Thread: Building A looper Beast

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    Some pics of the follow up work one on the front cover. After the gluing was completed, aluminum bolts were installed on both side of the cover, locktite-ed in, to keep the saddles secure. The top main required coming through the saddle and into the case because of the starter and distributor ears interference. The studs in the top saddle are also aluminum. Then cut nearly through with a slit saw so that they would not pinch and cut all the way through on the opposite side then broken off.

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    With one-offs, often the greatest challenge is figuring out how to accomplish a change in architecture. Hats off to Dick for his clever methods!

    Tim

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    How many boat nuts have noticed there have been over 11,000 hits on this thread and nearly 100 posts.

    Obviously a lot of people are very interested in this project.

    Way to go Dick. Keep us advised!!

    P.S. I'm glad to see you're using good ol' Craftsman tools. I can't afford the super vanity brands!

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    Gene. There are tools other than Craftsman?!?!

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    How can you beat them. Wear them out, break them, they repalce with no questions ask. You got to love them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by R Austin View Post
    How can you beat them. Wear them out, break them, they repalce with no questions ask. You got to love them.
    This. I was 10 years old (will never forget it) the first time my dad went with me to Sears with a wrench or two that was worn after 30-40 years of use he wanted to replace. When we went to the register, he handed them the old, showed the new, "thank you sir". I was thinking "what just happened here?!?!". Haha, can't beat that. The only problem we ever had with them was when they went to the plastic forward/reverse lever on the socket wrenches. Those didn't last long.

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    Neaded an extra Tool set for the hobby shop and picked it up at Sears. Their sales are great. What was more interesting is that they are back to making the hand tools in the USA. Good job Sears.

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    More pics of the continuing preparation of the front cover. Cleaning the mating surface and drilling the fuel pump pulse holes. The last 2 pics are the preliminary set-up of the case assembly for line boring. As you can see the line bore is an old lathe that I made risers for to get the needed height. The cross feed was removed and replaced with a vertically adjustable table. Removed all carriage drive gears and added a power drive for a mill table directly to the feed screw. A good bore job is no better than the control of the feed. The bar is 2 piece, that allows one end to be removed for measuring the progress of the bore operation. The end of the bar is larger in diameter than the rest of the bar and is carried in a bronze bushing clamped in the steady rest. If you go back the the beginning of the thread, you will see this piece of equipment used for building the rotary valve motor. Acquired that lathe at the age of 19.

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    Thanks for posting more images, Dick.

    What else can you say but incredible! Keep up the great work. I can't wait to hear the "Beast" run......

    Tim

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    Work continues on the boring of the front end of the beast. These pics will give you an idea of the boring bar setup. Setup is critical because the bottom of the front cover is already the target size. .0625 was taken off the cover face to shrink the bottom bearing bore, however at the edges which are near vertical, only a reduction of .010 was achieved. That is only .005 per side. Quincy would squeeze them in a vise then reface both surfaces, and then rebore. Not possible on this massive front cover. Again the saddles were added to allow the same bore size through the case and use bearing housings from the Mark series sixes. Target size is to be .001 to .002 smaller than the bearing block.

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