What is a Hone on a cylinder?
It’s embedded in balls at the ends of flexible spindles that press against the inside of a cylinder to remove material and leave a smooth, even finish. These hones are slightly oversized to maximize contact with the work surface. When your cylinder ID falls between two sizes, order the larger hone.
What is the diamond flex-hone?
The Diamond Flex-Hone tool is designed for use on any type or size of cylinder from 4mm up to 20mm in diameter. Other sizes are available by special order. Designed for surface finishing and cross hole deburring of harder materials such as carbide, ceramic and space age alloys, this cylinder hone is an efficient solution to your tough applications.
What is the BC series Flex-hone?
The BC Series Flex-Hone tool is designed for use on any type or size of cylinder from 4mm up to 3″ in diameter. This cylinder hone is designed for surface finishing and cross hole deburring in brake cylinders, wheel cylinders, hydraulics, pneumatics and valve guides. Additional abrasive types and grits are available. Prop 65 Warning
What is the grit of the diamond hone block?
The 4-sided diamond hone block has a different grit on each face, ranging from extra coarse (200 grit) to fine (600 grit). Each surface of the knife sharpener has three layers of diamonds that are nickel bonded to the steel frame. The hone block fits into a non-slip ABS mount.
How many engines can a diamond honing stone do?
Typically, a set of conventional vitrified honing stones might do up to 30 V8 blocks (240 to 260 cylinder bores) before they’re worn out and have to be replaced. A set of metal bond diamond honing stones, on the other hand, might do as many as 1500 V8 engine blocks (12,000 cylinder bores) before they have to be replaced.
What kind of abrasives are used for honing cylinder blocks?
The basics of honing cylinder blocks hasn’t changed much in recent years, but what has changed are the type of abrasives being used by many engine builders. Silicon carbide and aluminum oxide honing stones of various grits have long been used in power honing machines and portable hones to finish cylinder bores.