#2 Resurfacing Ford FE 445 V8 Engine Block on a Van Norman Horizontal Milling Machine

The Ford 445 FE engine needed to have the decks resurfaced. The Van Norman 38MEA certainly has the beef to handle this task. Trying to do some research on how to deck a block on a milling machine, I wasn't able to find any videos. I mocked up the block in a few ways. The best was to set it on one deck to surface the other. Milling machine table rock is a concern when doing a long piece. Using a horizontal mill eliminates making a convex surface due to table rock. I'm happy with the results and look forward to making further progress on this engine.

[@rowycoracing]

Nice work. This is an interesting series. Thanks for posting.

[@scatteredrustyprojects]

Thanks for watching! There are more of this engine in the works.

[@BROCKWOOD64]

That is a huge VN. Not sure that I can do this with my smaller VN 24MLA on a MoPar 440 - but would be fun to set up & see! I do believe that with the right accessories your machinist might lose a customer. VN & Cougar, what a nice pair to have.

[@scatteredrustyprojects]

The FE block only needed an 8' fly cutter. A VN24 might do it, but you probably couldn't fully pass the cutter off the end of the block. Thanks for watching!

[@MattSmith-ze9jb]

Great "outside of the box" thinking! Really enjoyed this video!

[@scatteredrustyprojects]

It was a fun project to use the big Van Norman mill to deck the block. Thanks for watching!