Re: Need some help!

> The picture shows a female groove, what this cam has is a male ridge
> sticking up. The problem is you cannot use a simple offset to get

the

> width of the ridge, as the cam turns the width is affected as the

sine

> of angle. A simple way to see it is to clamp a stick or small board
> horizontaly between your fingers then move one end up and down, your
> fingers move apart according to the sine of the angle. Ed.

Is this more like what you mean ?

http://www.holley.com/HiOctn/TechServ/TechInfo/IECCTech2.html

simple automotive camshaft type ? multiple lobes, different heights
or timings ?

The asemetrical seems a little harder.

do you plan on finsh by grinding ?

Dave