[Steam-engine] Valve Seat, too smooth

[Andre' Blanchard]

At 03:32 PM 5/9/2005, you wrote:
>There is a ledge on the bottom of the valve seat that
>the valve rides on and it was machined so I'm in good
>shape there.  I did notice that the surface on the
>Valve that rides on the ledge is not flat which will
>make it prone to rocking.  I need to make the edge
>flat again somehow or I think that I can simply turn
>it over and use the edge that used to be on top.

Should not take long with a good sharp file if a mill is not handy.
Or you may have to build it up some first.

>Thanks for your input on surface finish.  I have honed
>on the seat for awhile and knocked the top off of the
>ridges left by the cutter.  I think that I will blue
>it, using the valve for a reference, to see where I am
>at.

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Andre' B.  Clear Lake, Wi.