[TheForge] Cylinder Size

Fri Jul 11 07:21:01 2003

Why the long stroke Ralph? I keep most of my tooling short and Im not sure
of any other reasons?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph Sproul" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: 11 July, 2003 8:48 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Cylinder Size

>         Phil, The original plans call for a 2" cylinder with a 10" stroke.
> I'm going to try  using a 2 1/2" cylinder with 20" stroke next round.
>         The ram the Kinyon plans call for is a 50 lb block of steel.
>         Some 2" cylinders have 1/4"NPT ports.  Cylinders with 3/8" NPT
ports
> will yeild more beats per minute (with the proper valve).
>
> Ralph
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil" <[email protected]>
> To: "Forge, The" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 2:13 PM
> Subject: [TheForge] Cylinder Size
>
>
> > What is the current thinking on the proper cylinder size (bore and
stroke)
> for a Kinyon built to the origional specs?  I think it comes out to be
> something like a 75 pound hammer?  What about the size of the ports on the
> cylinder?  I know that some of you guys are going to larger cylinders.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Phil Rosche
> > Summerville, SC
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