also have some camshaft repair work to take care of...
my buddy put a brand new HKS 264 step 2 cam in his motor. the pin snapped and the motor bent a bunch of valves. also the shoulder that mounts the camshaft gear got pretty much completely sheared off.
so i got the cam laser welded by my dad. he has a business repairing molds and dies used in plastic injection industry. he can weld as little as 0.002"
this is not a cost effective method but its practice for me in machining and its fun
welded cam
cam in the lathe....got the fixture to support it
bust out the dial indicator and center the cam
even with the load of cutting the cam had a runout of 0.001" ....im good
one more
when its finished ill post pix