<VV> Removal of Casting Flash

[JVHRoberts at aol.com]

Damn, it was so many years ago, I forgot. Basically, I took a head over to  
Holloway Brothers, the local machine tool store here in Delaware, and tried  
whatever would fit between the fins. I went for a shape that didn't require much 
 of anything. I believe it was a strip of cutoff tool stock for a lathe.  
Something flat and reasonably wide. There are also bars of stock for making  
lathe bits that come in all sorts of sizes. But you DO want something hard as  you 
can stand! Otherwise, the residual sand left in the aluminum surface will  
wear things out VERY quickly. How do I know this? I tried a strip of mild steel  
first. Got through three or four passages when it wouldn't cut anymore. The 
end  was blunt as hell! So...
Another thing I tried with some success was drill rod attached to an air  
chisel. Slower, but I could steer it anywhere I wanted. 
 
In a message dated 7/12/2005 8:46:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
pottsf at msn.com writes:

John  -
Could you tell us the exact dimensions of the working  end of the tool
you made? No doubt you had to cut and try for a while to  come up with it,
and now that you have, it'd save the rest of us a lot of  trouble if you
measured it and told us!

Joe Potts
Miami, Florida  USA
1966 Corsa coupe 140hp 4-speed with A/C