Originally Posted by
dieseldummy
Cutting with an angle grinder kindof sounds like a suicide mission... A much better choice would be a band saw. If I had access to one I would have taken a cross-section of the block. There isn't much meat in the pan rail area for splayed mains. I guess there doesn't need to be since the idea behind splayed mains is just to spread the load out over the block more evenly. I'm still not certain it is worth it though...
Please explain [ suicide misson ] does the noise or the sparks scare you.
What is better, Trying and fail, or failing to try.
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