The engine casing on my 1911, 10hp Stanley is made from a sheet of galvanized steel and I am thinking of replacing this with one made of copper. What gauge (thickness) of copper sheet should I use?

Don

Don
I do not have a vast knowledge of original casings, I borrowed a 10 HP wet engine case as a guide to make the one for my dry 10 HP engine.
Non ferrous gauge thickness is different then ferrous gauge metal.

Most of the case was 20 gauge non ferrous copper 0.0320 I did use 16 gauge 0.0508 and some 0.125 strap in some places, but for the most 20 gauge with the edges folded over.

Rolly


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Edited 1 times. Last edit at 03/21/13 06:14PM by Rolly.

Now we know how he keeps his copper so clean!

I found a few more photos.
It took me a while on that one Kelly.
Rolly

Thanks for that information Rolly, and the photos - a very neat job.

Don