BMW V8 dry sump from billet

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crankshafter:
Hi Ade.
That's what we call a setup :jaw: :bugeye: :D
Ade: you and :mmr:
CS

Dean W:
Yes, that's quite a setup.
Okay, just like with the wax, now. Three nice big straight holes!
Going great, Ade. I know you'll be victorious over the metal monster!

Dean

AdeV:
Thanks chaps, your encouragement & general approval means a lot to me. :thumbup: To think, a little over 6 months ago, I'd never touched a metalworking machine in my life (well, maybe excepting brushing past a lathe at school, twenty mumbleteen years ago). I'm fairly sure that, if I knew what I was doing, I certainly wouldn't be attempting this!

Don't worry about the mill tipping over, I had my ample weight anchoring the mill down on the other side... :lol:

No progress tonight, the day job got in the way.... I had finished & uploaded the video but YouTube have decided that I can't use my chosen soundtrack due to copyright infringement, so I need to find a more obscure version of it before I can show & tell...

FWIW - the drill chattered a LOT more on the two holes I've drilled so far, than it did on the test hole. I don't know if it's the extra material causing it to have to work harder, or some other factor; but it was a proper pucker job drilling the first two holes. Of course, with only one hole left to go, I'm pretty happy about the various noises now, so I don't anticipate any problems.

The only remaining mystery is - did the drill go to where I expected it to? I won't find that out until tomorrow at the earliest... :coffee:

Divided he ad:
(said in the super deep movie trailer introduction voice....!)

"The story of a man realising his engineering abilities. A brush with the "law". Nail biting drama. Mystery, and suspense....... This thread has everything!

"BMW V8 dry sump from billet" Coming to a forum near you soooon!! "

:lol:

I don't know... It seemed funny while I was writing it!? :)

Sounds like your having fun Ade?

Waiting for the vid' after you get around the "law" :bang:

:nrocks:

Ralph.

AdeV:
And now....

.....

....for something completely different...

Or, indeed, maybe not. The video finally uploaded & didn't trigger any lawyers :thumbup:

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