5 /5 afgrab55: I called Triangle and asked if they surfaced flywheels and they told me they did! Its one of the last things I needed done to finish putting the clutch disc and pressure plate on my recently rebuilt 327 SBC. I went to drop it off the next day thinking of just walk in, do the paperwork and drop it off. I walked in and the machinist met me at the shop door. I asked making sure I was at the right place, and he said I was. I told him that I had talked to someone about surfacing flywheel and he said that was me and introduced himself. He took the flywheel, its a 15 lb. Stock Chevrolet flywheel for Small Blocks and went straight to the surfacing machine! He set it up with the flywheel and started the grinder. It was probably less than 7 minutes before it was completed!!! He removed it, wiped it off and handed it to me!!! I asked how much I owed him? He said it was going to be $60! We walked in the office where his brother took care of the office work and ordered parts. I paid and we walked back out into the shop and talked about his business. He said he was the only machinist left in Beaumont that just focused on engine building and that he had a four month backlog!!! He not only does racing and high performance engines, he does motorcycles and diesels as well!! He said people will bring engines in and want to drop them off, but when he asks for a deposit they balk on putting money down. He said he knows they arent serious about doing the work if they didnt and didnt bother leaving it!!! Ive had good machinist in the past and I can tell you Randy Williams knows his business!!! Hes been doing engines for over 40 years. I saw some of the pieces hes working on and I can tell he knows his stuff!!! So if youve been looking for a good machinist to bore a block, or surface it, surface and do a valve job on your heads, out anything else you can think of like installing new valve guides, Randy is your guy!!! Look him up, hes good yall!
