Re: Oil-less Pig

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Original poster: "Mike Tucknott by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <michael.tucknott-at-virgin-dot-net>

Terry et al

Somewhere on my web site is a pic of the old pig case and next to it
is the new one, the saving in weight is a major plus.

As for the welding, thats Brians dept..

Cheers Mike T

 > There is some advantage in repotting the core in a smaller case if you
have
 > the metal and welding skills.  You can make the pig much smaller and
 > lighter.  We don't need all the oil in our case, so we can repackage it to
 > a smaller case for size and weight.  But that is quite a project.
 >
 > In this case,  probably a touch with and arc welder will seal the
 > hole.  J+B Weld would probably do it too if you clean and sand the area.
 >
 > Cheers,
 >
 >          Terry
 >
 >
 > At 03:13 AM 3/11/2003 +0000, you wrote:
 > >Hi Terry
 > >Thanks for the prompt and as ever staight to the point answer.
 > >
 > >Cheers Mike Tucknott
 > >
 > >
 > > >
 > > > Hi Mike,
 > > >
 > > > They do run without oil for a little while.  But when they flash over,
 > >they
 > > > destroy themselves.  Best not to try that.
 > > >
 > > > Cheers,
 > > >
 > > >          Terry
 > > >
 > > >
 >
 >