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I purchased "The Steam Engines of Ray Hasbrouck" book a few months back.
I was thinking of using cast iron for the cylinders, but sourcing large blocks of cast iron is hard to find and expensive if you do.
I was thinking one might use an ICE engine block and cut out individual cylinders for stock.
It seemed to me that this would save a lot of machining since the bore holes are already there.
Any thought about using cast iron for steam engine cylinders ?
Any concerns with machining such as differences in material hardness due to being ran as an ICE engine due to heating and cooling ?
Any other thoughts/concerns ?
I was thinking of using cast iron for the cylinders, but sourcing large blocks of cast iron is hard to find and expensive if you do.
I was thinking one might use an ICE engine block and cut out individual cylinders for stock.
It seemed to me that this would save a lot of machining since the bore holes are already there.
Any thought about using cast iron for steam engine cylinders ?
Any concerns with machining such as differences in material hardness due to being ran as an ICE engine due to heating and cooling ?
Any other thoughts/concerns ?