Greg,
I think you'd burn the Dremel out before getting your head finished! If you
have a compressor, spend about $30 to buy an air grinder from most any
department store.
WFO
Greg Mahney wrote:
> Ulix and others. I've often eyed off the Dremels in my local tool
> store. Do they have enough power to modify a head such as Vizard
> recommends?
>
> I've got a couple of spare heads, but not enough money for someone
> else to modify it/buy another one.
>
> Greg
>
> >on 7/9/00 15:26, chuck at chuckc@attglobal.net wrote:
> >
> >> Any you guys done the Vizard mods to the SU log manifold??
> >>
> >> While I've got the head being machined, I thought I'd take a flyer.
> >> But the cross-sections of the ports on my '72 log look different than
> >> the ones in Vizard's book (surprise). My ports are longer (deeper?),
> >> making it very difficult to get a tool in to round the edges.
> >
> >Chuck,
> >
> >I did this a couple of weeks ago. Used a Dremel with a conical grinder to
> >get the areas close to the manifold faces and a ball grinder to get to the
> >areas "around the corner".
> >I would look into the manifold from one side and stick the Dremel in from
> >the other side. This way you can see what you are doing. It's not hard.
> >
> >I'm using the manifold off my '67.
> >
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