Alpiners,
Decided to get off my rear, and get back to alpining, when
I stumbled across a couple sets of rocker towers I was going
to do something with.
I decided that I would lighten and polish them like the rootes works
racers did in the good ole days.
I actually sat down and polished 1 to see what was involved.
The good news is "it CAN be done".
The bad news is that the rockers are steel, not cast iron
like I originally thought, and with well over an hours effort
I was able only to smooth the casting flash and polish
a single rocker.
Now, before I get all gung ho about the other 7, would
someone give me a good technical reason for why I should
do this.
"Smooth" sounds good, they look pretty, but if stress relief is
the consensus, then is shot peening a better bet, or should
I do both?
While were on rockers, after I regrind the radius's on the rocker
tips, what should I do to re-harden them?
Years ago, we discussed casenite, but that was when I thought
that the rockers were cast iron?
Tom W. metalurgist et al?
Jarrid Gross
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