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    Maggie’s None of us can drive stick

    Re: None of us can drive stick SWIFT See What I Flattened Today
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    Gunsmithing Mill purchase question/advice

    Re: Mill purchase question/advice A friend of mine bought that model of mill earlier this year, and he is well pleased with it. I have one of those dividing heads which I use quite often, mainly for fluting reamers and cutters I have to make for my jobs. I have a 6" 4-jaw on it and have...
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    Maggie’s None of us can drive stick

    Re: None of us can drive stick Driving a truck with two transmissions is one of those skills that's by and large gone the way of the dinosaurs - kinda like machine tools that aren't CNC. They both require operator input -thought and an understanding of your equipment is required. Today's...
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    Black Powder Mortar

    Re: Black Powder Mortar Many years ago a friend of mine made one from a piece of 8" round. Bored it to accept bean cans full of concrete. A 35mm film canister full of black would send that about 400 yards. We used to shoot it at a bare hillside. Got pretty good with it after a while. You...
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    Bench top finish

    Re: Bench top finish If you have a Grizzly Tool store close, check there. The one near me always seems to have large heavy butcher block bench tops for sale in the scratch and dent section. They look like they'd clean up very nicely. Reasonably priced, too.
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    Gunsmithing So what's the best bedding compound?

    Re: So what's the best bedding compound? Thank you for the informative post, Mr. Dixon. If I may quote a gem from it, Nothing replaces experience. Nothing. A lot of people could do well to copy and paste that to their printer, and stick it on the wall above their computor monitor.
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    Gunsmithing Any help choosing a Tig Welder?

    Re: Any help choosing a Tig Welder? I have had a Lincoln TIG PRO 175 Square Wave for several years and I'm well satisfied with it. I guess if you have to have everything for the knob twiddlers, it ain't the machine. But we're not building spacecraft, either. A simple machine such as this...
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    How do my primers look? (updated 7/29)

    Re: How do my primers look? First time priming... Mr. Roscoe I believe your precision Eyeometer needs a thorough lubing and recalibration. I made it .00121367" May I suggest Avery's IPA as a suitable lubricant - works for me.
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    Concern for lead exposure

    Re: Concern for lead exposure I grew up in a small country where almost all the rural folks collected rainwater for use in their houses and to drink. Nothing tastes better. The groundwater sucked. With very few exceptions, the houses were roofed with galvanized corrugated roofing steel held...
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    Gunsmithing Good Tap for Threads on Custom Bolt Knobs

    Re: Good Tap for Threads on Custom Bolt Knobs In the first place, forget hardware store taps - they are WORTHLESS. Use the recommended tap drill size - on a job like this one, nothing is to be gained whatsoever by boring anything else. The best tap on this job is a spiral flute bottoming...
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    Gunsmithing D1-4 Spider Chuck

    Re: D1-4 Spider Chuck Did your lathe come with a faceplate? Chances are you'll never use it in this business. I chopped most of it away, leaving a hub at the center, then drilled four holes for 1/2-20 cap screws. Hey presto, I now have a spider.
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    Gunsmithing precision machining

    Re: precision machining I'm glad you are taking extra time with the manual machines. I believe this will be a trade in demand in years to come. We are slowly dying out, it seems. I am a young guy in the manual business far as I can tell, and I'm almost 50. By all means, learn to grind your...
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    Renting out your truck?

    Re: Renting out your truck? I ask them if they have enough money to buy whatever it is they want to borrow. If answer's "no", then I ask them where does that leave me if they wreck it. If the answer's "yes", I politely tell them to go and buy whatever it is themself. Weeds em all out.
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    Gunsmithing Tapping 1/2" UNF Action truing jig. Help

    Re: Tapping 1/2" UNF Action truing jig. Help Tikka When I tap holes such as you've done on a jig like this, I do it right after drilling (assuming you have a rigid workpiece setup). With a through hole, use a spiral point tap, sometimes called forward chip drive and just slow the machine...
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    Gunsmithing Is the grizzly lathes good ???

    Re: Is the grizzly lathes good ??? I would get the Grizzly on order. As Mr Roscoe said, they are good bang for the buck. I have had a GO554 for about five years and it has given me good service, and I sure make a lot of chips. In fact, I bought a freight damaged one for spare parts as that...
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    Gunsmithing Where to get oddball taps

    Re: Where to get oddball taps Wholesale Tool out of Tulsa,OK (800 331-4075) has a bunch of oddball taps and dies. If that really is a #3-20 tap, it's pretty coarse for the size so the web of the tap will be quite thin. If I were making it, I'd thread it out of mild steel and give it a quick...
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    Gunsmithing 458 win mag Mauser 98

    Re: 458 win mag Mauser 98 Quote: And I need to know what I can do to make it worth more. I got it for $350 to fix it up. It is almost complete. I just need to know what makes all the other safari rifles so much. Well, if you're hunting things that will stomp or eat you, I guess it all...
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    Gunsmithing Please Educate Me on Tap Life

    Re: Please Educate Me on Tap Life The old Pollock that taught me more than I can remember about toolmaking always used kerosine on aluminum, and he did a bunch of work with it. Hog lard is the best thing to stop files clogging when filing barrels lengthwise prior to polishing on octagon and...
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    Sidearms & Scatterguns Fire lapping a handgun?

    Re: Fire lapping a handgun? You bet it's worth it if it's a Ruger revolver. Try pushing a slug from the muzzle to the forcing cone - it'll hang up right there. A reverse choke is bad for accuracy. I had a Security Six once you could actually see the wrinkles, the barrel was cranked in so...
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    Gunsmithing nasty little trick

    Re: nasty little trick I cannot politely describe what I think of people who do stuff like this. There is no telling the lost production these LOSERS cost us. He should go straight to the excrement list and stay there.
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