do my talents never end? :P

[williamsvts]

1 of my mates has an AX with a vts engien engine which he's doing a turbo conversion on. he's adapting an aftermarket manifold from another car to fit the saxo so needed a flange making up. just used a gasket to get the shape from and i done the rest. thought i'd take some pics along the way.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/williamsvts/vts%20flange/DSC00339.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/williamsvts/vts%20flange/DSC00340.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/williamsvts/vts%20flange/DSC00341.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/williamsvts/vts%20flange/DSC00347.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/williamsvts/vts%20flange/DSC00348.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/williamsvts/vts%20flange/DSC00349.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/williamsvts/vts%20flange/DSC00350.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/williamsvts/vts%20flange/DSC00351.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/williamsvts/vts%20flange/DSC00352.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/williamsvts/vts%20flange/DSC00353.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/williamsvts/vts%20flange/DSC00354.jpg

got myself an injury aswell, hot bit of swarf hit my neck and left a burn :(

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/williamsvts/vts%20flange/DSC00346.jpg

[leeroybrown]

Nice stuble :homme:

[jpsaxo]

Good work there!!

[KamRacing]

thats a hickey!!!

[saxostuart]

impressive...does it fit tho

[RCD-Performance]

not bad machining. however the holes arn't exactly even mate?

could make fabricating the rest harder.

also it looks very thick? or is it just the perceptive that we see it.

[AliC]

not bad at all my friend!

[williamsvts]

not bad machining. however the holes arn't exactly even mate?

could make fabricating the rest harder.

also it looks very thick? or is it just the perceptive that we see it.


what do you mean the holes arent even? all the same size and same distances apart. its juts where i took the burrs ff the holes what makes them look different. been machining for the last 8 year. thats the material he gave me to make it with, all i had to do was machine it.

btw, the bottom of the port isnt meant to be straight, if thats whast confusing you?

all teh distances and size are the same to within 0.1mm

[Wayne]

excellent work mate.

[TU-Tuning]

Im lovin your flange

[Predator_R32]

you have a milling machine at home??

[williamsvts]

lol, nah. thats at work.

[Predator_R32]

was gonna say a decent one costs a lot and that one looks pretty decent :) there a wonderful machine

[williamsvts]

just a basic miller that one. just has an indexing head and a chuck on it. got a digital readout aswll but still pretty basic one. i just use that and the small lathe to do all my fiddle jobs on. i prob spend more time making stuff for myself than i do for the company, lol.

[Predator_R32]

lol good man, i studied engineering at coge but now on with plumbing, wish i did my 3rd year in engineering now, loved working with lathes and milling machines etc

where do you work, sorry if im being a bit nosey lol :p

[TU-Tuning]

Got hit by a chuck key i left in a lathe once, hit me in the balls. Fair to say it hurt

[RedB]

Good work mate!

How long did you spend making that?

[williamsvts]

pred - hydratight in morpeth.

red - about 2 hours, inbetween what i was supposed t be doing :P

[RedB]

pred - hydratight in morpeth.

red - about 2 hours, inbetween what i was supposed t be doing :P

haha, time well spent imo ;)

[VTR-98]

Miller does look pretty basic, still good job there. I work for british areospace as a miller. Just wondering, how you managed to get the curves right on it? did you just hand feed it? I cant of seen the chuck coming in very handy to be honest.

[williamsvts]

i didnt use the chuck. its just on the machine. you i just hand fed it.

[Steve]

crazy mo fo good job done.

[williamsvts]

same miller i used to modify my block for the under piston oil squirters :P

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/williamsvts/nova/DSC00246.jpg

[Predator_R32]

pred - hydratight in morpeth.

red - about 2 hours, inbetween what i was supposed t be doing :P

never heard of them lol, what do they specialise in??

[williamsvts]

hydraulic torque wrenchs. used to be called hedley purvis. its who boz worked for but he uses the tools that i make.

[williamsvts]

what a nob i am :p

at first i thought it was strange he was giving me aluminium to make an exhaust flange with. then today i went and tried it up against an old vts manifold. and the holes were in completely the wrong place.
so my first thoughts were that he used the wrong gasket as a template.
called him up and its a flange for an inlet manifold :P thats why it didnt fit.

[motobruce]

makes more sence lol

guess hes putting bike carbs on it or something

[williamsvts]

bike throttle bodies.

[Predator_R32]

lol you noob :p

[RCD-Performance]

what do you mean the holes arent even? all the same size and same distances apart. its juts where i took the burrs ff the holes what makes them look different. been machining for the last 8 year. thats the material he gave me to make it with, all i had to do was machine it.

btw, the bottom of the port isnt meant to be straight, if thats whast confusing you?

all teh distances and size are the same to within 0.1mm

Ah my apologies fella, i was half awake when i replied, its the picture of the deburing it looks like there different.

No doubts about your machining skills fella. I too have been machining since left school. bugger that seems like a life time ago!

[frankie]

impressive mate, takes me back to my college course loved lathes and milling machines


lmao at ben getting hit in the nuts....