Tag Archives: Babbitt Metal

Old Fashioned Methods

Posted on November 26, 2016 by Pin

I have been engaging in a bit of an old fashioned art today: The hand scraping of big end bearings belonging to the Singer Le Mans engine. I talked about the white metal bearings from this engine in the last … Continue reading →

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The Return of the Singer

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Pin

I started the more formal side of my engineering studies in 1984 and this involved spending one day of each week in a college workshop and four days in the lecture room. Friday was “practical day” and was looked forward … Continue reading →

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