Cutting for springs/pc seals ?

I bought the cutters to do it, do you guys have any tips like what kind of oil to use ect ? The spring seat cutter is 1.550 od .630 id and the seal cutter is .531

no oil just cut it dry.......should be carbide tool and works better without oil.....



Randy

In addition to what Coug said, turn it slow and don't let it chatter. If it chatters,,,, stop,,,,punt,,,,and start over.

Uncle Charlie

Thanks guys, also does the same technique apply to port matching iron heads, use the carbide burs dry ?

what all tools are all involved in cutting your heads?

it is one tool or mine is, it cuts the spring seats and trims the guides for pc seals all at one time, mine has 11/32 guide for ford heads / sbc heads or 3/8 for BBC heads. I have one for 1.550 springs and one for 1.625 springs, also have a Boss cutter so you can cut rocker stud bosses for guide plates and studs...... use a 1/2 drill or put it in a drill press and set the depth.... or I use a bridge port for mine.... always cut them @ 50 rpm so not to chatter or gouge the tool.....


Randy

thanks.. now where do you get these?

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/catalog/accessories/accessoriesShelf.jsp;jsessionid=A8811ECDF406993978B87F04D9B29DED.diyprod1-b2c2?itemId=1582-10&parentId=&displayName=Valve+Spring+and+Guide+Cutter&currentPage=1&navValue=101582&categoryDisplayName=&_requestid=891103


Comp cams has them also. do some looking and you might be able to find them cheaper....


Randy

I bought mine from summit its the howard cams brand cutters i bought the spring seat cutter 1.550 od .630 id then the seal cutter for.531 dia The seal cutter and arbor was $63 the seat cutter/arbor was $60+17 for the arbor. Competition products had them for $44+13 seat cutter/arbor and 50 for the seal/arbor cutter. The reason i went with summit racing is because the milodon megaflow valves i wanted were on back order from competition products and summit had them in stock. I also got a 4 set of carbide burs, 92 piece cartridge roll kit ,kay roll kit and a 56 piece surface recondition kit. So i'm gonna give it a try with the victor portmatch on my c8 heads, i hope i dont butcher them as these heads are fully ported now but were matched to a stealth intake and the ports look like glass. It must take years and years of porting to do that but i'm gonna give it a try anyway and i'm only doing the portmatch but still a little paranoid so i'm gonna grind on a few small ford iron heads first to get the feel for it so wish me luck i gotta run down Melvin some how

Crane
Crower
CompCams
Isky
Bullit
Summit
Jeg's
Howards
K-Line
Silver Seal
Regis
Goodson
And just about any company who sells cylinder head rebuilding tooling.

thanks