I Goofed Again

[swall]

Had my Chief motor assembled, with the jugs on. Then I decided that a couple of the tapped holes for the head bolts needed to be fixed. Decided to try to fix it insitu with a Helicoil. Bad plan. Drilled out the hole by hand and it ended up crooked, about 5 degrees out of square. After thinking up various fixes, including elongating the hole in the head and making a tapered washer, I came to my senses and pulled the jug. Making a base plate to put it on the Bridgeport and make the hole square, re-drill, retap,then use an "EZ-Cert".

[Ohio-Rider]

Sounds as though you have a solid plan in-place now.

I think someone once said: "There is never enough time to do something correct the first time but always enough time to do it a second time."

If this site had a section titled "I goofed Again", I could go on forever about the things I"ve done.
I have a 1/2 wall in my garage that is covered with things that I have destroyed over the years. I call it "my wall of shame." If I destroy a part beyond repair I put it on that wall to remind me not to repeat that again. It must work, cause there are no two identical parts the on that wall. -Steve

[Paps]

Man that saying holds true !! I love the garage wall idea. Can't get a better reminder than that. I like the topic idea too !

One may have thought that job could have been done on a drill press too but I have had failures with those also. The mill was the way to go. Don't feel bad though. We all have done simuliar things. Paps

[schmittm]

It sounds like the shelf in Burt Monro's shop (World's Fastest Indian): "Offerings to the God of Speed"

One of the quickest lessons I ever learned, shortly after purchasing floor model shop press, is that with enough force you can destroy just about anything.

Your Grandfather's advice; "measure twice, cut once" is always appropriate and has a thousand variations.

mike