Reply to "New Heavy Duty 351C Block, by Tod Buttermore"

I corresponded with Tod a couple of weeks ago when I sent my deposit in.
He estimated he was 4 to 6 weeks out on the first blocks to go to two
engine builders for testing. He subsequently made the following post:

"Anyone have a 50 taper horizontal? Minimum travels 28 cubed. Coolant
thru needed. Helical interpolation. Rigid tapping not necessary.
Preferably within driving distance of Youngstown, Ohio. I need to
have blocks machined. I need other work quoted too. Please do not
respond in this thread. Email me privately. tlb427351@yahoo.com"

So it looks like he has castings that need to be machined into finished
blocks. Tod is a man of few words. Another poster explained the above
means he is looking for a horizontal machining center and that 28 cubed
means 28 inches of travel in all 3 axes (most horizontals will have a B
axis meaning the table spins to allow 360 degree access). 50 Taper is
the size of the tooling in the spindle. 50 tooling is big heavy and very
rigid for heavy cuts and fine boring. Thru coolant means coolant is
pumped at relatively high pressure (100 psi) thru the spindle to get
directly to the cutting tool as opposed to flooding with coolant via an
external nozzle.

Dan Jones