BORING TABLE When boring a single cylinder, I cut a hole in a table and mark holes to match the cylinder plate and drill out these holes. Now simply bolt the cylinder to the plate then mount it on the table. You won’t have to worry about stopping the boring bar before...

TEST FIT CAMS I have a good dozen cams to test fit the Cam Bearings after installing when I don't have the customers Cam. I polished the journals and taped up the lobes to keep from marking up the bearings. This makes for a better looking, finished job. I also check...

SAVING YOUR STONES On the Sunnen CK type honing head, the stones are a one shot install. We all have that box of good single stones though, and various ways to reuse them. I take a single strand of copper wire and lay it in the “teeth” of the stone holder and then...

LIFTER BORE CHAMFER TOOL After enlarging lifter bores I was searching for an easy way to remove the sharp edge and put a small chamfer on the top and bottom of the bore. I machined up 2 pieces of 1" aluminum to accept my Sioux valve grinding stones. I made a short one...

BLOCK TRU OHC ECCENTRIC I made an eccentric for the front of an Audi block to set up the block true fixture. It uses the original slot as there is a bolt hole directly behind it. Several variations could be made with a smaller diameter eccentric and a slot in the...

CENTER THE MANDREL This saves a lot of time when centering the mandrel on blocks with bed plates. Using an indicator on the mandrel with stone pressure against the mains, zero the indicator, release pressure with lever. Turn the mandrel 180 degrees, put pressure back...