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v8block.jpg
v8parts.jpg
ballcomp.jpg
rotary.jpg

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These are pictures of the ball turning tool, rotary table, and a
V8 engine built by Chuck McGhee.  Posted by Dan Mauch (dmauch@seanet.com)

Dan provided the following description:

>I was over at Chuck McGhee's house yesterday to check on one of my CNC
>controllers. Chuck is a master machinist that works for Boeing. He has an
>amazing shop. He has a efficient shop built in a 10X10 shed. First time I
>heard that , I was skeptical. When I saw it, I was impressed. He has a
>Shoptask lathe/Mill/Drill with one of my pendant type CNC manual/CNC 
>controllers. His Shoptask is setup with a 3 axis stepper motor controller,
>electronic threading indicator, CNC rotary table ( picture  to be posted on
>www.metalworking.com), CNC ball turning tool, CNC tailstock and is adding a
>CNC compound. His shop  has a nice air compressor, jet band saw, bench
>drill press, small cnc milling machine, bench grinder, tool post grinder
>and a vast array of other tools.
>	With this shop, Chuck has been building a working 1/4 scale  V-8 engine. I
>will post the pictures on http://www.metalworking.com  to view the picture
>look at the bottom of the page and click on "Check Drop Box" The files will
>start with  V8xxx.jpg
>	Chuck has built most of  the parts on his SHOPTASK ( see
>http://www.shoptask.com) The block was bored and mill then the cylinders
>were sleeved with 4130. The pistons are precision ground aluminum. The
>crankshaft is 4130 and uses babbit bearings for the rod end bearing and the
>crankshaft main bearings. The Rods are alumuninum. You can see the valves
>and the the valve springs in the background. He has the heads left to make.
>I saw a sample and it was awesome. The final version will have hemi-heads
>to match the pistons. He made all kind of fixtures to bore the pistons and
>piston rods. The only part he is concerned about making is the camshaft. He
>has asked my help to write the program to cut the cam. His workmanship is
>awesome. Amazing!
>Enjoy
>
>Dan