Well, I finally got my home made "unwarping tool" finished. It cost me a total of about 8 dollars. The 1/2 inch plate was donated to the cause by an old friend of mine. (he's an old fart too). I borrowed my buds cutting torch and large drill press. My design ended up kind of like a sandwich design. One plate on top and bottom of the main casting all with bolts going through (the 8 bucks was for the bolts and nuts and washers) I also used some valve springs (which I already had got for free) that put pressure to the whole mess, 8 of them in various locations) I made the thing universal so it fits all models. I actually tried it out and it works almost perfect. I say almost cause there is a few area where there is a gap of about 3-4 thousanths on the top part of the main casting. Mostly on the front corner mounting bolt- section. I dont think 3-4 thousandths is gonna make that much of a difference, the gasket should take care of this I would assume. Anyway, not too bad for the first try I think. Might keep experimenting with the heating technique. I used a mid sized bullet heater believe it or not. Diesel fired. I sat the carb/tool in front of it and just rotated it every 5 minutes on each side. Had the valve springs really torqued down. Let me tell you it got seriously hot. Any way, the carb body I tried it on was really not that warped but still, you could see the warpage. Hard to see the warpage now and the bottom of the carb that mounts to the base plate is perfectly flat.{ As far as I can see using a steel rule}. amyway, will need to try it on a more warped unit to see how it does. More experimenting and maybe some fine tuning.
I need to post some pictures but how do you shrink them down to fit on here?
Any tips on posting pics would be greatly appreciated.
