winter projects to stay busy

[Mark Evans]

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Is that a 4 bolt 350 or a four bolt 400 small lock ????

 

[gary noblit]

Thanks Gary!
How far are you and Jay from each other, I know Michigan is sizeable...
I don't think I've ever heard of chromic acid, looking forward to trying that on a pen project. It's a good place to start, the typical pen blank is 3/4 x 5 prior to sizing. The most common finish is turning polish which is applied and turned applying pressure to generate heat, so this will be a different path.
I also have a couple of gallons of resin that I bought to dabble in the live edge/river table arena bit haven't done my first project yet. A man has got to have some hobbies....
Curt

Curt, Jay is almost in Wisconsin,I'm 18 mi. from the Ohio line ,roughly 500 mi. apart...He's a "yooper",I'm a troll ,(below the bridge).....Usually my experiments go to daughters as gifts(if they're good) I've backed off quite a bit from putting too much in their homes but a resin project is on my list...My hobbies are now a way of life..probably too many ....

 

[cubs4lifeofme]

350. ,my friend runs a 400 but has overheating problems due to thinner cylinder walls. He says.

 

[gary noblit]

yesterday's evening project .turkey leg knife.... one has to wait a yr for the leg to dry

 

[Mark Evans]

350. ,my friend runs a 400 but has overheating problems due to thinner cylinder walls. He says.

On the big block and the 400 the number 8 piston has to have a little more clearance on the ring gap and piston wall to piston do to heat for that reason it’s an old trick a machinist showed me as a kid in 74 at a Chevy shop when I bought a blowed up 350/350 hurst/SS RALLY Camaro I still have a for both 400 I’m putting in my 56 GMC pick up !!!

 

[cubs4lifeofme]

Nice truck...

 

[Mark Evans]

Will be after finishing up the mounts and wiring and disc brakes !!!!

 

[cubs4lifeofme]

I heard once they didnt make many 400 Chevy 4 bolts ?

 

[Mark Evans]

I heard once they didnt make many 400 Chevy 4 bolts ?

right , thanks SIR !!!

 

[Jay Fetters]

Curt, Jay is almost in Wisconsin,I'm 18 mi. from the Ohio line ,roughly 500 mi. apart...He's a "yooper",I'm a troll ,(below the bridge).....Usually my experiments go to daughters as gifts(if they're good) I've backed off quite a bit from putting too much in their homes but a resin project is on my list...My hobbies are now a way of life..probably too many ....

Gary, you can't be far from where my wife and I grew up. We lived in northeast Indiana, she's from auburn, I lived 10 miles east in a small town called st Joe. It's about 10 miles west of Ohio, and about 35 or so miles south of the Michigan border. It's about a 9 and 1/2 hour drive from our house in the u.p. to auburn. I showed that turkey leg blade to my dad and I think he fell in love! He used to make clocks out of turtle shells. We used to do a lot of snapping turtle trapping when I was a kid. My dad would clean and dry the shells then mount the clock works in them and sell them.i think I still have one somewhere.

 

[gary noblit]

Gary, you can't be far from where my wife and I grew up. We lived in northeast Indiana, she's from auburn, I lived 10 miles east in a small town called st Joe. It's about 10 miles west of Ohio, and about 35 or so miles south of the Michigan border. It's about a 9 and 1/2 hour drive from our house in the u.p. to auburn. I showed that turkey leg blade to my dad and I think he fell in love! He used to make clocks out of turtle shells. We used to do a lot of snapping turtle trapping when I was a kid. My dad would clean and dry the shells then mount the clock works in them and sell them.i think I still have one somewhere.

Jay, been to Auburn to auto museum...using pieces parts is a cool thing ..I've made dance rattles out of turtle shells....clocks,that's interesting...

 

[jkluewer]

I heard once they didnt make many 400 Chevy 4 bolts ?

The 400 was made from ‘70 to ‘80, and the 4 bolt blocks were only available from ‘70 to ‘72.
I have three 400 engines, all 2 bolt blocks.

 

[Mark Evans]

The 400 had some that had three freeze plugs along the side and the standard ones with two and you have to debur the block to remove stress points, mine is all TRW 30 over bore and .05 turn on crank, is a forged billet one !!! Mine a tall truck/vet block.

 

[Mark Evans]

The engine came out of a camper special made in April of 1970 and a vented bell housing marked for vets.

 

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[Stevenovick1]

 

[Stevenovick1]

Ohh Yeah !

 

[Mark Evans]

No vacuum secondary’s on this one !!!! Are you running solid or partial hydraulic lifters ??? Nice oil pan, I personally like a 425 torque converter, but it looks like you may run a high stall torque converter, (small diamitor) !!!!

 

[gary noblit]

Jay, an urge to share a walnut rifle box,built for a Marlin 38/55 mod. 1893.I had acquired some gorgeous walnut that had been stored in a corn crib for 30 yrs..Tried to use as much as I could in large pieces,also made some nightstands but the whole point is the grain.That's where the character lies in wood (p.o.).It was hard to get it in one pic to show front grain almost matches top...this winter project was 2 yrs ago

 

[Jay Fetters]

Jay, an urge to share a walnut rifle box,built for a Marlin 38/55 mod. 1893.I had acquired some gorgeous walnut that had been stored in a corn crib for 30 yrs..Tried to use as much as I could in large pieces,also made some nightstands but the whole point is the grain.That's where the character lies in wood (p.o.).It was hard to get it in one pic to show front grain almost matches top...this winter project was 2 yrs ago

It's hard to find grain like that! Nice score, and nice craftsmanship. You did that tree proud! I was at my parents today and took a picture of the leash holder I made them last year for their mini pincher. It's a scrap of Birdseye and walnut for the dog. I didn't really like that piece of Birdseye with the heart wood in it, but my bride said it's the chunk I had to use.