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1954 Ford 850 Tractor w/blown Head Gasket (at the very least)
vtsteam:
Filed relief into the sides and the end:
vtsteam:
To bed early gentlemen for tomorrow we temper steel with the blood of the stream for our greatest trial!
(ie. water....)
After that........
probably retreat to one or the other above sensible tips!
vtsteam:
I spoke with the tractor repair man this evening. He doesn't think he has a cap, but will look around tomorrow. He said he has a complete head, So if something goes awry, I guess that's backup.
awemawson:
You are supposed to temper silver steel in the blood of a virgin, but they are increasingly hard to find these days :ddb:
vtsteam:
The stream was close by! Anyway it was a simple matter this morning to heat the drill to cherry red and dunk it in a cup of cold water. I decided not to temper it -- I haven't had a problem with chipping or cracking for small low speed tools, which this definitely is, and the extra hardness helps I think.
I set up some half inch drill rod in the lathe using the 4 jaw chuck ( I still don't have a collet chuck) and used a center drill to start a hole in the end. Then chucked up a Q size drill in the Jacobs chuck to get me somewhere near the .350" desired finish dimension and drilled about 0.3" deep.
Then with a little trepidation I chucked the new olde tyme slot drill in the Jacobs, brought it to bear on the drill rod with a little oil and started drilling. I was using my slowest back gear speed. No problem, the darn thing started to drill!
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