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Gunsmithing Lathe Decision
A South Bend Heavy 10, if you can find one, is the answer to your best dreams.- fltdkgrn
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- Forum: The Armory
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Gunsmithing Lathe Decision
Over the last twenty years the vocational trade schools have been dumping their manual lathes and moving into CNC Lathes and Mills. This has resulted in many serviceable machines coming on the market through the California and East Coast Machinery Sales outlets and on eBay. A 1 5/8 inch...- fltdkgrn
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Gunsmithing Lathe ?
Re: Lathe ? When you are considering the purchase of a lathe you may want to discriminate between the length of the bed and distance between centers. The later describes the maximum length that may be held when the work is supported between the head stock drive plate and center and the tail...- fltdkgrn
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Gunsmithing Need some quick lathe advice
Re: Need some quick lathe advice It is an older SBL known as a "single tumbler" on the quick change gear box. The 13" X 4 1/2' is ideal size for a gunsmith lathe. Accesories and attachments are availble on eBay at reasonable cost if the unit is not already equiped with <span...- fltdkgrn
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Gunsmithing gunsmithing school
Re: gunsmithing school Enrolling in a gunsmithing trade specific machine shop course is always a preferable option. For those who can not relocate, the choice is a local community college machine shop course. Keep in mind that tuition assistance is the usual means of populating these...- fltdkgrn
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Gunsmithing Protect barrel finish in lathe jaws???
Re: Protect barrel finish in lathe jaws??? I use scrap copper tubing of various diameters with a length wise saw slit, which I file deburr, to be slightly smaller in dia than the work. Application of chuck jaw torque suffecient to hold work against light of heavy cuts will leave slight...- fltdkgrn
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Gunsmithing Protect barrel finish in lathe jaws???
Re: Protect barrel finish in lathe jaws??? I always use the copper pipe with a saw slit cut lengthwise (and file deburred) to allow for flexing to the diameter of the work. I would not recommend any paper product as it is compressable. Moderate torque on the four jaw or three jaw chuck will...- fltdkgrn
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Gunsmithing A Remington Reformation
Re: A Remington Reformation This one reminds me of a vent rib A-5 from several years ago. The extractor was broken, safety sheared, and half of texas was being smuggled out of state inside the reciever. It was the first firearm I had ever worked on that had "LIVE MOLD" inside the reciever...- fltdkgrn
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Gunsmithing 1or 3 phase for lathe,mill
Re: 1or 3 phase for lathe,mill Go with a single phase motor on all your shop equipment and you can't go wrong. For the small shop or hobby machinist, the additional monthly cost of power company three phase is prohibitive. There are more prospective customers out there for a used single...- fltdkgrn
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Gunsmithing heat treating of muzzle break?
Re: heat treating of muzzle break? Heat treating the muzzle brake serves no purpose in my opinion. This would be an unnecessary expense in regards to manufacturing. The SAE4140 barrel material is alloyed for toughness, shear, & tensile strength in the as recieved condition. The same...- fltdkgrn
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Gunsmithing Wanted five. rem 700 barrels removed from actions
Re: Wanted five. rem 700 barrels removed from actions Can Do! Ret Machine Shop Instructor. Have built several trued 700 Rem rifles for SWAT Competition. Central MS location.- fltdkgrn
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