Cam lobes

[barnesrickw]

Anybody ever made cam lobes with the intent of selling them to a guy with a manual mill and no confidence in making them on that or the lathe.

 

[stevehuckss396]

Hahahaaaa!!!

What engine would you be needing them for?

 

[barnesrickw]

Just finding out if it would be done first.

 

[stevehuckss396]

It might depending on what engine and stuff. The more info the better.

 

[Cogsy]

Anybody ever made cam lobes with the intent of selling them to a guy with a manual mill and no confidence in making them on that or the lathe.

There's a few different ways to make them, depending on what style you need. It was something that worried me initially but I've now made 5 or 6 single lobes and a one piece, 8 lobed 4 cylinder cam as well. All manual mill and lathe and nowhere near as difficult as I imagined it to be.

A simple 1 lobe affair can be made on the mill with a boring head in half an hour. I believe in you, you can do it!