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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Barn Find, Jun 26, 2015.

  1. Barn Find
    Joined: Feb 2, 2013
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    Barn Find
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    from Missouri

    I want to mill a flywheel housing that is 19" wide. Shops around here can only handle heads that are 14" wide maximum. I can ship the housing anywhere that has the right equipment. Can you recommend anyone?
     
  2. dreracecar
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    Explain what it is you are trying to do/machine, it would help a bunch
     
  3. RichFox
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    Are you going to automotive shops? Or general machine shops? You might want to branch out a little.
     
  4. gimpyshotrods
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    Yeah, try a general machine shop. I have had stuff worked way bigger than that.
     

  5. DDDenny
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    Try diesel repair shops.
    Google Blanchard grinding.
     
  6. RichFox
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    Here is one of my friends CNC mills with a 32 Ford frame stored on the table. I'll bet he could mill your bellhousing. But you are to far away. There are some good things about living in California. 11102670_1085241054825542_2306994482833428545_n.jpg
     
  7. Shaggy
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    One of my coworkers has his hands(family business) in a machineshop in Missouri, their bread and butter is oil pipeline stuff, but he's done a lot of 1-off tractor pulling stuff including random brand custom cylinder heads. Depending on what you want he'd be the guy to talk to
     
  8. dreracecar
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    must not be an emergency
     
  9. EXPLAIN,,,what you want might be done on a lathe.
     
  10. DDDenny
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    Sorry, I thought you wanted a flywheel machined.
     
  11. Phil1934
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    I shortened a factory aluminum bellhousing on a lathe. Cutting made a deafening screeching noise, but did ok.
     
  12. Barn Find
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    Thanks for the replies. I was having problems cracking flexplates. I just wanted to make sure the flywheel housing is not warped. I think it's an unlikely cause, but am desperate to eliminate possible problems.
     
  13. Where are you in the state. Which face do you want milled engine block I am assuming. Are you calling a bell housing a fly wheel housing?

    Before it got chucked up and cut I would make u sure that it needed cutting. Mill is no necessary for that. That said I could get it done here no problem, either sneak it into my old place of employ or take it to the tractor pull shop up the road here a bit and have them face it if it needs it.
     
  14. saltflats
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    Have you tried Richard Lohse in Columbia?
     
  15. Barn Find
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    I'll do just that. My son is in daycare right by Richard's shop. The door to his shop was hanging open the other day, and I almost stopped. I should have, and I will.
     
  16. Bert Kollar
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    If you want to ship it to Ohio my friend has a Bullard that will do that. He just squared up a transmission case for my buddy. Call me at 440 231 2318 Bert
     
  17. dreracecar
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    Usually stuff like that gets Blanchard ground to get both surfaces parallel.
     
  18. where i used to work had a 36" Blanchard , that would be ideal for that. i certainly found a lot of uses for it
     
  19. Dan Timberlake
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    Before machining anything I'd mount a dial indicator on the crank and sweep the flywheel housing's mounting face and the bore.
    It might take require making an angle iron adapter or something.
     
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  20. 1-SHOT
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    Like Dan ,said take a dial indicator and then you may need offset dowels to correct a problem. Frank
     
  21. seb fontana
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    They make neat flower pots........
     
  22. FrozenMerc
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    Just exactly how big of a lathe do you need???

    [​IMG]
     
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