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MWTCA March 2018 "What's It" Project

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I lapped many valves over the years using the tools Dave pictured.  The machine piece could never move the valves fast enough to do a valve lapping correctly.  Not much pressure is required either.  My best friend owns a machine shop and the crank tool is what they use.  Grinding the valves and seats is another story and this mechanism could not be used for that either.

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  • Don't have a clue, but the multiple views are more like it. Good job picking this one John. 

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    Good guess guys, but in my 50+ years of pulling wrenches, I've never seen any device such as this to lap valves. True most all old flat-head engines had either holes or a slot in the valve head, all h

  • Grandpadave52
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    Maybe it was used to install early versions of "Child Proof Rx Caps" so no one could remove them.

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Winner to be announced today, stay tuned!

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We have a 1 year MWTCA Membership winner!

An acceptable answer was not provided this month. So to a random draw we went as we awarded the 1 year MWTCA Membership.

 

The winner

We'd like to announce @steven newman as our random draw winner for the month of March, 2018 "What's It". @steven newman's name was drawn from our official TPW ball cap of the contributors who participated in "MWTCA's What's It" for the month of March!

Congrats Steve!

 

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Steve, please PM me with your shipping address, phone number, and spouse (or significant other) name and we'll get an MWTCA membership out to you asap, along with all the benefits of being a member of this great organization.

Thank you all for your participation!

Congratulations, Steve, you have a good knowledge of vintage tools ,and quite a collection, I might add.

Herb

Congrats Steven!

Congrats Steven. Something you will enjoy for sure.

way to go Steve...

Congratulations, Steve! Should go well with your interest in hand tools.

John

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