The Home Machinist!

Do not use it in any area subject to repeated impact loading

make sure you get an extractor nut at the same time...or make one.

once you have it installed and pulled tight...'remembering' the nut is a real...OOPS....

Grizzly has them in their catalog if you know where to look.

26 PSB1264026 COLLET ADAPTER MT5/5C (SB1039)

$175

I run a 2-8-0 camel 1lin 1.5" scale on propane.

Are you drilling a blind hole into thick material?

making the rings before the bores are a final dimension can be self-defeating.

were it me, I would press the sleeve out and start over...much easier to bore to size in a lathe...

then LAP....

It is probably the other way around...different length pistons BECAUSE of different strokes. Depending on the amount of material to be removed a hone may not be the first choice...and depending on the finished od....need to make custom rings.. which is more work than packing it with graphite / packi...

Is that the pete renzetti that was from south eastern pa (philadelphia) area?

Yes

i have several 'scotch brite' wheels - 10" diameter, 1" thick...mounted on a 'grinder'

depending on the 'displacement lubricator' type...gravity does not matter. Bill van Brocklin championed a variation where there is a steam in / water out on either end of a cylinder. inside of the cylinder there is a free floating piston (sealed - naturally - with an O-Ring!) that serves as a separa...

my belt sander is not a HF.....$30 was from an uncle looking to clean out basement 25 years ago. i have one of the 1" wide belt sanders and it gets very little use but was free.... not to ignore the other end of the shop...but the oxy acetylene torch that was donated by a previous employer is very h...