You’re not only a top notch machinist, but You evidently have some ESP capabilities. I’ve been wondering how You set these procedures up and here it is! And now comes these high output 4 cylinders with the offset crank to bore set ups. I understand the concept, but holy crapola! Thanks . 👍👍🇺🇸

Great explanation , you've got the art of teaching , broke it down and stepped through it . Thanks for the time you both put into filming and editing the video, much appreciated.

Daniel, you are a master machinist. The way you explain everything is really easy to understand. Another awesome video. Thank you

What you do is becoming a lost art. All of the machine shops near me have shut down. I now have to drive at least two hours one way to get any machine work done. Hopefully your videos will inspire young people to get into automotive machining.

Another very clear, informative video. I wish my machine shop teacher back in the '80's was willing to actually teach like you do.

Very interesting video. I really like that you take the time to explain how folks with a decent machining setup can make their own tools and other equipment. Not just encouraging... but factual. You just.... can. Well done.

Hey Daniel, Tim here.......i'm fairly good at machining things to .0005......have done so many years......articulate measurements, chk, and re chk b4 cut is made.......all i can say is once AGAIN, YOU sir have PROVED my sub'n/T-shirt purchase .......you oughta teach young- uns...... its an art that only a few can really master, but with proper tools, and understanding, u can dial it all in!!......young-uns need to be schooled, and motivated.....neither me or you are gettin any younger......once we're gone..WHO is gonna carru the torch??.....this vid was VERY articulate, and informative, for our younger crowd....i watched the whole thing cuz i'm a machinist nerd....as u probly know.....VERY concise, no BS vid!!......hope some young folks find it awesome, as i do, and i've been doin it for 43 yrs or so.....i NEVER wanna stop learning...NEVER NE A KNOW IT ALL!!!...NEVER!!!..shut up and learn!!!......TY sir!!!....MOST enjoyable!!!

Thanks for showing this. I never really knew the specifics how this gets done. I knew how it's supposed to be, but not "how". Great stuff, dude. You see this get done all over, but very few machinists are willing to take the time to explain it with this kind of detail.

Daniel please teach classes for the up and coming kids that want to be automotive machinests. You sir are so gifted at teaching.

WOW!!! Mr.Danial you are flipping genius. You know it's one thing to have nice machinery but to run and use the equipment to it's full potential and be spot on whatever you need it to do is just mind blowing. I have no doubt in my mind that you can machine a block with truer specs then what comes out of the factory. People who try to talk smack saying you are wrong or not doing something right are 110 percent ignorant.. please keep your videos rolling, I learn something new with every video of yours I watch. ❤❤ Thank you for sharing your endless intelligence

Another great, informative video Daniel, thank you! One suggestion to consider for your set-up is to move the saddles closer to the block to minimize deflection on the shaft and to stiffen the assembly for machining.

Thanks for expanding that topic! good to learn a little something! Man a shop class with you and Gale Banks would be worth a million bucks.

This dude is so smart and good at what he does. I can listen to him talk all day, even if I don’t understand it it’s still very cool

What is Bhj blok-tru + ? Also, for decades I've wondered how/what gave the absolute reference for the machine work. I no longer wonder, great explanation, now I know.

Thank you. I have done many my types of machining over my career, but have always wondered how a block is fixtured smd set up. Thank you very much.

❤ the Friday postings awesome way to go into the weekend

Love the BHJ tooling, I've done a bunch of lifter bores and it went very smoothly

I just joined KZfaq a couple of weeks ago. You are the first channel I subscribed to. As others have said, you have the gift of breaking things down inito easily understandable parts. Could you possibly do a video discussing what order of machining steps you would recommend under the common conditions of the blocks and heads you have come in. THX

You sir and others like you inspire people who are in this field to do better as well as inspiring young men to get into this field. My 14 year old son and his friends watch every episode.

We typically would make a cleanup pass with the deck mill to get the decks level and 45° from cam/crank centerline. Then we would bore the block and hone it. Once that was done we would assemble the crank with the 4 corner pistons and verify deck height with the rotating assembly before finish decking. The rules require being at or below the deck with the pistons. Highest of the corners dictates deck height. Cranks are indexed and rods end for end measured and trued also.

Love the way you explain the processes in your videos......I'm a visual learner, too. I've watched a BUNCH of your videos since I found your channel and I've learned a lot!! One of the biggest things I've learned........you can't just buy parts from the catalog and slap together a street rod/dragster engine. If I were to build a hotrod engine.......I'd hire you to build it 'cause I ain't got $$$$$$ to throw out the window. There are SO MANY small things to watch out for!! Love your videos!!

Awesome, very informative and explanatory, thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones

Daniel, I'm just smart enough, to understand what you were talking about!😃 Thank you, for explaining it in plain english.

Awesome explanation on how you perform that

Hi, my friend just recommended your channel. Thank you very enjoyable

Always been curious how you measure deck height. Really appreciate these detailed explanations.

very good explanation, especially about fwd bck error.would cause excessive cyl and crank wear i would imagine.

Nice a shop you can confidently spend money on. Good work

Another great video. Thank you.

Good video Daniel. Have a great weekend. 👍

Great video. Enjoy all your videos that I've seen actually. Very enlightening to me. I won't go to my local shop and be entirely ignorant. If you were closer I'd bring my work to you. If you wanted some small block La Mopar. Lol

Another nice one sir for the General populous . Keep up the good work Guys

so much great info! hope you have a wonderful weekend!!!!

I've rough bored blocks that were previously sleeved using a deck mounted boring bar where a 0.015" pass didn't completely clean up one side of the bottom of the cylinder. (We use a Rottler that registers off the mainline and pan rails) I understand that the CNC block centers, if you just set it up to rough the cylinders off of blueprint, there are situations where a cylinder won't clean (factory machining wasn't that close) so they "probe" the cylinders first and tweak the program on any problem cylinders. I would have to assume the modern blocks like the LS/Gen III hemi/etc. are pretty accurate compared to the old 60's through 90's stuff.

Awesome information!!!

Nice explanation! Like others I was curious how this is done

That answers my questions. Thank you

Good job. Thanks for the education.

The light bulb lite when I saw the cam housing cones.

Great clip! Extremely informative. To get a good perspective, could you show the actual corrections ( milling process) it takes to correct an out of shape block? Thank you sir.

Very easy to understand. That setup makes fixing factory block screw ups easy, LOL.

Thanks, mister, for the detailed explanation. I had asked about this in a previous video. What do you do when someone brings you a GM 60 degree? Tell them to turn around and head back in the direction they came from? 😉

Thanks for the continued education Daniel!

Thanks for the explanation, well done.

Great video it was very informative.

Very good information. I build Harley motors out of my garage, so I understand all the clearing. I don’t have any machines so I send out that part. I don’t know if I need a boring machine or a lathe for the single cylinders. Do you do any of that type work?

Like how you always explain what tolerances are acceptable or not.

I took many classes at the community college level, I have a technical degree, I pulled a five year apprenticeship, I have seen many teachers. You are as good or better than the best of them. You need to find and hire a couple of the right young people to teach your trade, they might be hard to find but they are around, In ten years time you might be more interested in a nice vacation than working sixty hours a week, having competent fully trainer help would make that a lot easier. Your wife might could use help also.

Great Information! Thank you.

Do you line bore or hone the crank and cam journals before you set it up to be surfaced? And do you get any distortion from not having the adapter rings in the other crank journals? I'm probably never going to put my hands on anything like this, but it's all very interesting.

Daniel, if you deck a block that has the VIN number on the block, do you or can you add them back like the factory did it?

If the cam bore or freeze plugs aren't visually centered in the bosses, is that really an indicator the block has too much core shift and shouldn't be used? I have a 350 Chevy (80's "207" block with 4 bolt mains) and the cam bore looks way off.

Most factory LS blocks are off! Some way more than that! If you check the one in your hone, it maybe way off! Most think new block, it’s read to go! Which is never the case! Internet says, slam it together! Then wonder why they have issues 🙄🙄🙄🙄! Good job explaining!

Given a good number of folks experience deck problems, do you find issues with pan rails from time to time?

Great video as always.... Is it worth considering remaking the sliding dial gauge holder out of steel? Just thinking about the possibility of wear considering the amount of use it will see being aluminium.... It'll also be more thermally stable ! Just a thought.

BHJ should give you the fixture for free for making a video explaining how it's used.

What brand is that boring table you use?

I heard a BHJ fixture is square to the earth. Lol. I have a bhj bar and none of the rest of it. I've used one several times, though, back at SAMTECH. We'll I was there before then when it was The School of Automotive Machinist

i see that you hone a lot of diff motors. i just got my race build back from the shop and the crosshatch was supposed to be 30 degrees i just checked and theyre 10 degrees. in your opinion is this going to be an issue? do i have to oversize now and have it done again?

I have an honest question... I understand the desire to make everything perfect, but how can doing all of this for .005 or .007 possibly produce measurable beneficial results? By the time that thing heats up, it's all squirreled out of shape by a several thou anyway. As long as the heads and everything are sealing right, does it REALLY matter that much at all? I'm being serious, not just critical. I just don't see how paying for all of that and going through all of the trouble squaring it up for such small increments could make a difference enough make it all worth the trouble. Am I missing something?

The method to the madness!😎👍

What do you charge to use the BHJ fixture to completely square up a block?

Out of curiosity, out of all the LS and LT stock blocks that you done, how many of them have you found that were off center line from GM?

With the block hanging in the middle and the 2" bar supported on the ends, is there any bar deflection concerns?

excelant,excelant explanation..!..Daniel...easly understood..!...one question...detroit or any major auto maker...dont do all that mesurin on every block...?..right...?...they may do like one every 100 or 1000...am i correct in assume'n that..?..they just take them check a few thinks,clean them up & slam them together...!..?..mass production...!..a "qualified" machine shop makes an engine...as "perfict" as can be...!..if the coustomer wants all the services..of course...!..thanks 4 take the time...love videos like this...!..!..hope u & your family had a nice 4th..did the boss give u off...?..😉

How do you indicate in the 2” bar?

Great vid. So if the main crank bore is not correct (assuming that is the starting reference), then what? Thanks.

Thanks for your Time , always the Best and how do a job well done 🍻👍🏼

How much did that machine cost?

Have you ever done work on a Toyota 1uz v8

I have a unrelated tech question if you don’t mid is I have a p0420 I put on a spacer now I get a p013a code can you point me in the correct direction

Yeah, it would not be good if your piston and rod are hammering the crank and bearing on an angle! I imagine the bearings would be wiped out pretty fast. I don't think i've ever seen a bearing worn unevenly; probably because the engines don't last long enough to end up in junk yards.

AHAA so thats how that tool works and how ya indicte and get the surfaces 45 degrees ive seen others machinist bubblelevels and refferenced off the bores so make the deck perpedicular to the bores

Will you need a shorter timing chain ?

So, each company like Chevy would have their own specific plate for v8, v6 and so on!?

Where are you located

Thank you for your knowledge and videos USA 🇺🇸 TRUMP 2024

If you need a video on how to machine & your a machinist lol ,you shouldn't be doing this