From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
      Now that I've finished the projects I'll post ... seems like   
   everything I touched the last few days just did what I wanted . I've   
   been working on a set of Arctic Cat 4X4 vertical twin cylinders , got   
   the project squared away with the customer* and did the finish bore on   
   the new cylinder sleeves . Hit my goal of 10-12 thou under finished bore   
   size on both sides . I like to leave enough meat to be sure the finish   
   hone leaves the bore nice and smooth . The same guy gave me a   
   flange/splined stub project that he had to cut apart to get disassembled   
   . He said it's out of a GM 2500 transfer case . Cleaned things up and   
   machined a plug for alignment and welded it back together and that also   
   went well . Next up was a simple task of slotting bolt holes on a  fan   
   pulley to accommodate a larger bolt circle .   
     And last but by no means least was enlarging the wrist pin holes for   
   the Arctic Cat job . Bigger bore pistons have a larger wrist pins .   
      This wraps up all the projects I had for other people . I do have a   
   piece of 1045 chucked up for a backplate for my "new" 3" three jaw chuck   
   . I guess I should be crawling under the truck and getting those bed   
   bolts loose with my new inductive heater  ... gotta get the axle out and   
   to the shop to be re-geared ... but not until it dries out some .   
      *Patrick used to live across the road from me , a very nice guy .   
   He's working in an auto repair shop he co-owns with his son , and the   
   Cat 4X4 is a personal project for him (the flange/spline is for a paying   
   customer ...) . In exchange for the motor work he's working on the   
   cylinders for my 1939 Harley . Patrick will also be doing the work on my   
   truck axle . Another swap , he's getting a pretty complete Sioux   
   valve/valve seat grinding setup .   
   --   
   Snag   
   Voting for Kamabla after Biden   
   is like changing your shirt because   
   you shit your pants .   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)