 
							
					
															
					
					 by Donnie Hurt | Oct 13, 2025 | CYLINDER HEADS
Continual measuring takes time and doesn’t make any money. I take a measurement from the gasket surface on diesel heads before removing the guides. I use a large diameter disc, add balancer washers, ARP washers and whatever it takes to get the guide driver the...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by Donnie Hurt | Aug 15, 2025 | OTHER SHOP WORK
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...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by Donnie Hurt | Nov 5, 2024 | CYLINDER HEADS
When I’m porting cylinder heads or otherwise using the dividers, once the size is set, I put a couple witness dabs with a high visibility pen, so I can see if I’ve inadvertently bumped it and changed the setting.  It’s a time saver over checking it occasionally...