Posted by The tractor vet on January 08, 2013 at 15:18:47 from (75.19.126.114):
In Reply to: Precision Tools posted by d282 on January 08, 2013 at 08:05:33:
The feeler gauge ribbon fit thing also needs a spring scale and that method has long since been replaced with a set of inside and outside Mic.'s and a bore gauge . The next biggy is a accurate set of standards and knowing how to check and adjust your mic.'s And using a good machine shop that knows what is going on and how to do the job right the first time is the big plus . I know of three that i can trust and have it dead nuts on when done. With somethings i have to explain the firsts job but not after . But i do have all the tools needed . I just don't have the equipment to do it myself. Two things i would have like to have in my younger days (1) a complete automotive machine shop and (2) and injection shop . Had the chance on the machine shop when my close friend had his health problems as he was getting bigger with at the time the best money could by as he had some pieces that nobody had this side of the big Creek . The state of the art stationary boring bar and a line bore that could do a 16 cylinder engine and a crank and cam grinder . along with other stuff . The seat and guide set up was great . I could run a flywheel up there and if Dick was busy he would say you know where the grinder is and you know how to use it or he would have me do something else while he was doing a line bore fore me as that is one operation i had never done .
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