"Decking" is milling flat the top of the engine. The operation is actually
milling, but "milling" to car guys implies work on the cylinder head, so they
needed another name for the same operation on the block.
Automotive terms differ from technical machining terms sometimes. Like
"turning" brakes. Technically, one "faces" brake disks and "bores" brake
drums. "Turning" is done on the outside of an object. This different jargon
is not a problem. Everybody in the automotive trade knows what "turning"
brakes means.
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Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban,
1994 Miata C package
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From: "j randolph sandner" <drsandner@embarqmail.com>
> morning vance,
> to the uninitiated in engine machining, what is 'decking'?
> TIA
> randy
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