A Fabricobbler's Guide to the Turbo Buick Galaxy- Cutlass Rehash
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Busted out my lathe skills and made coil bracket standoffs by tapping a 10-32 hole into the top of the new valve cover hardware and threading a standoff into the top. I need to weld a small tab to the top of the GM coil bracket and they should be good to hold them in place.
Put the cometic mls header gaskets and new valve cover gaskets in too.
I'm waiting on motor mounts and then I can drop the engine in. Might be tough to get it running in 5 after work days next week but it's not unreasonable.
Put the cometic mls header gaskets and new valve cover gaskets in too.
I'm waiting on motor mounts and then I can drop the engine in. Might be tough to get it running in 5 after work days next week but it's not unreasonable.
I'll be honest
The lathe takes up a ton of room, it's hard to move, it costs a lot to get tooling, I don't use it that much,
But damn when you need it, it 100% comes in handy. Once you get one you wonder how you got by without.
I feel you. I am thinking this might be just right:
VEVOR Metal Lathe 7" x 14",Mini Metal Lathe 0-2500 RPM Variable Speed,Mini Lathe with 4" 3-jaw Chuck,Bench Top Metal Lathe, Benchtop Lathe, for Various Types of Metal Turning : Amazon.ca: Industrial & Scientific
VEVOR Metal Lathe 7" x 14",Mini Metal Lathe 0-2500 RPM Variable Speed,Mini Lathe with 4" 3-jaw Chuck,Bench Top Metal Lathe, Benchtop Lathe, for Various Types of Metal Turning : Amazon.ca: Industrial & Scientific
www.amazon.ca
This old Tony on the 'Tube bought one of those and besides him rebuilding half the thing I don't think he had any big complaints with the small machine.
An old Atlas Craftsman is the ideal small home shop lathe but they are hard to find.
I've been shopping for something around 10x20 or 13x24. Need a 1" headstock for stuff I wanna do.
Close....
To boldly go... where you entire highschool football team already went.
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