by Donnie Hurt | 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,...
by Donnie Hurt | Dec 1, 2021 | TOOLING
POWER ADJUSTMENTS To save time, we use a half inch cordless drill to power our stroke and counterweight adjustments on our crankshaft grinder machines. Adney Brown Performance Crankshaft Ferndale, MI DECEMBER, 2021
by Donnie Hurt | Dec 1, 2021 | TOOLING
SEAT SPUD For machining custom valve seats, in addition to the expansion arbor, I have a simple aluminum spud and lock. I can quick machine it down for whatever seat I need. It started out as a 1-foot-long piece of round stock, and I just keep drilling and tapping as...
by Donnie Hurt | 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 Anthonys Marine & Service St Petersburg, FL NOVEMBER,...
by Donnie Hurt | Nov 1, 2021 | TOOLING
SHARPENER If you have one of these style sharpeners, we have found the rest and stop can be adjusted to sharpen your drill bits on the appropriate angle, for a sharp tip every time. Adam Cofer Don Ott Racing Engines York Springs, PA NOVEMBER,...
