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1954 Ford 850 Tractor w/blown Head Gasket (at the very least)
Chuck in E. TN:
Nice job on the big fly cutter, Steve. Why not put 2 or 4 inserts on it?
Chuck
vtsteam:
Hi Chuck, very hard to get those exactly the same depth without some kind of adjustment design. It could be done, but far more trouble for me than what it would be worth in cutting speed.
I only have to take 12 thou off that head, and I was doing 5 thou a pass today, so it should be pretty quick to do the re-surfacing.
The sand castings were different. In future I'd probably first face those with a smaller home made end mill I have, also using an insert. I could dig deep with that, then finish up with the big one. It's really a tool for doing finishing cuts -- and is pretty satisfactory for that, considering the price!!
mattinker:
I think you're going to find lots of uses for your new fly cutter!
Regards, Matthew
awemawson:
Steve
Rig a temporary power feed using a battery drill. Simple two part adaptor. Bar in chuck with cross drilling and peg. Suitable female on feed shaft. Did this on my lathe top slide for stubby taper turning.
PekkaNF:
"Just in case" sort of idea/advice: Cylinder head may be difficult on mount on the mill table, specially if you need to move it middle of the setup (lucily you can do it on one go here). Therefore I have turned and tapped some buttons that will clear the head cluttery and will provide a repeatable/level mounting surface after the buttons are milled level with clinder gasket plane, pretty much the same way you did that casting few post back. I have used it on few adapters and one cylinder head. The cylinder head needed three buttons and two bars, but then it was really simple to level and clamp it. This probably does not apply in your cylinder head project....you tend to plan ahead.
PekkaNF
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