send cylinder out for boreing & plating

[U&A]

re-building a saw for a friend. it is a sentimental thing for him. an Montgomery ward feather weight ( Remington mighty mite)

Im searching options for sending the cylinder out for bore and re plating. it is a chromed bore. chrome is flaking off. there are used ones available but in his interest I'm searching all possibilities.

is there anyone on this forum that is recommended or interested in helping me out?

there are quite a few local machine shops around my town that I have not talked to yet. im just reaching out here as well.

I appreciate the help.

 

[cuinrearview]

@leeha

 

[cus_deluxe]

my understanding is that places generally dont do blind cylinders, so unless it has a removable head you may have a hard time gettin it replated.

 

[pioneerguy600]

re-building a saw for a friend. it is a sentimental thing for him. an Montgomery ward feather weight ( Remington mighty mite)

Im searching options for sending the cylinder out for bore and re plating. it is a chromed bore. chrome is flaking off. there are used ones available but in his interest I'm searching all possibilities.

is there anyone on this forum that is recommended or interested in helping me out?

there are quite a few local machine shops around my town that I have not talked to yet. im just reaching out here as well.

I appreciate the help.

This place, the price will scare ya,

https://www.usnicom.com/

 

[Ted Jenkins]

Cuz has it right. It is way way unpractical. I am sure that if you spend enough it can be done just like pioneer says. Thanks

 

[Justsaws]

Take some time and look around for a donor saw or even new old stock parts. Every now and again a new old stock piston shows up and there are a lot of barely used versions of those saws out there, depending on exactly which one you are looking for. Probably buy 10 saws before scratching at the price of reworking the cylinder.

 

[heimannm]

I just received two 82 cc McCulloch cylinders back from U.S. Chrome in Wisconsin, since they had some scoring and needed to be honed first they cost $175 each.

Just over 2" bore and blind...

Mark

 

[U&A]

Take some time and look around for a donor saw or even new old stock parts. Every now and again a new old stock piston shows up and there are a lot of barely used versions of those saws out there, depending on exactly which one you are looking for. Probably buy 10 saws before scratching at the price of reworking the cylinder.

Iv been looking form months. I have only found used cylinders and they say they are in “good working order”

That’s probably the route I’m going to have to go but I’m just weighing my options.




Thanks everybody for the help!


Sent while firmly grasping my redline lubed RAM [emoji231]