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Ken Powell wrote:

     Paul,
     Were the aluminum end and center housings built by Everett Hatch and
     Steve Beckem (SP?) surface hardened?  They could be chromed, coated
     with nickasil, or perhaps some process like Kawasaki uses to coat
     their dirt bike cylinders - they call their process Electrofusion.
     Are any of these processes (except chrome) performed by industrial
     machine shops or are they only performed by special manufacturers?

Lots of good questions. I don't know the answer to most.
Everrett nver told me what he was using and Jim Mederer
never would. I did'nt think aluminum could be surface hardened.
Wankel GmbH Germany uses nickasil and they claim excellent results. 
Some of the best coatings are literally shot from a gun and 
it embeds itself in the aluminum. I suspect coatings like this 
are done in specialty shops.

Paul Lamar
 
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