I wished you showed us how the machine was set up.

The bar is centered with the cat's paws at the top where there is no cylinder wear, the cutter is installed after the centering. The cutter is set up in the micrometer tool for the bore size. There are 5 sets of cat's paws from small to big depending on the bore size.

First job out of HS in ‘64, Eastern Engine in Brooklyn, NY .. learned with Van Norman BB... looks like same one...also used Kwikway but preferred van Norman...bored every thing from a Brockway to a flat head ...wet sleeves, heavy wall sleeves etc...even used the infamous “sucker-outer on truck engines still under the hood...Thanks for posting. Brings back some great memories

We had that same machine back when i was a kid and my stepdad still built engines, facinating machine to set up

I used one of these quite often it was awesome and did pretty work.

we just got an old rottler portable ourselves. when you overbore do you deduct amount for finish honing?

How deep can u go with one of those I have a tractor engine block that needs the cam Chanel bored out for a sleeve

thanks for sharing your video. i found out what i needed to know from it. i'm going to my local machine shop and let them do what you did.

How much does something like this usually cost and what is the purpose and benefits of this. I heard people talking about this so I figured I would look it up

i wish you was close by, got my cylinder in the dealer service getting bored but I been waiting since 3 weeks :(

Thanks for the good demonstration. I was curious about how you centered the boring bar in the cylinder. Does that boring bar have a three finger centering mechanism built in or something like that to get perfectly centered? Also how does the boring bar mount to the engine block? Does it have an anchor that slips in to another cylinder to tighten down? Well thanks for the video and have a good day.

Thanks for the video!! Always wanted to know how this was done :)

Honing is similar but you dont really cut material, you shave it off and leaves a fine finish. To bore and engine .040 you really want to cut it at .038 and with the hone you take off the last .002 It also provides the crosshatch pattern so that the ring will seat properly when the engine is started. Look for videos. theres a bunch on honing

I have the same boring bar, haven’t used it in years but it always did a great job.

How did you center the boring bar?

this is an awsome video for the noob ,i personally have a 965 .butt would it be possible to post a video of the setup everyone starts video with bar ready to go. i got all that but the attachment to block i dont know how to do. i know it has something to do with the peice that slides in the back but beyond that i have no idea.

Is there a small unit made for say a single cylinder kohler block ??

40 over means 1mm right? In metric

looks awesome I did,nt know I machine like that existed!!

do you bore 2 stroke dirtbike cylinder?

good job where. can i by one need it

do you know where i can get the expandable jaws for the van norman 777 theres 4 off them

I built a similar boring set-up with an automatic feed I copied from a mini lathe. The Van Norman is ok for a street engine but for a racing engine you need to locate and hold position from the main bearing center line. My machine has a massive bar that clamps in by the main caps. Holes in the bar hold a pilot for the boring bar that is centered with dial indicators. My machine is overkill for most jobs as the set-up time is considerable but for my racing engines I get the accuracy of a super expensive machine with a homemade one cobbed together in my back yard machine shop.

What about lube???

That was awesome.

I can I get this particular boring bar to purchase even if it is used one.thanks.

please show how to set up the machine

Yes we do leave a few thousands and finish hone the cylinder .

Interesting machine. Great videos. My local Texas machine shop charges $12.50 to bore an individual cylinder + hone it.

that was so satisfying

boring is cutting of cylinder to match piston size . honing is done after cutting/boring and but a cross hatching pattern on cylinder wall .

fine job top shelf!

Can this machine bore a blind hole cylinder?

What kind of place could i find someone who can bore a motor, i want my atv engine bored

Ive never heard "50 years old" and "very reliable" in the same sentence hahaha

Can you recommend a good place to purchase a used boring bar? I'm on a tight budget but I would like one for my garage projects.

thumbs up bc I live just outside grand rapids

I am also very interested in seeing this done, and when you bore out to lets say 40 over do you go to exactly 40 or do you do 38 and leave a few thou for honing?

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Rottler is my chose!

Newbie here... Just curious if it would be better to do two 20 thou cuts vs. one 40 thou cut. Thx!

We will be doing a video on how to set up a Van Norman 777 there are no info you can not have.

this is the easy part, I would donate you money to show the setup.

Please ...price$..?

Nice 👌

would you have two change the piston size in all cylinder?

We will be doing a how to set up video in a few weeks.

sweet

How can I take the cutting head off from my van normam

how fucking cool is this!!!!!

I think it's a great advertisement. I also wanted to learn how to do it myself...but at $15 a hole?!?! Just pay the man. I think that's a steal!

Besides not showing the set up for people to see, you didn't engage the ' catspaws ' until the cutter was way below the deck. As soon as they were coming close to the deck they should've been already engaged with the sidewalls of the cylinder!!

Good job, now you can stroke it! :)

Are you still boring engines?

actually....honing is a mix between scrathcing and polishing. like a brillo pad does. gives the bore a fine smooth finish with a crosshatch scrathcing pattern. kinda hard to explain really. lol

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My first-born bar was Van Norman 777s the s meaning sucker outer if you don't believe me research it

this video is "boring" haha no. this is a good video thanks.

Mike Pm me on Buick block work. It needs to be right!!!

Holy shit... $15 a hole! CHEAP!!!

Would have been much better to have seen set-up

$15 a bore, that's cheap as. It's around $60 a cylinder over here. Some people are asking $100 a cylinder.

Its a V8 15 times 8 is 120. he just didn't show the whole block is all :)

Man! This video was.. boring*

$15 a hole i see 3 holes so that would be $45, where did $120 come from?

$15 a hole!!!! 🥰

I expected more boring jokes.

Kwik Way is a far better boring bar that cat's paw is not the best way to locate the cutter .I have seen those bars leave cylinders going every which direction . Spend an extra dollar to do it right .Buy a Kwik way boring bar .

they didn't really show shit

Didn't really show or explain anything just showed the boring bar in use but no instruction on setup or how much was taken off. Not a very good "How to" video.

You work too cheap.