Recent content by MIKE RIGGIN

Good afternoon, Gentlemen I have had time to devote to my valve problem since I am not working much these days. I remade a couple of valves by brazing a stem to a head and machining from there. I made sure that my compound slide was at exactly 41 degrees and mounted my dremel in the toolpost and...

I don't know, I have a small can of Clover compound that I have had for probably 40 years. One side says course and one side says fine. Where do you even get the different grits?

Thanks for all of your helpful replies. A lot of the problem here is the fact that I have been working on this thing for a very long time. I probably made this head 15 years ago. I thought I had just used a drill bit to countersink the seats, but I noticed that the angle didn't match a drill...

I have a Depenbusch Hit n Miss almost complete. My valves don't seem to be sealing very well and I think my angles are probably way off. The seats were done with a 60 degree countersink and the valves are done at a 41 degree angle.Does that sound right? It seems to me that the angles should be...