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Given the title of this thread, I was expecting to see an exhaust valve on that engine
The body of the post is just aluminum, so it drills/taps very easy.
Quote from: crueby on February 24, 2020, 06:30:56 PMThe body of the post is just aluminum, so it drills/taps very easy.I got my QCTP from LMS. According to their product documentation, it's all steel construction.I don't know if it's been treated to make it hard or not.I can always give it a try and see what happens.
Did you hit the internal post?
Quote from: crueby on February 29, 2020, 08:29:27 PMDid you hit the internal post?I don't think so. I didn't get deep at all and everything seems fine.I'll try a variant of Hugh's idea.In the meantime, I took Marv's idea and made some spacers and mounted a steel plate next to the lathe to mount a magnetic holder for an indicator.Not sure if it's ideally placed but easy to move.
Quote from: zeeprogrammer on February 29, 2020, 10:28:01 PMI'll try a variant of Hugh's idea.The only issue with that approach is that you cannot angle the QCTP at all, it locks it to the slot. You could make the plate wider to reach the other slot with a second hole for the other t-nut.
I'll try a variant of Hugh's idea.