So good hear you are back in the shop doing what you love! Great video Rob!

It's always so satisfying to watch a real tradesman at work.

There he is folks... Mr. Rob Wendland... the " hitters crew Chief " back at it again! Glad to see you back my friend... will continue to send good thoughts your way sir! I had Dotco take one of my heavier 12,000 rpm air grinders with the removable 90° handle on it, worked on the air motor some more to give it adjustable speed but still transfer a full power stroke... I fabricated an adjustable angle air hammer extension that would swing 60° which pinch mounted with 2 shoulder bolts. To this I made a couple different hand held... knurled and heat treated, cylindrical bucking bars to peen welds on repairs such as these. After hand scraping ways for a couple of decades, it is an essential tool for my hands... at 63... and peening welds, and a few other apps we've found... lol. KUDO'S to you for getting back to it my friend! KUDO'S... Seth ( I just followed you... after my 28th surgery... back to it everyday! )

Great Video, Rob. Nice Work. Another way to do that Hole Repair is with an Offset Jig Boring Attachment Head (Model No. 2) for a Bridgeport Miller, if you don't have a Moore Jig Borer handy. Tram the Head Square with the table, first. Just strap the block to the side of the Milling Table, install your Mounting Plate, Indicate the center of the hole in your plate you want to bore in the block. Remove your plate. Install your Offset Jig Boring Head with a Boring Tool. Adjust it out & Lock it each pass until you sneak up on the Diameter you want, checking with Gage Pins, Inside Micrometer, Vernier Calipers, or a Bore Gage. You won't have to buy & modify reamers each time this type of repair is needed.

The most interesting vid I have seen in some time! Thank you Rob!

You know you're a precision guy when you check the precision of precision made tools.

Man, those TFCC braces have helped me so much!

It's great to see you back at it, Rob! As always, thanks for sharing and taking us along for the ride!

Rob, I really enjoy your casual, friendly communication style. You're just one of the guys, who happens to be a master at his craft. Cheers.

Extremely worth watching. Expressive workmanship. Thanks.

It's always so neat watching a pro working. I don't care if it's golf, skateboarding, cooking, or THIS! It's simply mesmerizing. Great job as always Rob.

U rock ma man! Such a treat to someone knowledgeable who enjoys there work!

I could watch these video's all day .Thanks Rob

I’ve got a proto brass hammer with an “Indianapolis 500” logo stamped in the side, my grandpa won it in a giveaway back in the day… he used it, my dad used it, and now I use it! Has a brass head and a solid cast aluminum handle that has a wedge fit, will likely never come apart!

That engines machining cuts are beautiful though. Shes a beauty!

Spot on craftsmanship... nice work RW

Thanks Rob for showing your outstanding work always enjoy seeing your videos

excellent work Rob....you have doubled my understanding of machining ..cheers

Happy to see your videos again. Glad you are doing better.

Thanks for sharing!

Hey buddy, your title has a typo......LET'S SAVE "AN" $11000, 11000 HP BILLET BLOCK. Keep up the great work✌️

Stress relieving and working stress point is of the utmost importance. Nice work. Thanks

Always something to learn when watching craftsmen!

Thanks for the video I ran a machine shop and fixed keath black hemis out of pulling tractors it was nice to see someone uses simple tools to fix all these new motors great work

GREAT to see you back at it, Rob. I was stunned to read about everything you've endured recently. Hats off to you for forging on! 👏

Like a good old tool that hass been missed way to long . It's so good to see you back in the shop .

absolutely brilliant, I love your style and attention to detail is second to none. I come up short on the words to describe how lucky the people that you work for, are. bravo my good man, BRAVO...

Great repair

You are the master! Great video....thanks

Rob Interesting as aways. Keep em coming. 👍👍

Like WOW, GREAT JOB!!! Thanks so much for sharing.

The video's are brilliant. Always look forward to the new content coming out.

Awesome video, this is what separates a great machinist from the hack that has no imagination.

Great point on the peening, I have something coming up that I would have forgotten that on, many thanks.

Really cool job. Expert level achieved

Awesome video Rob.

Nice job!!

Nice work 👍

Excellent repair!!!! This was great to see and I'll have to remember this. Thanks for sharing and keeps these great vids coming!

Love these looks inside top fuel equipment. Thanks for posting

Great job man

Another great video, Rob! Thanks for showing and sharing that patience is the key. We get so wrapped up in the "it's gotta be done yesterday" mentality, that many would have junked her. Great techniques, and that magic syrup has to help.

Glad you are back! Excellent stuff!

Great video as always! I wish I had a tenth of your talent and ingenouity. Machining and V8's are my passion, you master both of them.

Great video! I’m excited to see the next one too! It’s very cool to be able to see this side of top fuel. Thanks for showing us!

Hoping that they are taking care of you properly Sir...... Learned a lot again here as usual. Thank You!

Great to near from you again! I really enjoy your videos!!

More awesome stuff Rob. So great to hear you back again. You were missed.

That was very cool!!

You sir do some dam good work..

Absolutely excellent very talented

Love watching what u teach us!! Keep them coming please.

I like all your shop tools. It's neat to see that the PH2000 still has a place such a nice shop.

can you imagine the old school knowledge Rob has a true master craftsman . man i would like to spend a week watching and learning from Rob.

Nice Work!!!

Stronger smelling lol. I had an old snap on hammer exactly like that and it did the same thing but it wasn't beating on an $11,000 engine either. Keep up the good work.

My plastic Cornwell hammer that I’ve had for at least 15 years and I rarely use did that exact same thing today. I call it plastic but I don’t know what it’s really made out of, but it fell apart in big chunks. I enjoy your videos. It’s nice to see the inner workings of the best sport in the world....the only sport I will watch and attend.

Thanks Rob saved someone's butt.

Cant wait for the next repair video

This was awesome. So cool to watch a true craftsman. Subscribed!

More please. Cheers,ed.

What a super Tech. Wow!

I've no idea what's this actually about.... I've watched it purely because the block looks amazing. Like an art piece. And because of all the machinery being used 😁

Rob... my snap on hammer did the same thing ! Love your work !

Like magic it went back together. And I’m excited for the next block repair

So glad to see you making videos again!! I hope all is well!!!!!!!

🙏🏻 It's so good to see you making videos! Thanks Rob! Hope you're all doing well and in good health 😊

...and this is GENIUS

U do damn good work . You have a large attention to detail.

Excellent work. From a long time machinist, you are never too old to pick up knowledge! Thank you. Just subscribed.

I love seeing these kinds of videos. There was a guy back in the day who I’ve heard a lot about who did block repair and I wish wish wish there were photos of that guy working. His name was Quinn Epperly. I live in New Zealand and am only 33 so have only heard stories.

Nice job , love old school thinking

Glad to see you back, hope you and your family are doing well.

Love watching your videos, always educational and knowledgeable! What I give to come pick your brain. 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽

Nice work! I have the same hammer, 30 years old, that did the same thing. Snap-On just replaced it. Great hammer!

I miss repairing top fuel heads and blocks I have done my fair share of block repairs you couldn't even tell I been there when done it was fun

Fantastic technical information , once again. Thank you so much for these videos ; I really appreciate them.

Great repair - only found your channel today and have subscribed. It was great to see an old file being used versus all those grinders everyone likes to use these days.

Beautiful like a fine watch of an exquisite firearm perfection is just that thank you just subscribed

Excellent video Rob. I learned a lot of great stuff.

When I get back in town I will get a hold of you for an appointment to come see you. Thanks again!

Nice work Rob!!

Gotta save that hemi block. 👍 Awesome weld repair

great job on saving that block

Very cool to see a repair like that. I'm a watchmaker and we work with similar tolerances, the parts are just a tad smaller!

Nice outside of the box repair. 👍

You're so knowledgeable about your craft to burn nitro, it's fascinating and admirable.

great video

Very neat, thanks.

Hell yeah!! Glad you are back at these (and all your video types of videos!! ..and the other team(s) you are doing work for! Best damn channel on KZfaq man!

Best wishes and my sincere ppreciation to you and your desire to make us all smarter. I hope your recovery is fast as a McMillan run in an Indy final

I had one of those old Snap-On hammers. It was a dead-blow, but the made of the same material. It was about 30 years old and came apart the same way. I figured I got more than my money's worth out of it before it came apart.

I Love what you do 👍

Really bums me out that there is not another person much less an entire classroom there learning these priceless secrets from this Master of Metal. But an even bigger crime is that this man is not Chiefing a top fuel car of some sort this season. I honestly believe he has Championships left in his Noggin. P.S. so happy to see you looking so healthy Rob!!

Now it makes sense with the title if it goes to a top fuel. I was wounded what that motor went to. Thanks for telling me. Oooooo it’s so shiny.

Rob, I commented about a year ago that my old Snap-on brass dead blow hammer that I've had for 30+ years was still going strong. Well I think I jinxed myself because the handle started crumbling apart EXACTLY like yours did a few weeks back. 😡 Luckily my Snap-on dealer replaced it under warranty, but it's the new style handle and doesn't have the same "character" or sentimental value that the old one had. 🤣 Mike

Man I'm glad you are back we missed you.

Thanks.

You are a GOD sir

Excellent save on the block Rob. Loved the video of the repair. Funny, I have the same brass Snap-on dead blow and have used the snot out of it over the past 30+ years. Mine is still fully intact though. 😜 Looking forward to the next block repair. Mike