Machine shop 440 Mopar questions?

if you don't have pistons yet ask the machinist to bore to 040 and hone with a torque plate. tell him he can sell the reground crank that you don't want (and won't be paying for) to cover his costs because you are going with a stroker kit as you told him in the first place. if you're ok buying the torque plate that'll help sweeten him to keep the job done well and then just sell it afterwards. you said at the start he's a known good machinist but works with mostly bbc so maybe work it out and get what you want.
neil.