Simder SD 4050 Pro 2024 Model Cutting 12mm Stainless steel

 Simder SD 4050 Pro 2024 Model Cutting 12mm Stainless steel

This is our new Welder in the Garage

Having a plasma arc cutter is like wielding a lightsaber :-) 

Simder SD4050 Pro 10 in 1 Welder & Cutter

Simder SD4050 Pro 10 in 1 Welder & Cutter

This is the welder I chose to replace my old Hobart in the garage with. Has a ton of features one major helpful one is the Plasma Arc Cutter feature which I have decided to share here. 

This is our new Welder in the Garage

Having a plasma arc cutter is like wielding a lightsaber :-) 

Creating a new piston stop from scratch with a lathe, Tap and Die set.

 Creating a new piston stop from scratch with a lathe, Tap, Die, and Welder. 

Material required: Bar Stock; Nuts; 3/8ths threaded rod.

Some Degree sets come with piston stops for when your heads are on and most I find to be cheap and inadequate for Degreeing of the camshaft. Well, at least the one I had. 

For one mine kept moving which led me to question accuracy. two the adjustable stopper bent very easily when piston made contact. 

So, I made my own using an antique Logan Lathe

9/16ths x 20 threads per inch. die required

Drilling out the center with the lathe for future 3/8 - 16 tap.

Narrowing shaft to match outside Diameter of a 9/16 spark plug.

ordered 6 inch tap and I was hoping to be able to tap deeper than 1.5 inches. Ridiculous. This was hardened steel so I ended up using the lathe to spin the tap and I took a grinder with a flap disk 40 grit to the shaft to narrow it down to a usable dimension. 

Center piston stop piece is 3/8 - 16

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After grinding away material to make usable for tapping my fitting for Piston stop. 

I Welded a large Nut to the back for hand screwing the stop into head

New piston stop rod was made from 3/8ths threaded rod and end was lathed to replicate what original was. 

what you normally get in a Cam Degree kit and I think they kind of suck.

Superior design. Very crude looking I know but more solid built.

After cleaning up the welds a bit and playing with the new TIG Welder function.

 

Jeremy's Mustang Theme Song Generated by Artificial Intelligence

 

Our new welder in the Garage

This is our new Welder in the Garage

Haiku Poem to my Mustang Generated by Ai

 Haiku Poem to my Mustang Generated by Ai 

Oh, my dear 79 Mustang,

Sitting in the garage for so long 🚗

Hoping you'll roar to life soon,

With a purr that's strong 💪

Lots of labor and love,

Will bring you back to life 🛠

Revving up your engine,

Ending all this strife 😊

I'll polish your chrome,

And shine up your paint 🌟

Together we'll hit the road,

No need to feel faint 🛣

So hang in there, my friend,

We'll be cruising in no time 🌞

My 79 Mustang, you'll be,

A true classic, so sublime 🏎😄

Making a Piston Fly Cut tool for the 5.0 Mustang

 So my factory bottom end doesn't have the clearance needed for the AFR Heads I have. What does a person do? Well, I'll tell you. I'm making my own Piston fly-cut tool from some old Junk heads I had lying around. 

on the intake side, I only had .019 clearance and I need a minimum of .080. 

Enlargening the exhaust port to accommodate the ShopVac

The next stage taking an oversized valve and making it into my Cutting/sanding tool. 

Epoxying velcro to the face of the valve for reattaching and changing out sandpaper. 

After allowing time for the full cure of epoxy you can trim down to size. I applied extra epoxy to make up for the curvature of the intake valve. 

To the right is the original intake valve to the left is the oversized one for comparison. 

The shank below will be our depth stopper. 

Now making sandpaper disks. 

At this point, I'm done with the tool and ready to do a test and work with it.

Now this is just an idea to save costs if you have a spare set of worthless E7 Heads laying around.