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Ernest Christley wrote:
> George Lendich wrote:
>> Are they really going to have ceramic coatings on the side housings?
> I have nothing to suggest that they will, other than it being the most 
> realistic choice.  The other option is steel inserts.  Steel inserts 
> are doable, but they carry a lot of machining, joining and dissimilar 
> metal baggage.  The ceramics would be a cast/bake in place operation.

Why not AlTiN?  It's hard, durable, very heat-resistant, and it can be 
applied to aluminum.

Dale R.
COZY MkIV #497, Ch. 12
Ch's. 13, 16, 22 & 23 in-progress
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