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Re: Honing Nicasil

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I've been in Ron's shop when we were in town for the "frost your nuts" run oct '12 and it is clean and well organized. He cares about every piece he works on. I wouldn't send my stuff anywhere else.
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Re: Honing Nicasil

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Thanks Ron, hopefully we'll have some projects together soon! Your stuff is top notch!
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Re: Honing Nicasil

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Can Nicasil be bored? I was told it couldn't an if so how much to bore a 245 block over 0.15 ?
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dennyhydrostream wrote:Can Nicasil be bored? I was told it couldn't an if so how much to bore a 245 block over 0.15 ?
No, it's only around .003" thick. If it needs a bore, it will need to be stripped of the nic, bored, replayed and finish honed. Returning them to standard with a replate is most common.

US Chrome is the most common place to have it done. There are others though.
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Re: Honing Nicasil

Post: # 20473Post dennyhydrostream »

ok thanks for the info
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Replated that is. Damn spellcheck.
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