SET UP BLOCKS

SET UP BLOCKS

by | Dec 1, 2021 | TOOLING

SET UP BLOCKS Keep your tape measure in the toolbox when doing set ups that you repeat time and time again. Make some gauge blocks or fixtures, whatever it takes to save time setting up your machines. Randy Torvinen Torvinen’s Machine Menahga, MN DECEMBER,...
BLOCK SQUARED

BLOCK SQUARED

by | Nov 1, 2021 | BLOCK WORK

BLOCK SQUARED For those using the common block deck indexing fixture, here’s an easy way to check accuracy of the front plate. When you finish squaring up a block. Flip the plate backwards and check the deck across the surface to the plate again. It should read the...
GET YOUR BEARINGS

GET YOUR BEARINGS

by | Nov 1, 2021 | DISASSEMBLY & CLEANING

GET YOUR BEARINGS When baking and shot peening cylinder blocks, I leave the main bearing shells and the cam bearings in the block to protect surfaces and maintain concentricity. Anthony Rotella Anthony’s Marine & Service St Petersburg, FL NOVEMBER,...
TRACKING WORK ORDERS

TRACKING WORK ORDERS

by | Nov 1, 2021 | OPERATIONS

TRACKING WORK ORDERS Because we have a stack of work orders, about an inch thick, we have a system that helps us match a customer with their job, when they call. The work orders are kept in numerical order on a clipboard. The customer is assigned a work order number,...
T-SLOT BRIDGE

T-SLOT BRIDGE

by | Nov 1, 2021 | TOOLING

T-SLOT BRIDGE Occasionally, when clamping an odd-shaped part like a cylinder head or small engine block on our Bridgeport mill, the mill table’s T-slots are not always spaced for convenient clamping. To make the job easier and faster, we machined a pair of steel...