Skilled turners

[slim_boy_fat]

we didn't know how or know anyone who could operate it correctly"
Who buys a £26k machine like this?

Must have seemed like a good idea at the time. . I like that he's called "Engine Professional ltd" too....

 

[nickk]

Am amazed by that as I thought only a forging could resist the twisting and be stiff enough.

 

[8ob]

You can spot a cast crank vs a forged one from a mile away, thin lines on the raw castings and flat squish marks on the forging. Castings can be iron or steel.whereas forgings are usually steel, cast has its place as does a forging, it’s down to application.

Bob

 

[pressbrake1]

"we didn't know how or know anyone who could operate it correctly"
Who buys a £26k machine like this?

I loved going into Tom Mackean's shop in dumfries back when I used to play with engines, he had 3 crank grinders all in lovely condition, looked after well and each one in daily use. A real gentleman, too.

Things are very strange now with modern engines with no undersize bearing shells available so such work has become specialist only with the ability to line bore and modify the block for normal split shells

 

[pressbrake1]

Am amazed by that as I thought only a forging could resist the twisting and be stiff enough.

It should really be made from Sg iron which is the tensile of normal mild steel. These are not so only suited to slow rev engines...and the brave