Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Using some scrap castings to test out CNC tool paths and fixturing of the pistons for my replica of the 1920 Redrup radial motorcycle engine
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00:00 - Intro
00:24 - Piston machining strategy
02:49 - Testing different set ups.
04:40 - Mail time
07:06 - Why do I have defects on all the piston skirts?
09:57 - What else have been making?
10:59 - CNC turning the pistons.
12:58 - Making a mandrel
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sero - Letting Go