Best way to turn long, thin brass job

[c wastellParticipant @cwastell25217]

Well a big thank you to all for helping with my question. I went out to the workshop but found that I had no silver steel. As it's Sunday I decided to have a go at turning it straight down from a piece of 6mm brass as suggested. I shocked myself with a first time success! It seals better than the original item. I was mindful of the information regarding the lack of strength of the core metal but it seems OK, also bearing in mind that it never really has any load on it.

I don't know how they made them but I bet the process never modernised from the original. So maybe they were always turned

Thanks again all. That's another piece of history back on the road. It's a Moto Guzzi Superalce by the way. Built for the Italian army from 1946 to 1957.

[Chris Evans 6Participant @chrisevans6]

Well done and thankyou for letting us know the results.

[thaiguzziParticipant @thaiguzzi]

Posted by c wastell on 23/12/2018 18:26:09:

Well a big thank you to all for helping with my question. I went out to the workshop but found that I had no silver steel. As it's Sunday I decided to have a go at turning it straight down from a piece of 6mm brass as suggested. I shocked myself with a first time success! It seals better than the original item. I was mindful of the information regarding the lack of strength of the core metal but it seems OK, also bearing in mind that it never really has any load on it.

I don't know how they made them but I bet the process never modernised from the original. So maybe they were always turned

Thanks again all. That's another piece of history back on the road. It's a Moto Guzzi Superalce by the way. Built for the Italian army from 1946 to 1957.

Excellent.

Pic please of that fabulous motorcycle.

Regards,

a huge Guzzi fan…

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

So there you go: The best way to turn a long thin brass job is just do it.

+1 on would love to see a pic of the old Guzzi. We never see the singles in this part of the world (Oz).

[Stewart HartParticipant @stewarthart90345]

This is what you want if you PM me I'll send you the drawings

Stew

[CHARLES lipscombeParticipant @charleslipscombe16059]

Many thanks to Jeff Dayman and Stewart Hart, That looks like a solution to a problem that rears its head from time to time. I will PM Stewart.

Best wishes, Chas

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