Boring out Ford 302 on my  milling machine

[AmericasTeamAdventure]

I'm winding up in a position where I may have to do the same. I keep reading in the forums where everybody keeps telling dudes to just take them to a "machinist". They keep disregarding the guys who are machinists just without a dedicate boring machine. The longer I'm a mechanic and a machinist, the more I see that success is about working with careful intent, not a special tool.

[CapablePimento]

I just bought an old bridgeport clone, and Im trying to decide how brave I am. Jury is still out. Lol. Hats off to you

[nattydreadlocks]

I salute you my friend. Do you know how many "machinist" have tried to discourage me when I questioned? Cast iron, pushrod engines are surprisingly forgiving. You may only get 50k miles out of the engine, but if you only put 12k miles on it a year, so what? 👍👍👍

[jaciii]

Beyond the satisfaction of having a running 302 is the satisfaction of doing it yourself.

[CandraDiesel]

What indicator do you use for the center?

[aaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

A mill is not really rigid enough to bore cylinders, but ok at a pinch...

[motorax.service.motociclete]

would be interesting how did it came out, like real measurements. Milling machines can be done for boring or surface finish but they usually are not that perfect in terms of tolerance and rigidity beacause of the construction.
Also would be interesting in a comparison for boring like this or with a torque plate over and check differences.
keep us posted

[single_cam]

Ugh I should have got the used mill instead