any good tricks..holding blocks for honing,build ?

so i'm waiting on my flexhone...any day now....and have everything all set to assemble....i'm thinking off building a block holder to screw to the side of my bench...kinda like the old shool wooden tennis rackett jacket...basicaly a box tight around the block of 2x6 or 8 with some heavy duty timber screws..and a return lip of 2x4 to screw on the benches side ...i don't know,,,,any tips...thanks....peace craig

got a drill press?

You need to hone it wet. That would make a mess in the bench.

was gonna hang it on the return over the side of the bench and let it drip onto old towels and stuff...APE Jay wrote:

You need to hone it wet. That would make a mess in the bench.

i use a vise with aluminum jaws on a bench dedicated to honing.messy?yes don't park your brake stool under it for a few days and you won't set in used honing oil,ask me how i know ;-}.that stuff goes places brake dust won't go.

put a barrel under your drill press!:laugh:

fu$% i wish ...i'm picking my brain trying ti figure who has a drill press that i know....gret ideaPLUMMEN wrote:

put a barrel under your drill press!:laugh:

nah,just wipe the seat of the brake stool before being seated,and use the rest as bench preservative :laugh: .not to mention the wall behind the bench from using an air powered coolant sprayer.fine mist of "preservative" on everything hanging behind the bench.oil can't hurt anything in my shop.some of my greasy fingerprinted manuals may beg to differ with that statement tho:huh: .
back to the topic,i use an old 1/2 drive electric drill that the variable trigger is burned out on.i have a light switch rotary dimmer wired into a box with an e-socket that plugs into one of my other e-sockets.anything i plug into the one with the rotary switch i can control the speed(variable speed)with the rotary knob.i have sunnen expandable hone's that i use(flex hones are fine for glaze breaking).you don't want to hone with a drill motor wide open,you can't get a nice crosshatch.it is very hard to give a drill enough "throttle" while trying to keep up a consistent crosshatch.so with the rotary knob you hold the drill wide open and maintain your desired speed with the knob,while keeping a good grip to stroke with.walla b-u-tiful crosshatch.hth

good grip to stroke with,can you say that on a motorcycle site ?:laugh:

it is amazing the verbage that these forums can coax out of a man!

man i'm glad you mentioned that about the back wall splatter....my girls dads garrage is where i have half for my bikes shop...in the other half is a carrera 4s...and i bet i will have him go for a drive or wheel(thank god i built it on rollers) the bench outside...he would kill me... i think the thing costs about 95000..it is some super trick version.....LOL...he loves that i'm working on motors and stuff..instead of pool toys and garrbage filling the garrage...but he did state in our agreement NO SPRAY PAINTING INSIDE.. EVER.......hahaahahahaahahah...... igotta post some pics of how close this thing is to where i'm wrenching.....i keep a firm grip on my wrenchs...don't want em to go flying...hahahahaahaahaaha...p.s... i have a really good 1/2 drill that has a set screw on the triggerB)

ahsa,the ol pucker factor.
i have to park next to my company owners boxster s.you would be amzed at how comfortably i swing in next to it nowdays:laugh: .
sounds like you prolly have a pretty cool girlsdad there triangle.