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CLEANING A WHETSTONE
When setting up a job on one of our milling machines, we lightly run a fine grit whetstone lightly over the milling machine’s table to make sure there are no tiny dings, lumps or bumps on the table that may cause inaccuracies when milling. The whetstone eventually...
EASY PARALLELS
When I need some quick parallels for small jobs, I use the blocks from the Mill Clamping Set. They are adjustable for height and work well for small projects like pressing off a power steering pump pulley. Randy Torvinen Torvinen's Machine Menahga, MN
A HEAVY-DUTY DRILL PRESS
When drilling to repair stripped holes, I often use the VGS seat & guide machine. I made this little pilot to go in a good hole and level it up against the spindle, this one is 3/8-16, and I also have one made to go in 7/16 stud holes. I tipped it in the valve refacer...
MODIFIED KEEPER TOOL
We just modified a Lisle keeper removal tool to help with multi-groove keepers. I had to turn down the top on the lathe so it would fit into a ¾" collet. The hammer method doesn't work well on 3 and 4-groove applications, and it's not fun trying to use the spring...
STOP THE WALKING
When you're balancing a crank and you go to make a smaller hole larger, the drill always wants to walk around the perimeter of the hole. I find that if I pre-drill to the correct size with a step drill, it eliminates this issue. Adney Brown Performance Crankshaft inc....
BACK SPOT-FACE CUTTING TOOL
An aluminum transmission's mounting bolt hole needed to be spot faced after a TIG welding repair. The situation called for a Back Spot Face Cutter, however the size cutter needed was not available. To make a cutter, I turned a short section of threads off the end of a...
