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Here's one I use: Mount a v-block in the vise and use a test indicator to indicate the "v" of the v-block. I've also clamped the v-block to the table and indicated one side to align to the axis as if it were a vise. Then I indicated the "v" to get the center of the v-block as mentioned above...

Stuff can still get by safety glasses. When then stainless went in my eyes I had my glasses on and a baseball cap. The chips came around in a convection current from blowing off the fixture with compressed air. Probably a one in a million shot.

I have had my fair share of crap in my eyes. The best thing that I have found to get debris/chips/foriegn matter out is to fill a cup with water and put your eye into it and blink. Hold the cup parallel to the ground and put your eye into the cup. While you blink into the water look up, down and...

It's better that way (Street car). Less breakage and you don't have to make the suspension and everything else "work" harmoniously.

I saw the plate with all the lines; that's why I asked. It looks like a Pro-Street style car. Did you ever run it or is it more of a boulevard cruiser / car show kind of thing?

Steve- It's got a Fogger besides the blower? Bob

Sorry, but to me it sounds allot like the old VW Beetles. Definitely not a "healthy" V8 in my opinion. -Bob

Clivel- Congrats on your first runner. Well done. -Bob

Ian- This has been a great thread. I learned something and got a few chuckles. I think this thread took the turns it did because it was your first. If it had been posted by one of the regulars, it would have taken a different path. -Bob

Dave- Did you give up due to "dry mouth" from all the spitting? :big: -Bob

It would very interesting in a CNC production environment with through the spindle tooling (coolant is passed through tool) running in conjunction with flood cooling. ::)

My only concern with the use a saliva would be the controls to manufacture it. How could one assure the quality from one batch to the next? Certainly G.I.G.O. (garbage in, garbage out) applies. The range the properties of the saliva after a glass of water vs a glass of milk would be rather...

It depends. There are times when I manage to squeeze in a decent amount of time. Other times, life just gets in the way. Anymore, when the day is all said and done, I can't get up enough "steam" to get into the shop. I just kind of "plop" and watch TV. :'(

Wow. This has to be the strangest first post ever. Should be interesting to say the least.

Congratulations Stew.

I'd fire up the Hot Rod and go to cruise night. That's the one thing in life that I miss. Machining is great and I absolutely love it; but, nothing beats nailing it in a car that you built and getting thrown back into the seat. I still have a long ways to go (three little kids) untill I can put...

Ken- Congratulations on a well deserved win. I love the design of this engine. -Bob

Death- You never cease to amaze me! You don't have a brass set; you have carbide. -Bob

Everything on your list plus: Collets, drill chuck*, shank for drill chuck* and a boring head. You have a ? by the DTI. You will need it to align the vise and center bores etc. Also, buy quality end mills. *The Grizzly catalog does not say included.

Matt, If all else fails. You could make a cool static model just from the cardboard. Some filler, sanding and paint and it would yield a nice model. It is a very neat technique that you are developing. Bob