Cost to line bore mains....

Post by **Nick W** » Thu May 28, 2020 6:59 pm

I bought swiftune caps to have my 1460 line bored, but the metal was too hard to bore, so had to use MED caps

ChrisM · Post by **ChrisM** » Fri May 29, 2020 4:58 pm

£260 for a skilled worker to carry out machining on specialist equipment is peanuts.

Post by **Vegard** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 11:27 pm

Nick W wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 6:59 pm I bought swiftune caps to have my 1460 line bored, but the metal was too hard to bore, so had to use MED caps

This cannot be right? They're steel, not diamonds.....

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Tue Jun 23, 2020 3:59 pm

Does the £260 include sorting out the thrust faces ?
Line boring is one thing, but not everyone can do the thrusts...

Post by **Exminiman** » Tue Jun 23, 2020 9:51 pm

Alex wrote: ↑Tue Jun 23, 2020 3:59 pm Does the £260 include sorting out the thrust faces ?
Line boring is one thing, but not everyone can do the thrusts...

I had assumed so, bit pointless otherwise, but really need to confirm that

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:06 am

The second bit of my reply got eaten.

I'm wondering of some of the lower prices are just for boring the Mains without touching the thrusts. My machine shop couldn't do the MED thrusts as their line-borer was mainly for white metal bearings and wasn't happy doing the faces. They've recently bought a new one so I'm hopeful.

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