What I've been up to...
- Thread starter leelad
- Start date
That’s some amazing work! Most interesting thread on here in months. Hopefully some day you’ll be able to share your talent with some paying customers who have dreams but not skills or equipment. Please keep posting and the pictures are well done, will be following with great interest.
hillbros_96
Regular
- Location
- Nowhere BC
Very impressive
Backcountryal
CGN Regular
- Location
- New Zealand
Another amazing thread! Loved the last one, very impressed. And this one is as good. And thank you for taking the time to record it all for us to see. You sir, have a talent that many of us admire, and some probably envy, it is refreshing in todays age to see someone still striving for excellence. Keep up the good work.
- Location
- Peace River, Alberta
Very talented guy we have here! Good job. Keep us posted with your projects.
Thanks guys! I really enjoy this stuff...
Ok range report, Put 25 rounds through it on the weekend, a very preliminary testing for function.
we were only at 25 yards and as expected, the sights were way low (about 5").
I was VERY pleased with cycling! I'd put a small radius on the mouth of the chamber to act as a feed ramp to prevent the case mouth from hanging up, and low and behold, my rounds fed just fine! The ejector functioned nice and positively and the goups(shot standing) seemed pretty reasonable.
These were all low pressure, .357mag length loads with 110gr bullets.
The spent brass looks pretty good and the primer strikes are WAAAY nicer than with the old bolt/pin
More testing required...
Ok range report, Put 25 rounds through it on the weekend, a very preliminary testing for function.
we were only at 25 yards and as expected, the sights were way low (about 5").
I was VERY pleased with cycling! I'd put a small radius on the mouth of the chamber to act as a feed ramp to prevent the case mouth from hanging up, and low and behold, my rounds fed just fine! The ejector functioned nice and positively and the goups(shot standing) seemed pretty reasonable.
These were all low pressure, .357mag length loads with 110gr bullets.
The spent brass looks pretty good and the primer strikes are WAAAY nicer than with the old bolt/pin
More testing required...
primer strikes are great now ,no flow .Target from testing for function are just that as you got the lil rifle functioning ,and the next target will be for effect LOL
all in great job ,
you now have another one of
cheers Peter
all in great job ,
you now have another one of
cheers Peter
- Location
- WMU247 near Edmonton
well its been a month
there has to be some sort of update.....
there has to be some sort of update.....
- Location
- WMU247 near Edmonton
Don't forget he is recently married, so he is still honey mooning it....
Ah that explains it
to be young again
Haha, yup no tv here! Marriage is pretty fantastic though.
I havent been idle, although there isnt much to look at at the moment.
Ive temporarily set aside my guilty pleasure of the lever project to focus on the final push to finigh my rifling machine.
Ive been working with my electrician wiring things up. we bench tested the system last week and Im hoping to get everything mounted this week. With some luck I hope to motion test the machine in the next couple of weeks!
In the mean time Ive been working on the software side, sorting out my system for programming the thing.
I havent been idle, although there isnt much to look at at the moment.
Ive temporarily set aside my guilty pleasure of the lever project to focus on the final push to finigh my rifling machine.
Ive been working with my electrician wiring things up. we bench tested the system last week and Im hoping to get everything mounted this week. With some luck I hope to motion test the machine in the next couple of weeks!
In the mean time Ive been working on the software side, sorting out my system for programming the thing.
BullOnParade
CGN Regular
- Location
- Eastern Ontario
Gorgeous work again, thanks for sharing. Really love the shell holder on the rifle, assuming that's a one off too.
Thunderhog
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- East Kootneys
Your work is amazing leelad, I hope to have you gunsmith something for me one day!
John
John
Thanks guys! stupid crazy world at the moment, my shop manager and his family were given an all expense paid vacation to Mexico for his years of service(pretty sweet) except then the world blew up while they were down there. As a result, I've been running the shop for the last three weeks and havent had any extra time or energy to work on anything "cool".
I'm still working out the electrcal end of things but in the mean time I DID get the chuck box finished up.
Its mostly looking like a machine.... taunting me.... reminding me that shooting season is dangerously close....
I'm still working out the electrcal end of things but in the mean time I DID get the chuck box finished up.
Its mostly looking like a machine.... taunting me.... reminding me that shooting season is dangerously close....
Bout time for an update don't "ya think?"
I'm still at it! Mostly been working on getting permits in place for building a shop and setting up the legal end of things. (lets say Covid precautions don't streamline anything...)
But I DID manage to get my machine wired up and motion tested. The user interface designed, and the programming figured out!
I need to get the oil pump system sorted out and make tooling. I'm hoping to make cutter boxes this weekend...
Another, related project I've recently completed is to build a "steady" that will allow me to support long skinny work pieces such as this 1" NC thread I turned down and cut @ 24" long.
(should be very handy for contouring barrels)
Basically, Its a heavy wall tube(loaded with sand) that mounts to the machine ways behind the chuck and between the carriage and tailstock.
It has two "vices" each with independent jaws. The jaws have replaceable "pads" that support the work piece and the cutting tool can cut right on by.
As the tool passes by the first vice, thereby reducing the part diameter, the jaws are adjusted to compensate. By having two vices next to each other, the work piece is never unsupported.
Seems to work pretty slick!
I'm still at it! Mostly been working on getting permits in place for building a shop and setting up the legal end of things. (lets say Covid precautions don't streamline anything...)
But I DID manage to get my machine wired up and motion tested. The user interface designed, and the programming figured out!
I need to get the oil pump system sorted out and make tooling. I'm hoping to make cutter boxes this weekend...
Another, related project I've recently completed is to build a "steady" that will allow me to support long skinny work pieces such as this 1" NC thread I turned down and cut @ 24" long.
(should be very handy for contouring barrels)
Basically, Its a heavy wall tube(loaded with sand) that mounts to the machine ways behind the chuck and between the carriage and tailstock.
It has two "vices" each with independent jaws. The jaws have replaceable "pads" that support the work piece and the cutting tool can cut right on by.
As the tool passes by the first vice, thereby reducing the part diameter, the jaws are adjusted to compensate. By having two vices next to each other, the work piece is never unsupported.
Seems to work pretty slick!
- Location
- Greater Toronto Area
That's amazing
