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PLASTIC PRESSURE TEST PLATES
PLASTIC PRESSURE TEST PLATES I started making custom pressure testing plates out of 1” thick HDPE high density polyethylene (same material as kitchen cutting board). This stuff is cheap, machines like butter and can be worked like wood. I cut it with a table saw and...
CHASING DOWN NEW THREADS
CHASING DOWN NEW THREADS If you don't have a thread chaser for the right bolt hole size, it's pretty easy to make one. You can modify a bolt of the correct size and thread pitch. Cut the head off & cut a groove in the threads, length wise. Now put it in a drill motor...
CLEAR COAT IT TO SHOW IT
CLEAR COAT IT TO SHOW IT After magnafluxing, cover the magpowder in the crack with a couple coats of clear paint to retainer the powder. This works much better for showing the parts owner, you won't have to magnaflux the part again for them to see the problem. Terry...
CARBIDE SCRIBE
CARBIDE SCRIBE My head porter and I developed this tool to keep all valve job bowl cuts identical. Very simple to make and quickly scribes exactly where to make cuts. Scribe is made from a carbide point from pocket metal scribe. It is epoxied into a drilled hole in...
ROD ALIGNMENT PINS
ROD ALIGNMENT PINS I like to check rod alignment before I install the pistons. I had SB and BB Chev piston pins centerless ground .0025” under some years ago. Since then I have chucked other sizes short and ground them in the crank grinder slightly under size. I...
NOT JUST FOR SHAVING
NOT JUST FOR SHAVING Many cylinder heads have corrosion in the water jackets that can’t all be blasted or blown out. Marine engines can be the worst. When assembling an engine, to make sure you don’t accidentally drop any loose scale in the bores, simply pump shaving...
