Quote Originally Posted by Frank S View Post
And so far no one has mentioned cast iron or the ultimate material for gibs cast molybdenum. A bit hard to find now days but old military duce& half engines used to be made out of the stuff because it was stronger than regular gray cast iron and was nearly completely immune to wear Old leaf springs can be heated and flattened then worked to any shape desired as well the carbon content in them make them a good choice for non galling gibs
"cast molybdenum", wear plate like Bissalloy 450 would work well and it machines O.K. using Carbide and keeping it cool.
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