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Title: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on December 10, 2012, 11:40:25 AM
Mourer Machine Co.
50 Sager Rd.
Valparaiso, IN 46383


Terry Mourer  AKA Podunk
Phone/Fax 219-299-8398
mourermachine@gmail.com

Equipment:

Acer CNC Vertical Mill
Travels: X 40"  Y 24"  Z 28"

Milltronics CNC Lathe
21" Swing x 40" Centers

BobCad CNC Programing

Acer Knee Mill
10" x 50 " table

Nardini Lathe
10" swing x 30" centers

Custom Front Hubs to correct Scrub Radius a specialty.
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Glen on December 10, 2012, 02:29:54 PM
Podunk it is standard practice to buy a ad for the web site to advertise for any business, Contact SSS AKA Slim the web master/owner for ad costs.See the forum rules.
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Seldom Seen Slim on December 10, 2012, 04:06:32 PM
Whoops -- sorry, Glen.  Podunk has indeed been in touch with me -- and this is the way he's going to be presenting his stuff.  It's sort of an experiment to see if it works instead of a regular ad.  I guess I'm at fault, if anyone, for not making a notice at the top of the thread, telling everyone what's going on.

Mea Culpa.
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on May 12, 2013, 09:34:12 AM
Disc brake hats for Sid Gyde's liner.
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on July 16, 2013, 07:36:20 PM
NACA 66 Front Runners
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on July 16, 2013, 07:39:36 PM
Sid Gyde's (Kiwi Belly Tank) brake hats & rotors.
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on September 08, 2013, 09:11:57 AM
Scrub radius correct hubs.
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on September 09, 2013, 07:21:55 PM
Shorten Genie Ford Spindle.
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on September 09, 2013, 07:24:05 PM
Bush early Ford axle spring perch bores.
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: wheelrdealer on September 10, 2013, 12:37:52 PM
Podunk:

Nice work.

BR
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: SPARKY on September 10, 2013, 02:26:26 PM
I can testify that the correct scrub radius hubs Terry made for my old RATICAL were the MAJOR reason it quit hunting its way to the finish line like a Roadster!!!!!!!!!  :-D
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on October 31, 2013, 01:10:48 PM
Shortened inboard side of front hubs for Milwaukee Midget to get clearance to drop front end. Also shortened spindles to clear moondiscs.
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Milwaukee Midget on November 07, 2013, 09:47:53 AM
Shortened inboard side of front hubs for Milwaukee Midget to get clearance to drop front end. Also shortened spindles to clear moondiscs.

It's all about being short.

First class work, Terry.  All fits nicely.  I'll do some assembly this weekend and post up the pics.

Oh, and yes, I found the steering arms in the basement, so you can stop tearing your shop apart . . .   :oops:

An upside to this operation is that it gave me a slightly closer to 0 scrub radius - about as close as one can get and still clear the inside fenderwells.

Thanks, Terry - see you in Indianapolis!
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on May 28, 2014, 08:34:35 PM
Just started machining Sparky's front wheels for Goodyear 17x4 Front Runners.
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: wheelrdealer on May 28, 2014, 08:58:06 PM
Sparky:

Those are too nice to use.

BR
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Milwaukee Midget on May 28, 2014, 09:09:52 PM
Sparky:

Those are too nice to use.

BR

Too nice for SPARKY to use!  :evil:

Just kiddin' . . .  :cheers:

Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: SPARKY on May 28, 2014, 11:13:43 PM
May be to nice for me --

 but not for Ms Liberty---she is going to enjoy her new front wheels and tires---nice and new just like the rest of her!!!  When Terry gets them done he will ship them to Cowboy Tire Co for the 2 Nates to mount and evaluate them!!
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on July 07, 2014, 06:57:51 PM
Sparky's finished 17"x4" wheels for Goodyear Top Fuel Front Runners.
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Milwaukee Midget on July 07, 2014, 08:36:14 PM
Terry -

GORGEOUS.

Some people try to reinvent the wheel - You've PERFECTED it!  :cheers:
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: SPARKY on July 08, 2014, 12:09:57 AM
 :-o  WOW those things look beeuutiful

 I can't wait to see them in person al mounted with the new Goodyear's when I pick them up at Nate's Cowboy Tire Co. in a couple of weeks!!!
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: SPARKY on April 29, 2015, 10:54:24 PM
 :dhorse: Well I am beginning to suspect the FAT Lady has lost her voice!
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Milwaukee Midget on April 29, 2015, 11:16:39 PM
:dhorse: Well I am beginning to suspect the FAT Lady has lost her voice!

?  :? ?
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on February 18, 2017, 07:35:34 PM
Slim,
Thanks for updating my new location & equipment list.
Terry
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Seldom Seen Slim on February 18, 2017, 09:12:49 PM
Terry:

Thanks for all the good work that you do for us.  We appreciate it, too. :cheers:
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on September 03, 2017, 12:37:16 PM
Haven't posted for quite a while. New house & new shop have kept me busy. I have done some projects & will post photos.
Terry
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on September 03, 2017, 02:39:29 PM
Jacksoni was having problems with a shifter arm cracking in one of the bends. Black one, bend closest to open area. Machined new one with larger radius,thicker section and polished radii and edges from 4130 annealed plate. Made it thru Speedweek.
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on September 03, 2017, 02:45:25 PM
Machining Jacksoni's shift lever.
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on September 03, 2017, 03:12:42 PM
Made all four wheels for John Goodman's, ggl205, lakester. These are front. Two piece for 10" aircraft tires, with billet Moon style cover.
Terry
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on September 04, 2017, 09:42:38 AM
ggl205 Front wheels with tire and Moon style disc. I did talk with Chico ( spelling ?) at Speedweek and he is OK with me calling these Moon style discs.
Thanks Chico, Terry
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on September 05, 2017, 11:23:07 AM
Sparky's shortening a rearend for Ms Liberty. Thought was to skin id of existing axle tubes inline with carrier bearing bores. Problem is existing tubes are approximately .080" off center. Not enough material to bore on center. We decided to skin id of tubes on their location parallel to bearing bores. Then turn OD of new tubes with a .002" shrink fit. Then "adjust" new axle tubes to get outer axle bearings in the right place.  Hard to believe factory machining is this far off.
Terry
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on September 05, 2017, 12:38:27 PM
A friend is restoring a1932 Duesenberg. Needs hood beltline trim. Contour is different one end to the other. Shown is finished trim and fixture to hold it thru it's own mounting holes.
Terry
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Milwaukee Midget on September 05, 2017, 03:54:13 PM
Hard to believe factory machining is this far off.
Terry
And this is coming from somebody who used to own an Austin Healy Sprite!
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on September 05, 2017, 08:32:41 PM
 Yeah but 200 HP of aluminum Buick helped straighten things out.
Terry
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on September 05, 2017, 09:07:54 PM
Guess who this was for.
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Stainless1 on September 06, 2017, 09:52:17 AM
I recognize the number.... it got someone in the club driving an I/GL  :cheers:
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on September 06, 2017, 10:24:19 AM
Torque Plate for MM's monster motor.
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on September 06, 2017, 10:34:05 AM
ggl205 Rear Wheels
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on September 06, 2017, 10:36:14 AM
ggl205 Rear Wheels with Moon style disc.
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Stainless1 on September 07, 2017, 10:19:08 AM
Terry, my wheel plans are slightly on hold while I determine if I stay with my current spindle... got a lot of inspecting to do...
Great meeting and talking to you at SW
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Seldom Seen Slim on September 07, 2017, 10:49:53 AM
Anybody having issues with posting here?  Pork Pie says his screen doesn't show the "reply" buttons (and such).  Everything looks fine to me -- how 'bout youse guys?
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Seldom Seen Slim on September 07, 2017, 11:44:19 AM
Goofy me!  Now I've got it -- I set this up to be a read-only Forum page, and administrators and such can post to that kind of page.  That's why Stainless and MM and I see regular-appearing pages and youse guys don't.

I'm at the shop and the password (so I can get in and re-do the settings) is at home.  Later, okay?

Sorry for the cornfusion.
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: PorkPie on September 08, 2017, 08:04:37 AM
Goofy me!  Now I've got it -- I set this up to be a read-only Forum page, and administrators and such can post to that kind of page.  That's why Stainless and MM and I see regular-appearing pages and youse guys don't.

I'm at the shop and the password (so I can get in and re-do the settings) is at home.  Later, okay?

Sorry for the cornfusion.


Jon, thanks....it works now.
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: PorkPie on September 08, 2017, 08:06:09 AM
Guess who this was for.

Terry, thanks again for that....great job from you
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: jacksoni on September 08, 2017, 08:15:38 AM
Thanks Jon- I have also been unable to post here. I wanted to thank and give many Kudos to Podunk for working with me on my shifter issue. He has posted some great looking photos of carving the arm from a big solid chunk of 4130 steel. I had previously had 2 stock shifter arms break with as few as 3-4 runs on them, Mfg was pretty clueless as to cause but very good with replacements for free. They are relegated to emergency spares. The one made here worked flawlessly at the recent speedweek making 15 runs. Great work!! Thanks!!!
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Milwaukee Midget on September 08, 2017, 10:18:43 AM
Goofy me!  Now I've got it -- I set this up to be a read-only Forum page, and administrators and such can post to that kind of page.  That's why Stainless and MM and I see regular-appearing pages and youse guys don't.

I'm at the shop and the password (so I can get in and re-do the settings) is at home.  Later, okay?

Sorry for the cornfusion.


Jon, thanks....it works now.

All this time, I thought I was the only one singing Terry's praises. 

The guy's great, and he "gets it".
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on July 24, 2018, 05:08:18 PM
Does it still work?
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: 4-barrel Mike on July 24, 2018, 05:14:01 PM
Test, test.

Mike

edit: seems to work.  :-D
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on July 24, 2018, 05:29:13 PM
Not exactly LSR but it could be a racing team logo. My daughter sells hair care products. This is the logo of one of her customers. The original image is 1/2" on a business card.
The plaque 1/2"x18"x24" aluminum. The image is raised .150" above the background. They liked it.
Terry
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: manta22 on July 24, 2018, 06:26:14 PM
Nice work, Terry.

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: SPARKY on July 25, 2018, 12:04:07 AM
 :-o  so does this mean you are moving on from machinist to "artisiteest"  :-D  preparing for the next life?
Just enjoying as much of this one as I can
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Jack Gifford on July 25, 2018, 12:20:11 AM
The plaque look nice. Was that straightforward 3-axis CNC milling?
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Milwaukee Midget on July 25, 2018, 01:15:59 AM
:-o  so does this mean you are moving on from machinist to "artisiteest"  :-D  preparing for the next life?

Sparky, I've seen your wheels -

Podunk is the Michelangelo of the Machinist Trades.
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on July 25, 2018, 09:32:46 AM
The plaque look nice. Was that straightforward 3-axis CNC milling?
Almost. I scan the image from the business card into the cad/cam software. Then trace it to create lines and arcs and resize. Then a feature called embossing creates a 3D image to my specks and toolpath is created from that. There is 52 hours of spindle run time in this plaque. Enjoyed every minute of it.
Terry
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: ggl205 on July 25, 2018, 11:47:30 AM
The plaque look nice. Was that straightforward 3-axis CNC milling?
Almost. I scan the image from the business card into the cad/cam software. Then trace it to create lines and arcs and resize. Then a feature called embossing creates a 3D image to my specks and toolpath is created from that. There is 52 hours of spindle run time in this plaque. Enjoyed every minute of it.
Terry

So, you were drinking Foster's while watching cartoons as your CNC was cutting chips for 52 hours? Is that about right, Terry?

John
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: SPARKY on July 25, 2018, 02:58:28 PM
That was because if you are like me it is nice to confirm  we can still make our brains function---- most of the time :-D
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on July 25, 2018, 04:46:49 PM
John,
Rum & Coke.
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on July 20, 2020, 03:51:52 PM
I have decided to stop doing machining for racers. The CRS is getting bad and I don't want to make a part that hurts someone or something. Standing at the 5 when my wheels go thru the lights at 420 mph, making hubs for Sparky that were on the first unblown gas lakester over 300 are going to be some of the last things to go. Thanks to all that viewed the site.

Podunk
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: SPARKY on July 21, 2020, 10:13:32 AM
 :?  HMMMMM is this sorta like you saying "I think I may be going blind   cromag   but I am not  going to sign up for braille classes just yet?"     :deal  Yep   but finger tip sensitivity training classes may be in order--  :clap -- yeah that sounds about right!!!
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Podunk on July 21, 2020, 10:27:05 AM
I started the finger tip training classes when I was 16.
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: Peter Jack on July 21, 2020, 11:20:46 AM
 :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :clap :clap :clap

Pete
Title: Re: Custom Machining for Landspeed Racers
Post by: PorkPie on July 21, 2020, 11:31:33 AM
Terry,

this is a well deserved retirement.....you done so much for the speed community.....thanks for all your support over the years....

hope to see you next year at the salt.... :wink: