Anybody Turned a Pen Blank on a Drill Press?

iblive said:

Got a former coworker that understood Qjets and knew how to tune them. He preferred them over Holleys. But for us commoners…. a Holley has always seemed easier to work on and tune.

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When I was playing I didn't have anything with enough vacuum to use vacuum secondaries. I was using pretty big roller cams from Kip at Cam Motion down there in the bayou.

RVA said:

Reminds me of this

Wood Switch Tips

I was looking for 3 way toggle switch tips, and the price annoyed me. So I had the idea to try and make them. So far, I Ordered this drill bit and tap set www.amazon.com/dp/B0849LDH5Q/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_HRTBR960Y72KFM7FAEQA?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 I watched this video And I already have...

www.thetonerooms.com

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I was thinking of that too. I might have to make a matching switch tip.

Well look at that. I could have saved an hour if I had pulled out the file right away.

After a coat of lemon oil.

And there it is! I'm going to let it dry and see if it wants any more oil. It's a little larger than a Fender piece (it looks huge on that stubby stainless Gilmour arm), but since I went to all that trouble I want to see the thing.

That didn't take long. I've been in the garage all day. He's a little pissed. He's really going to be mad when I start playing guitar.

Cadorman said:

When I was playing I didn't have anything with enough vacuum to use vacuum secondaries. I was using pretty big roller cams from Kip at Cam Motion down there in the bayou.

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I don’t have that problem. 1977 L84 small block. 185 screaming horses on a good day. Plenty of vacuum.

iblive said:

I don’t have that problem. 1977 L84 small block. 185 screaming horses on a good day. Plenty of vacuum.

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The last engine I built was a mild street 454 with 630hp and 630lb/ft of torque. Big midrange. It was all done by 6200 rpm. I put it together for a 69 Camaro project. It all went down the road for a house down payment. My daily driver was a 2006 Chevy 1/2 ton 4×4. I yanked out the 4.8L and dropped in a 426 (6.0L block with Callies stroker crank). It had a cheater Trans Am series Corvette cam and cnc ported heads. I ran it with the stock intake and throttle body. Had to go a little bigger on the injectors. That was 530hp and 530lb/ft. Totally stupid. If you kicked it down to pass at 70 the tires broke loose with BFG A/Ts on it.