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Your initial strategy is correct, however, many have found it necessary to hone all .030" rather than bore ~0.025" and hone the last 0.005". The liners tend to warp and wiggle under the stress of a boring bar. Delta stocks 0.005" o/s pistons as well as the 0.030".
The overwhelming consensus is to leave the liners in the block as any jig or clamp would oblong the liner during machining. A number of people have machined a torque plate to hold eveything in place, and I know of a few people who have even heated the block with a 180^F water bath while completing the honing process.
We found that with a few pieces of scrap aluminum we were able to hold the liners in place during the ridiculously long honing process. As for the 180^ water-bath...how perfect is practical?
With 30 years of corosion, I can understand how difficult it can be to remove the studs. The double-nut method works fine for me, however, my machinist was able to work around the studs and I only remove the studs when the block needs to be decked.
Judson