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Made the piston. After 'consultation' with the wise one decided to make it out of Aluminium.
A slug was tuned down to 4 thou under the bore size.

The bottom side had a recess let into it then drilled and tapped to 2 BA

Grooves for the piston rings were cut.

It was then parted off a tad over size, reversed in the chuck and faced off to the required size. A recess was then let into it with a boring bar.

The finished up and down thingy. 

I could then get the final measurement for the length of the piston rod as I had deliberately made it a lttle on the long side until I had ref points from the top and bottom of the piston.

Nick
Edited By Nick_G on 15/12/2015 23:11:34