thanks. not quite off the shelf quality, we suffer from a lot of bit chatter with the small mill, and steel doesnt make things any better. thats why they have a rough sort of texture.

i got a response from Dave at Buku clutch and he pretty much confirmed what ive been thinking. he did say going to a large diameter clutch like a cen 7.7 or mgt 8.0 would be the best option, but parts are limited. he said the bbk shoes were actually designed for a guy trying to put down 1hp at 10k rpm, exactly what im trying to do. the heavy shoe is the answer to getting a clutch to survive. unfortunately he confirmed what i though, that their shoe setup wont work for a standard style flywheel.

weather is good, so it looks like ill get a chance to try it out today. ill have an update later on