jeffer949 Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 I just wanted to share something pretty exciting in my world. 5 weeks ago I overheard a friend talking about how hard it was to get any machine work done. And it hit me..... I know how to rebuild heads I just need equipment. Did some research and found that 4 of the main shops in the area have sold out or retired. Told the idea to my father in law. And was just spit balling with him. I dont have the cash to start anything and it was just an idea.. well he gave me and my wife a rather large gift and I have now bought a storm vulcan 85b blockmaster and a winona van norman Ph-2000L valve ane seat machine. Still need a valve grinder and obviously tons of tooling. But im excited to see where God takes this. Been 25 years since ive done and work but am excited to get back into it. Plan to get the surfacer going and try to drum up some buisness to make some income to buy more tooling. I onoe they are not the best machines bit they are functional. Just wanted to share 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatout Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 very cool, Nothing wrong with an old machine if its dialed in right and run by somebody that cares to make a good product. I run a small machine shop from my garage, just not engine related machining. Sure you could drum up some work for those machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Well look at you! I have a SV 85B for doing my heads. It'a a were one with variable speed feed drive. The best thing I did was to put a VFD on the spindle. I over clock it at 120hz and it does just fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffer949 Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 8 hours ago, Derek said: Well look at you! I have a SV 85B for doing my heads. It'a a were one with variable speed feed drive. The best thing I did was to put a VFD on the spindle. I over clock it at 120hz and it does just fine. Hey Derek. Good to hear from ya. Yeah input a vfd on it. And it already has the variable speed feed. It also has the indexable cutters on the head. Which will be fine to start but im looking at switching over to a single pcd/cbn cutter. I might have to do a pulley change to get the sfm where it needs to be. But currently im waiting on a box to put the vfd and other electrical components in. Im putting it on the machine where the motor start switch ans box was. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffer949 Posted Friday at 02:41 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 02:41 PM On 1/4/2026 at 1:32 AM, jeffer949 said: Hey Derek. Good to hear from ya. Yeah input a vfd on it. And it already has the variable speed feed. It also has the indexable cutters on the head. Which will be fine to start but im looking at switching over to a single pcd/cbn cutter. I might have to do a pulley change to get the sfm where it needs to be. But currently im waiting on a box to put the vfd and other electrical components in. Im putting it on the machine where the motor start switch ans box was. @Derek I just found your 85d thread on speedtalk forums!!!. Just glad there are people on there sharing knowledge still! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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