After the Babbit was poured and cooled, the pieces were separated. I then machined the bearing to roughtly the correct width, as well as cleaned up the rough edges.
The bearing sections were bolted together, with the dummy shims in place. The Con rod was clamped to the mill table, and each side of the bearing was milled so the correct width was obtained for a fit to the crankshaft.
The center oil hole has been drilled out (the hole in the con rod itself was packed with babbitrite before it was poured). After scraping for an hour or so, with countless test fits, the bearing is getting close. These test fits were done without the piston attached. I will have to inseret the piston into the cylinder next, to assure things line up correctly, and no doubt do some more scraping.
