Ball Hone For Aluminum
For that 4 030 diameter use the 4 1 8 ball hone with 320 grit bg 418320.
Ball hone for aluminum. This is a 4 1 8 ball hone with 320 grit. Choosing and using ball style hones starting with the flex hone ball style hone brm has since developed a full line of industrial abrasives. It will be a 20 experiment saw was free. Ball style hones are suitable for finishing of firearm firing chambers and shotgun barrels as well as other applications.
Nikasil cylinders and flex hone tools nikasil is a nickel plated silica carbide coating that s applied to the walls of some engine cylinders. These aluminum oxide hones are recommended for nikasil and chrome coated cylinder bores. Nikasil applications hones are made with a softer material aluminum oxide. A flex hone also known as a flex cylinder hone is a spindle mounted finishing tool with embedded abrasives that remove material through rapid scrubbing against the workpiece.
I have heard a ball hone can tear up the ports i beleive it. Find a variety of abrasive types grits and sizes at grainger. Brush research flex hone cylinder hone gb series silicon carbide abrasive 3 1 2 89 mm diameter 120 grit size 4 9 out of 5 stars 496. Thanks for the ideas.
These hones are slightly oversized to maximize contact with the work surface. Brush research flex hone cylinder hone gbd series silicon carbide abrasive 3 76 mm diameter 120 grit size. I have a new piston and ring coming. Invented by mahle nearly 40 years ago nikasil reduces friction and wear especially in aluminum bores.
These special hones are required for todays coated aluminum cylinders. Common abrasive materials for cylinder flex hones include silicone carbide and aluminum oxide. It will sound alot like the bare aluminum poulan that you noted. Use lots of honing oil and hone for 10 to 45 seconds per cylinder.
I have a three paddle brake cylinder hone that i will try that fits pretty well above the ports. A long lasting diamond abrasive is embedded in balls at the ends of flexible spindles that press against the inside of a cylinder to remove material and leave a smooth even finish. A cylinder hone brush helps solve deburring and surface finishing problems. Run this tool at around 350 400 rpms.
Use with portable drills drill presses and cnc machines. Flex hone 4 to 4 25 heavy duty ball hone sbc sbf new 5 0 out of 5 stars 5. When your cylinder id falls between two sizes order the larger hone.