Goodson Gazette
Scott Biesanz, Goodson Tools & Supplies for Engine Builders Owner Retires
Scott Biesanz, owner of Goodson Tools & Supplies for Engine Builders has retired effective December 31, 2019.
Scott purchased the company in 1979 from the Winona Tool Company and spent the next 40 years growing Goodson into the company it is today. Some highlights from Scott’s tenure as owner include:
3 Quick Tips To Improve Your Valve Grinding
No long tech articles today. Just simple, common-sense tips to improve your valve grinding results. Read on for three quick tips!Checklist for Flywheel Grinding Maintenance
Visually Identifying Your Flex-Hones®
Problem: You have several flex-hones on your bench. They're all about the same size but you know they aren't all the same grit or the same abrasive. How can you tell which one is which?
Solution: Brush Research has made identification of its Flex-Hones quick and easy by color coding the stem to indicate the abrasive formula and the tip to identify the grit.
Selecting Honing Stones for Your Next Job
Selecting the right honing stone for the material being worked should be relatively easy. Though when you look at the Goodson catalog it can seem a bit overwhelming since we do have over 150 different honing stones listed just for cylinder honing. Add in rod honing, align honing, lifter bore honing and valve guide honing stones and you’ve got quite the assortment to choose from.
Honing Oils 101
The importance of honing oil is often underestimated when calculating the cost of a cylinder honing job. Everyone sees the labor cost and the cost of the abrasive and tooling, but what about the honing oil you use? How does that factor in?
In terms of dollars and cents honing oil is a tiny fraction of the overall cost of cylinder honing; 1% or less of the total process cost. But when it comes to the quality of the job, the rate of abrasive consumption and the speed of the honing cycle, honing oil is king.
