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Drill Doctors are made by Darex Corp. which is the brand name for thier industrial models. With heavy use the collets wear out from grinding grit...
This is no doubt the place where all drill grinding experts hang. I supervise a bunch of red seal journeyman machinists less than half of which...
Any 2 nuts with the flat sides together will amount to a 120 degree included angle which is acceptable for general purpose use. When pointing...
Currently it's my buddy's hot rod.
X2 but the downside is you may miss how it looked later. Another thing I discovered was that by using a holepunch at the end of every slot in...
After getting my door fit perfect I drilled a couple small holes thru the door/hinge strap and when assembling after painting no adjustment was...
Read this page and you'll have a much better understanding of what you're working with. Personally I'm a fan of using an early pump on the later...
In some cases the "drill" part of a mag drill is replaceable and killed regularly. Milwaukee seem to hold out the best.
I have no Ford experience but early Chevy boxes specify "self levelling grease". Cheapest source is John Deere corn head grease at about 3 bucks a...
You could try running a 1/2 belt which would ride too high on the crank pulley but might work or you can get a 53 to 54 waterpump which will have...
The dizzy spins clockwise and old pushrods make for a good priming tool.
The bottom of the bracket has a hole for the e brake pivot rod and when properly positioned the rod should be parallel with the floor. Is the...
The local exhaust shop suggested 2" pipes with Dynomax turbo mufflers. I would do the same thing over again.
The column shift 3 speed is one of the coolest features on my ride and doesn't take much for bushings and adjustment to perform well. To me it...
Some of these posts make me feel like a youngster. Ma suggested the inspector would be more comfortable in her brand new 1976 New Yorker which I...
That's an Amsoil bypass filter head which has a metering plug in it with a 1/16" hole. The mount is a pc. of keystock welded to a pc. of angle...
1. 56-62 pans are different. You can see the difference at the bottom of this page:...
Amsoil bypass filter. Better than 98% efficiency at 2 microns.
What he said and the guy before him. 3833057 is a 194 cid produced from 1962-1970.
Mine are a bit less traditional. Did this bout 20 years ago.
Simplified explanation: 1. Convert imperial fraction to decimal equivalent. Example: 5/8" = .625" 2. Multiply by 25.4 Example: .625" x...
In many short run applications the cost of carbide cutting tools is not justified. High speed steel tools can perform economically provided its...
Q-max cutter is a new term to me. I've always known those as knockout punches and although they work well you need more than a couple holes to...
The first picture is an Amsoil bypass filter with an efficiency rating of 98.6 percent at 2 microns and IMO the best way to take best advantage of...
Make sure you have a 1/16" restrictor somewhere to meter oil to the filter or you'll run the bearings dry in short order and yes the front most...
Use a gasket from the carb you plan on running and duplicate the size and contour.
Here's a G code sample of a triangular gusset: % N1054 N1G91 N2G00X-14.383Y4.8371 N3M04 N4G01 N5G42X.3535Y-.3536 N6X-3.7635Y-3.7635 N7X17.1154...
Raster to vector conversion is standard with Mastercam. Does a cool job of converting pictures into machinable lines and arcs.
LMFAO "Look! Pa's fryin bacon! mus have sum big ass drillin ta do" Sulfur levels in cutting compounds have dropped way off over the last 10...
Good you got it. My post could have been a bit more helpful if I mentioned that plunging in with a 90 deg countersink until the spotface diameter...
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