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Hempey cooper boring bar
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 1:50 pm
by Randall strickland
I picked this up a couple years ago and am just getting around to mess around with it now, someone has taken false cams off it and the boring bar has to be removed to install them back on, has anyone ever taken boring bar out?thanks
Re: Hempey cooper boring bar
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 2:18 pm
by Dan Hatch
Been long time since I used one, here is a wag.
Run bar as far as you can one way and unbolt the cap on end of frame, remove that bushing and fit fake cam. Reinstall bushing , run bar as far as possible other direction and repeat.
Good luck Dan
Re: Hempey cooper boring bar
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 3:09 pm
by Randall strickland
Dan
I tried but the bar has a key slot and it stops before it clears the bushings
Re: Hempey cooper boring bar
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 3:17 pm
by Dan Hatch
Well I said it was a wag not a swag. I don’t have a car Hempy anymore, but have a Fordson. I will try and drag in out tomorrow and look. Should be the same. Dan
Re: Hempey cooper boring bar
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 5:59 pm
by Randall strickland
Got it apart
thanks
Re: Hempey cooper boring bar
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 6:04 pm
by Randall strickland
Dan I will take some photos and post when I get a little time
Thanks
Re: Hempey cooper boring bar
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:35 pm
by Dan Hatch
That will be good. That way next guy will know how to do it.
I used one for a long time. I put a sprocket on mine and modified an old Linde wire feeder to power it. That cranking gets old fast. I put a reversing switch on the drive so I could run it in or out. Worked like a champ. Good luck with it. Dan
Re: Hempey cooper boring bar
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2023 8:50 pm
by Randall strickland