Machine Shop
Dirtyaccord
+1y
Can anybody in the Houston area recommend a good machine shop? Im looking to have some spindles bored out and tapered bushings made for a ball joint flip but none of the shops ive contacted want to touch it because of liability reasons.
ganksta
+1y
use a unibit, and drill the hole yourself...
bdroppeddak
+1y
@ unibit..... the right way is done from tools you cant find at home depot....
Minty Fresh Maz
+1y
BullShit, HOME DEPOT HAS EVERYTHING !!!!!!!!!!!!
balcar
+1y
You may have to do it yourself, i've found these but never have used them myself.
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/p/2918,,_Ball-Joint-Tapered-Reamers.html?itemNo=ball%20joint%20reamer
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/p/2918,,_Ball-Joint-Tapered-Reamers.html?itemNo=ball%20joint%20reamer
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Pneufab
+1y
Edited: 7/14/2007 8:10:50 PM by Pneufab
I did mine for my F150I took a machine class at the local community college after we learned the basics, we could do whatever projects we wanted. It took a long time for me to make the inserts. The reamers pictured are just meant to shape the final few thousandths of an inch, you don't ram them into a 1/2" ID tube and use it to shape the whole hole.If I didn't have access to a mill(to drill the holes in the spindles) a lathe(to make the inserts) and a press(to press in the inserts) I wouldn't have been able to do it.
Maybe have one shop make the inserts and another just drill out the spindles. I can't see why someone would be against just drilling holes in spindles. You can press them in pretty easily at home with a torch and a vice (heat the spindle to make it expand and put the insert in the freezer for a few days. Then press it in using a vice with a jaw protector.
Good luck
t
I did mine for my F150I took a machine class at the local community college after we learned the basics, we could do whatever projects we wanted. It took a long time for me to make the inserts. The reamers pictured are just meant to shape the final few thousandths of an inch, you don't ram them into a 1/2" ID tube and use it to shape the whole hole.If I didn't have access to a mill(to drill the holes in the spindles) a lathe(to make the inserts) and a press(to press in the inserts) I wouldn't have been able to do it.
Maybe have one shop make the inserts and another just drill out the spindles. I can't see why someone would be against just drilling holes in spindles. You can press them in pretty easily at home with a torch and a vice (heat the spindle to make it expand and put the insert in the freezer for a few days. Then press it in using a vice with a jaw protector.
Good luck
t
Dirtyaccord
+1y
That is exactly what i want to do Pneufab, but nobody in my area is willing to try. By any chance would you have the specs of holes u drilled and the inserts u made so i could take them to a shop and maybe get them to work with me.