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  1. onestout

    where does bainite come from

    Where does bainite come from and how do you prevent it? We have a couple furnaces that don't like cetain gears and are trying to figure out this problem. Thank You.
  2. onestout

    Stainless steel gears

    My comments are just based on my experience (just a warning). Most gears in order to last are used with oil which prevents rusting. The more stainless you make SS the softer it gets (which is usually undesirable for gears). Gears are usually made from 8620 or 9310 when HT or sometimes 4140...
  3. onestout

    fuel mpg alcohol vs gas

    My experience has taught me that an engine on alcohol takes twice as much volume to get the same power (approximately), this would lead me to beleive that there is only about half as much "potential energy" in the alcohol. Is fuel efficiency strickly an energy calculation between the...
  4. onestout

    Drawing an involute spline

    That is just a standard spline. When I draw splines I don't put the involute on because I don't have software to do it and it's not really needed on the drawing anyway, the machine creates the involute when it cuts it. Machineries handbook will have all the info you need on that spline. Michael
  5. onestout

    JIC fitting dimensions needed & tooling

    I sourced out a hydraulic manifold that we need and it came back with the incorrect "flares" for the fittings. We use a -3 and -4 45degree JIC. Does anyone have a dimensioned sheet that I could use to check our parts from and does anyone also know where I can get tooling to produce...
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