QUESTION AND ANSWER OR Q & A SECTION
Submitted by ccadmin on Sat, 04/10/2010 - 11:48
Q & A SECTION
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Fordom Series S
I have a series S. Will your angle head 55 work with its shaft?
Foredom S Series
The 55MC will work fine with the S Series.
The only draw back to the S Series from Foredom is it only has 1/6hp, half what the TXMC can deliver, and it will not have full power at any rpm.
Thanks
TJ
Price
G’day, I have just been looking through all the comments and see that some people are concerned about the price. Well I’ll add my two cents worth. I have been porting Two-stroke cylinders and four-stroke cylinder heads since 1979 and I have always found that you very much get what you pay for. I have always used
PFERD or SUHNER tools and cutters. And just recently I used some CC SPECIALTY tools and cutters while in the US. I found them to be top quality. The cost outlaid is quickly returned from work you do. I have had people try and sell me all sorts of stuff over the years including many different cutters. My suggestion is to always use the best tools that you can afford the reward will be many years of trouble free work.
Glad you found us
Very glad you found us. We agree that you get what you pay for. Our tools are professional grade equipment. The best experts in the industry use our products. World record holders and world champions use products from www.ccspecialtytool.com/ , because they know how to get the job done right!
Thanks
TJ
cc handpiece on a foredom motor
Hi I currently have a foredom tx series motor. I need a high quality 90 degree angle handpiece and was wondering if yours are interchangeable with the foredom motor and their shaft. Mine is not the heavy duty version. Thanks for your time.
Yes the Foredom TX series works perfectly
The TX series from Foredom will work perfectly with all of our angled hand tools.
Here is an easy link to our full line up of angles handpieces
ccspecialtytool.com/catalog/handpieces/angle-handpieces
porting
how do your raise ports and do other things without ruining the nikasil coating? or do you have to have the cylinder replated after you port it?
Nikasil coating
No, I see what you are asking, but there is no need to have the cylinder re-plated with Nikasil or anything else after you raise, widen, or radius the port opening. The only area of the Nikasil lining you remove is just the area that is contiguous with the dimentions that your are enlarging the port by. In other words if you radius an angle of the port window you would only cut through the Nikasil or steel liner that is overlaying the aluminum you removed, the rest of the liner stays just as is. Now it is important to chamfer the port window after you have enlarged it, this will ease the transition of the piston ring in and out of the port window, extending the life of that part in the process. Chamfering, however, is done in millimeters, so dont go overboard on this step.
Thanks for the Porting question
TJ
Cost of porting and polishing
The CC stuff looks top notch.. and everything I read on the forums is that you guys are the ones to go to for "the stuff the pro's use", but man your prices are high on some stuff and lower than others on diff things. Why are the motors you guys sell higher than the SR Foredom ones I find out there. Also there are some rotary and air or pneumatic stuff that looks to be cheaper, so whats the deal. Your carbide is a lower price than most places. Not tryin to be a jerk bt let me know what it is.
Thanks
NB
The Cost of Porting and Polishing.. here's why it is what it is
Well NB let me tell you "what it is".
Alot of the time you get what you pay for. The reason you read on the forums that CC Specialty is the place to go for Professional Equipment is because we are the only place to get the tools the Pro's use. We only charge what we have to for our tools and parts, we maintain very low overhead and pass the savings on to the customer, the reason our equipment is more expensive, is because it is better.
Our motors have different internal components than the SR series from Foredom, components which allow them to provide full power and torque at any RPM. This makes all the difference when working with aluminum, composites, or plastics. Our TXMC motors also come with rugged metal foot controls which last longer and hold up a lot better under the wear and tear of daily use. We offer the plastic foot control, which will bring the price down, but there has never been much demand for it, considering once you tear up or wear out just one plastic foot control, you have lost all those dollar$ you were trying to save.
Durability is another factor to consider, we literally have customers who brag about still using their 1MC and Motors from 10, 15, and even 30 years back! Your not going to get anywhere near that kind of longevity from ANY of those rinky-dink little woodworking tools. If you buy one $300 dollar tool or five sets of $200 tools, to do the same amount of work, which way saved you more money?
As for pneumatic tools, CC Specailty has sold those items in the past. There are versions that are cheaper, in particular with the 90 degree hand tools. We quit carrying them because they were way to dependent on RPMs for power. Our Professional customers just didn't care too much for them. The idea with a porting tool, is not to go fast like a die grider and just chip off a bunch of metal, the point is to make clean, precise cuts. Running at a high speed RPM can melt plastic, ruin composites, and harden or ripple aluminum (heat changes the metallurgical properties). Running at a high RPM is not the way to go when it comes to your abrasives and carbide burrs. Abrasive cartridge rolls, rubber abrasives, and Carbide Burrs will all last longer and give better results if used at a lower, steady RPM. When you tear up a couple of Carbide Burrs and go through your abrasive supplies in a heartbeat, because your have to run at too high of an RPM, you dont save any money and you get very little work done. Therefore pneumatic tools never really caught on for Professional Porting and Polishing.
At CC Specialty we are considering offering more "expense based" (some might say cheaper)products as an alternative, but there is little demand for it from our customers that put quality before quantity (Pro's that buy higher qaulity so they can do a greater quantity of work!).
To address the part of your question about our carbide, once more, our stuff is the best. We sell the highest grade Made in the USA Carbide Burrs. Again, we simply keep our operating expenses low and pass the savings on to the customer.
Thanks for the inquiry
TJ
two stroke transfer porting
I currently own a Foredom model H (serial number J95 0283) and have gotten very good service from it. I would like to start doing more transfer port work and wonder which handpiece you could recommend for use with my model H. Most (if not all) work will be done on 50mm bores and larger. Thanks for your help.
Transfer porting
The Foredom model H is a nice drive motor, and we do offer handpieces for that motor. We offer a 2MC-H heavy duty handpiece, and a 44MC-H, that will work with the Foredom H and it's particular shaft drive configuration. However, both of these fine handpieces are straight versions, ideal for many area's of porting, but not that great for transfer ports. For transfer ports you need a 90 degree angle handpiece, and there are not any available for the Foredom model H. To do transfer ports correctly, pro's use the 1MC with the TXMC motor set up. It's just the best way to go. The 182MC is also an excellent choice, but with the size ports you mention i.e. (50mm bores and larger) the 1MC is more robust. The 1MC can cut through steel cylinder liners and Nikasil quicker as well. The 3MC is a heavy duty 90 degree handpiece that works great in 250cc engines and larger (but there is the consideration of greater cost with the 3MC).
Hope this helps and thanks so much for the question
thanks from TJ