Cooking Heads!

For me, this has got to be one of the best Ghetto Garages yet. Here in Phoenix, AZ, home of Motorcycle Mechanics Institute (MMI) where they train "best of the best," homegrown techniques are alive and well.

Just before Christmas vacation one of the projects in machine shop was a practice top end rebuild. Some of it was pretty awesome like boring the cylinder and measuring all the clearances.



MMI Class Room E2



Machine Shop E1 during a rare calm moment



My Favorite Part...Boring Cylinders...That, is serious fun.

That is not the best part though, that would be the "Turkey Pots." Certain machine parts, such as some valve guides, are actually slightly larger than the holes they fit in. A so-called interference fit. In order to remove or insert them the surrounding material must be heated. One would think that a place like MMI would have something high-tech for this. Ahhhh, but not so.



Behold the Turkey Pots!



Yep! That is a Wal-Mart hot plate under there.



It works though.