Fw: [xj] Re: [v12-engine] Re: Annealing Copper Sealing Washers

I believe you are correct, Jamie. However, I stubbornly refuse to be
bothered with such activities. I took the lazy man’s path and bought
an assortment of new washers…

Doug Dwyer
Longview, Washington USA

But when they are thrown into a
cool liquid (water?) to cool them, we are realigning the molecular
structure
and hardening the copper material.

Of course I’ve been wrong before (often - eh Doug, Gregory or Bruce?), but
that’s my story (due to memory) and I’m sticking to it.

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Doug Dwyer wrote:

I believe you are correct, Jamie. However, I stubbornly refuse to be
bothered with such activities. I took the lazy man’s path and
bought an assortment of new washers…

Actually, per the original discussion it was recommended that the
annealing be done with brand new washers. They are made of annealed
copper but get punched out of sheet and therefore are half-hard
before you buy them. Annealing makes them fully soft again.

It’s supposedly really easy to do – if you have a propane torch. If
a butane barbeque lighter will work, it will be really easy to do,
period. I paid $1 for this butane barbeque lighter.

Besides, the assortment of new washers never seems to work for me. I
end up with a dozen washers, only one or two of which fit anything I
own. Next time I have to go buy ANOTHER dozen washers to get one or
two more to use. I suppose a better idea would be to note which one
of the dozen fit something and buy a whole bunch of that size, but I
never seem to get that organized.

– Kirbert

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