Marketing A Tool

asphalt900 wrote:

Here's a unique take on a lapping tool Dave. Made this probably 20yrs years ago when doing those Honda 1979 and later 4 valve heads. The lapper kept sliding off those tiny valve heads/tulips. This way i could vacuum them in place and with flexible tubing to connect to a vacuum source still swivel and finish my task. Actually thought of refining it and shuffling the concept to prosperity but was waay too busy at the time raising children/construction which took all my time to complete. A multi-use tool though, not constrained to a particular Make/Model. That makes All The Difference for production and acceptance.  

Still use it occasionally, just another tool in the box. The Only flaw i can see in your concept is the Often initial "smack" required to set loose the half keepers from the keeper. They are often bound but i suppose the way you designed your tool you could just put pressure on one side to break that "memory". I truly wish You success!! 

daveo wrote:

 

I am getting this notification now when attempting to attach Gallery and Google photos from my Android Samsung phone.

Probably just a glitch...

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Wookie58 wrote:

daveo wrote:

 

I am getting this notification now when attempting to attach Gallery and Google photos from my Android Samsung phone.

Probably just a glitch...

🥴

I usually put everything in a windows folder and attach from there (the system has it’s foibles)

asphalt900 wrote:

Here's a unique take on a lapping tool Dave. Made this probably 20yrs years ago when doing those Honda 1979 and later 4 valve heads. The lapper kept sliding off those tiny valve heads/tulips. This way i could vacuum them in place and with flexible tubing to connect to a vacuum source still swivel and finish my task. Actually thought of refining it and shuffling the concept to prosperity but was waay too busy at the time raising children/construction which took all my time to complete. A multi-use tool though, not constrained to a particular Make/Model. That makes All The Difference for production and acceptance.  

Still use it occasionally, just another tool in the box. The Only flaw i can see in your concept is the Often initial "smack" required to set loose the half keepers from the keeper. They are often bound but i suppose the way you designed your tool you could just put pressure on one side to break that "memory". I truly wish You success!! 

 

    

slmjim+Z1BEBE wrote:

   Excellent in its simplicity!

   Have you considered thread durability re: aluminum as material?  We can see a shop using that tool to expedite seal replacement.  Many, many repetitions of use in a commercial shop environment may tax the wear strength of threads in aluminum past their expected lifespan.

   A hobbyist / restoration enthusiast working in their home shop may never have delved that deep into a head.  That person may be attempting a one-off project on the head.  What method / advice would you include with the tool to keep a valve from dropping into the cylinder when the keepers are removed?

Good Ridin'
slmjim & Z1BEBE