On this Episode of Rottler Featured Series, join us at Heinlein Diesel and Machine in Rogersville, MO where we meet up with owner Tyler Heinlein.

Heinlein’s main focus is working on light duty diesel pickups, doing transmissions, engine repairs and performance upgrades. He started the business back in 2015 as solo operation with a couple of work bays and some basic tools.

These days he’s still a one-man shop, but he’s got a whole team working for him in the form of a trio Rottler machines — and H85 hone, an F69 multi-purpose machining center, and a SG9MTS seat & guide machine.

“I’m not a guy who came from CNC machines, but Rottler makes it easy,” Heinlein said. “I have no problem using the RPath software.”

When it gets down to it, it’s Rottler’s “set it and walk away” automation that’s the game changer. “The H85 hone paid for itself right away. That was real eye opener,” he said. “I’m doing the work of a team while still being one person.”

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For this episode of the Rottler Featured Series we’re in Kathleen, Georgia to see Brian Anderson owner of AnderFab Machine.

AnderFab is a general purpose and performance machine shop taking on jobs from single cylinder engines all the way up to 959 Pro nitrous motors. One of the secrets to the variety of work this small business handles is its impressive line-up of Rottler equipment.

They put their first machine, a F69 multipurpose machining center, in the shop back in 2021. Since then, they’ve added a H85A vertical hone, the EM69HP engine machining center, a VR12 refacer, and a SG9MTS valve seat and guide machine.

Anderson told us that his “arsenal” of Rottler equipment allows them to be more productive because they can tackle a whole bunch of jobs all at once. And it’s not just the quality of the work the machines do that he likes. “[Rottler’s] support and follow-through were a huge decision maker,” he said.

We asked Chris Barrier, one of AnderFab’s machinists, which machine he felt was the biggest gamer changer and he answered without hesitation, the H85A hone. Because it’s fully automatic, he can set it up and walk away to work on something else while “the hone does its thing.”

High quality work, greater productivity, and happy customers. That’s what we like to hear. Check out their video!

Concentricity of your valve seats and guides is a critical tolerance that must be controlled for performance and longevity of your engines valve train.

As always, proper preparation with cylinder head machining, and reaming your guides prior to cutting your seats, will guarantee the best results.

The Rottler SG9MTS makes this a quick and easy step. This simple operation can be performed in minutes right on the machine prior to cutting the seats. With the optional Collet Kit R1, any reamer for any size guide can be used on the machine.

Follow along as we demonstrate step-by-step how to cut 5-angle valve seat profiles on the Rottler SG9MTS

Rottler’s Ryan Thompson delivers an in-depth tutorial on how to cut seats and ream valve guides using the Rottler SG9MTS.

The SG9MTS is a seat & guide machine designed for job shops, performance shops and general purpose engine work. The machine features Rottler’s patented Uni-Pilot technology with Manualmatic software, delivering stress-free, precision hole-to-hole machining of Intake and Exhaust Valve Seats on any Cylinder Head.

Starting with a new small block Chevy block from Dart, Ryan walks through the tooling, machine set up and cutting 5-angle valve seat profiles.

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Join us in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma this week where we’re visiting Ben Rice, owner of Buddy Rice Precision Engine.

Ben’s grandfather started the business back in 1945, pursuing his interest in racing. These days the company rebuilds engines for the cars you see every day on the street.

With the help of his suite of Rottler equipment – an F69A automatic machining center, an H85A vertical hone, an S85 surfacer, and an SG9MTS seat & guide machine – Ben and his guys are taking old engines and making them like new once again.

Ben tells us he runs his Rottler equipment all day every day because it performs leaps and bounds above any other equipment – even for difficult to hone blocks like Wisconsin engines.

Check out Ben Rice’s and his family-run shop’s story!