aluminium sheet offcut
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2023 9:36 am
I am looking to lay my hands on a piece of aluminium sheet please. What I need is a strip 4-5mm wide and about a foot long. It needs to be guillotine cut if possible. The tough bit is that I need it in 60 thou thickness (1.5mm). Thinner (say 1.2mm) is not likely to do the job.
Happy to pay for part and postage.
My cunning plan is to improve the rear main seal on the FED engine. Borrowing some ultra-secret tech from the lumpy humpy guys I have the correct Fergie rope seal, provided it is used with a 60 thou backing strip. I have a piece of mild steel strip that will suit, but it may be too tough to conform well to the rear main seal groove (even if I anneal it).
I promise to write up the process, including part numbers and photos, if I can find a piece of ally strip.
Cheers,
Harv
Happy to pay for part and postage.
My cunning plan is to improve the rear main seal on the FED engine. Borrowing some ultra-secret tech from the lumpy humpy guys I have the correct Fergie rope seal, provided it is used with a 60 thou backing strip. I have a piece of mild steel strip that will suit, but it may be too tough to conform well to the rear main seal groove (even if I anneal it).
I promise to write up the process, including part numbers and photos, if I can find a piece of ally strip.
Cheers,
Harv