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Joe McKean	13/09/2021 20:04:48
60 forum posts 3 photos	I'm looking for a bit of advice on which grade of bronze to use for machining some cylinders out of. I am following Kozo's instructions in building a Pennsylvania A3 Switcher and for the cylinders he recommends using leaded tin copper bronze but nothing more specific than that so could someone throw some light on the best grade to use. Thanks in advance Joe
Mick B1	13/09/2021 20:08:51
2444 forum posts 139 photos	The cylinder casting on my Murray's Hypocycloidal was made of something that behaved - as far as I could tell - very similarly to LG2.
JasonB	13/09/2021 20:10:22
25215 forum posts 3105 photos 1 articles	SAE660 machines nicely and I've done a few cylinders with that.
Chris Evans 6	13/09/2021 21:52:58
2156 forum posts	I use sae 660 for all my bronze needs.
Thor 🇳🇴	14/09/2021 05:57:34
1766 forum posts 46 photos	I have used LG2 for the cylinders of several steam engines I have made, machines nicely.

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