[AJD] Boring Job

[Grant Weir]

Thanks for the nice comments.  That's a nice looking setup you have there 
chris, I'd love to have that machine in my (home) shop.  We also have a 
horizontal at the shop where I work, but it's rather large and I'm not 
familiar with operating it.  I could give it a whirl I suppose, but I'd 
rather not learn a new machine on a part that I can't afford to lose.  Doing 
it in a nice manual horizontal sure looks a lot easier than with a vertical. 
  Funny how you never seem to have just the right machine - at just the 
right time.  :-)

  The guy at the diesel shop where I bought the sleeves claimed I was lucky 
to be getting sleeves so large and long.  He seemed surprised when a 
warehouse in detroit or somewhere had them.  They charged me about $400 CDN 
for both of them shipped to my door and I thought that was pretty fair.

Grant Weir
Saskatoon, SK.
Canada

>From: Chris Klossner <Klossner at worldnet.att.net>
>To: Antique John Deere mailing list 
><antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Subject: Re: [AJD] Boring Job
>
>   That is a nice set up for boring one out.  The length of the cylinders 
>on the
>old stuff does cause a problem for some of the newer machines.  Even 
>finding
>long enough sleeves can be tough.  I use a Lucas horizontal  boring mill.  
>It
>works good for the John Deere's and stationary engines.  It has 24" of 
>quill
>travel so the length is not too much problem.  It is about the same age as
>tractors and engines  probably a 1930's machine but still works good.
>http://home.att.net/~klossner/lucas1.jpg
>
>   Chris Klossner
>
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