tooling to cut o-rings and fire rings???

[tater_thrower76]

i have a mill and would like to cut my own o-rings in my block or head, with that being said what kind of boring head and bore bar are the pros using?
ive searched on here and web for hours. ive seen the plates that get bolted on but since i already have a mill id like to use it.
thanks ahead of time
Adam

 

[Red Sleeper]

I to am curious as well.

 

[tater_thrower76]

i have searched for hours, thought bout just going to an engine builder and finding out

 

[TwoStroke]

High Performance Engine Builder Tooling and Harmonic Dampers: BHJ Products, +1 (510)797-6780

 

[ramctd]

To be a little more exact.
O-Ring and Receiver Groove Cutter: BHJ Products, +1 (510)797-6780

 

[OrangeNV]

that is the one my machinist uses

 

[CSnyder]

Thats the one I have also.

 

[tater_thrower76]

Yes I'm aware of those
I'm looking more for something I can use in my mill to cut them with
A boring head with proper attachments

 

[tater_thrower76]

anyone?

 

[tater_thrower76]

MSC Item Detail thinking something like this

 

[tater_thrower76]

with something like this?
http://www.goodson.com/store/template/product_detail.php?IID=4820&SID=1b30855a4187d8a3d8ef6a58d33c23a5

 

[tater_thrower76]

http://www.goodson.com/store/template/product_detail.php?IID=7683&SID=1b30855a4187d8a3d8ef6a58d33c23a5
or this?

 

[dvst8r]

I have seen them done on a CNC with an endmill of some sort (was in progress so hard to say for sure what it was). But you need a rather large machine to get enough travel to do a whole head without re positioning.

I have seen a homemade contraption (never saw it go, or the end result) but it looked a lot like someone had taken a threading bar (or something similar) from a lathe, and had built a holder for the bar on so it had an adjustable radius, then spun the holder, so the end of the threading bar would make a circle. Hopefully you can picture what I am talking about, if not I will try to ms paint something.

I am not sure I would trust that homemade device, even though the guy swore it worked, I would probably just go with the BHJ setup like everyone else.

 

[tater_thrower76]

http://www.goodson.com/store/template/product_detail.php?IID=4844&SID=1b30855a4187d8a3d8ef6a58d33c23a5
http://www.goodson.com/store/template/product_detail.php?IID=7684&SID=1b30855a4187d8a3d8ef6a58d33c23a5

MSC Item Detail

or these three jumbled together?

 

[tater_thrower76]

yeah, i have a large enough mill but the way its looking might as well go with the easiest way

 

[kxhonda]

I would use the R8 boring head with one of these... http://www1.mscdirect.com/cgi/NNSRIT2?PMAKA=48755441&PMPXNO=3181296&cm_re=ItemDetail-_-ResultListing-_-SearchResults

Toolflo makes grooving inserts for that holder in several diff widths. They would hold up much better than the brazed carbide tools that Goodman sells.

 

[dvst8r]

I would use the R8 boring head with one of these... http://www1.mscdirect.com/cgi/NNSRIT2?PMAKA=48755441&PMPXNO=3181296&cm_re=ItemDetail-_-ResultListing-_-SearchResults

Toolflo makes grooving inserts for that holder in several diff widths. They would hold up much better than the brazed carbide tools that Goodman sells.

That was pretty much the setup I was trying to describe above, but it was a homemade deal.

 

[renopker]

This the tool I use with a boring bar My son made me 2 and a print It uses 1mm inserts.

and in use

 

[tater_thrower76]

I would use the R8 boring head with one of these... http://www1.mscdirect.com/cgi/NNSRIT2?PMAKA=48755441&PMPXNO=3181296&cm_re=ItemDetail-_-ResultListing-_-SearchResults

Toolflo makes grooving inserts for that holder in several diff widths. They would hold up much better than the brazed carbide tools that Goodman sells.

I like it! I just what I'm looking for

Thank you