In a message dated 10/27/1999 9:34:19 AM Central Daylight Time,
mordyd@email.msn.com writes:
<< I can make individual copper / brass / SS shim "O" rings. Assuming that
the deck is flat and the liner's pedestal and top are flat and true -I can't
see why individual O rings of assorted thickness can't be used to ensure
equal cylinder liner deck height elevation.
Any comments? >>
MORDY:
WE TRIED THIS, AND DID NOT HAVE GOOD LUCK EARLIER THIS YEAR.
I BELIEVE IT IS BECAUSE OF A CONDITION WE IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CALL
'CREEP'.
TO DESCRIBE IT, IF YOU HAD TEN FILING CABINETS, EACH OF WHICH IS TWO FEET
WIDE, AND YOU STACKED THEM SIDE BY SIDE, THEIR OVERALL DIMENSION OUGHT TO BE
TWENTY FEET. BUT YOU WILL FIND IF YOU MEASURE THEM IT WILL ALWAYS BE MORE
THAN TWENTY FEET.
I THINK THAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH STACKING GASKETS. WHILE IT OUGHT TO WORK,
IT DOES NOT. YOU GET CREEP.
WE TRIED IT WITH LINERS WHICH DID NOT MATCH THIS SPRING, AND WE COULD NOT GET
IT TO WORK. WE HAD TO MACHINE EVERTHING TO PROPER HEIGHTS.
BILL DENTINGER
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