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Ive decided to treat myself to a vintage ridge reamer - the ones that seem to get the best votes have the two legs over the top - any...
Hi sunbeam i tried using this thing yesterday and today and not sure what happened- I could not get th epalte to fit and re-read this thread and...
Well today did not go well, seems like I have a knock off part from Ebay- there is no way this is KM quality, one edge bent down and chipped...
makes sense, maybe i have to order the correct plate - gr8 another 240$! Yes the one that came on mine isnt near as well machined, more of a...
Thanks - this is the part im not 100% sure on, heading down to shop ill take a look. The plate can go into the piston correctly, but I cant see...
Hi all - just finally unboxed mine to start using it - not sure how the support plate is supposed so sit? It fits very well under the rod but i...
Got round to replacing the bearings and hubs on my trailer today, front axle was fine with the 52880 inner bearing, owever the back axle was...
Will oxy work to remove valve seats or is mig the preferred and more fool proof method? this on a small block chevy - Goodson sells some metal...
one like this? [IMG]
maybe im better off buying a sized tapered reamer. I did buy some US made expandable ones but they are really long, too long for my mill.. i will...
hi - trying to find a way to size rod bushings. I have a mini mill as well as a van norman. option 1 is to use a marble slab or machinist plate...
Hi all thanks for the replies - so i ordered a 250w elec motor from amazon, but this thing weighs 4 lbs- what would be a lighter motor? is 1000rpm...
yep aware of that pav but thanks for the tip :) that would hurt!
I have actually thought of making a pull type single wheel one to mimic the flat strap hand method, which does work quite well actually, depending...
frenchy now thats a unique solution lol, unfortunately i have various cranks, right now a perkins 4108 for example.. but interesting.. Yes on...
Looking at these two in conjunction for a reversible setup - i dont polish cranks all day long but do a few long/short block rebuilds thru the...
no mention of billing by the hour for anything- i asked a tech question and if anyone had done anything themselves - why on earth would i bill a...
I own a shop and work on kinda stock chevy stuff most of the time
Not really, theirs is different.. saw something like what I posted on ebay about 2 years ago and kinda going by imagination.. interesting design...
Hi all - im slowly putting together plans for a diy crank polisher.. I called goodson and they say common belt sizes are 64 and 72.. i did some...
Would it be possible to tell if the cutter head is a morse taper #3? My #2 is just a tad loose- I did buy an offset tail chuck for the lathe with...
ok thanks - i read the description of some seats and there is about 4 thou built in - much appreciated! I did install them with the van norman...
i have already started machining down an old engine hoist jack shaft for a new cutter, and i think i might try calculate if this was ground on a...
best i could come up with, im going to try and make and adjustable head but these are the 2 set screws i put in.. ill have to turn them down and...
I just installed my first valve seats today but had to match a head that was already cut to 1.625, so i trimmed the ones i ordered down a bit to...
well managed ok with the 7018, milled it down pretty good enough, only to find the little fixed cutter for the valve size I need has been custom...
Hi all - so i dug out the van norman inserto valve seat tool yesterday and decided to give it a try- the main cutter head got broken out by the...
yeah i think i might weld it up and machine back down- be alot easier- gonna play with it a bit today- found another link with some instructions...
Hi guys - i bought this on ebay a few months back and finally unpacked it today for the first time to take a look see at how it works. I didnt get...
yes - bought that a few months back from goodson as well.. hopefully get this machine working again-
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