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Old 03-24-2016, 08:47 PM
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I have a set of very extensively ported heads. One head is not usable anymore, and I'm looking for someone who can probe the port, create a program and CNC duplicate on a donor head.

can anybody recommend a company that has this capability or have dealt with before? Anybody know what type of pricing this fetches?

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Dumb question, but did you get the heads ported or did you purchase them already ported? If the first if true then you might be able to pick up another stock head (ASSuming that is what they were originally) and have the same porter duplicate the work.
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Originally Posted by nitrorocket
I have a set of very extensively ported heads. One head is not usable anymore, and I'm looking for someone who can probe the port, create a program and CNC duplicate on a donor head.

can anybody recommend a company that has this capability or have dealt with before? Anybody know what type of pricing this fetches?

Thanks!!
If the port is yours and you can prove it I may know someone. It won't be cheap I'm sure
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Not exactly sure what that question means, of course the heads are mine, I'm not sure how you would prove such a thing but either way, I need to get a new head ported identicle to match because one is not usable anymore.
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Originally Posted by nitrorocket
Not exactly sure what that question means, of course the heads are mine, I'm not sure how you would prove such a thing but either way, I need to get a new head ported identicle to match because one is not usable anymore.
I think what he is saying is that he doesn't want a head copied so someone can sell them as their own for profit. It's a common, but unethical practice in this industry unfortunately. Most shops with a CNC could do it, but it depends on who would do it.
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Send both heads to Advanced Induction.
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This is not real easy, but a good shop with a CMM and scanning software could do it. I assume it was ported before with a CNC machine and not done by hand?
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Might be simpler and cheaper to buy a new set of quality, ported heads from one of the vendors here.
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Its going to be cheaper to just buy new heads if your looking at generating a point cloud, creating the surface, and then cutting the head. That's going to get spendy quickly



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