk could be throwing the measurement off because I tightened the cylinder bolts down.
I would like to do something to the cylinder base as I had to do a lot of work to remove the base gasket. I managed to put a couple of small gouges in it too. And a lot of work with a fine dremel wire brush.
On to the question, should I try to do the base myself or shop around for quotes to get the base cut on a lathe? I have a neighbor who has a wood working shop and I could get him to flatten a pine board I have laying around on his jointer. Use a drill press to drill a hole in the board for the cylinder flanges and glue or tape some sandpaper down. Then just rotate the cylinder around the hole. It could work in theory. What you guys think?
THANKS!!!
I would like to do something to the cylinder base as I had to do a lot of work to remove the base gasket. I managed to put a couple of small gouges in it too. And a lot of work with a fine dremel wire brush.
On to the question, should I try to do the base myself or shop around for quotes to get the base cut on a lathe? I have a neighbor who has a wood working shop and I could get him to flatten a pine board I have laying around on his jointer. Use a drill press to drill a hole in the board for the cylinder flanges and glue or tape some sandpaper down. Then just rotate the cylinder around the hole. It could work in theory. What you guys think?
THANKS!!!