when installing pillar blocks in the bedding process how do you know how long to make the pillars on a remington 700 i am a tool maker and am gonna make them my self i read a artical that said to leave them tong for the bedding process and mill them down after the epoxy has set up also one artical said to use sugical tubeing to hold barrel action to stock another said to just press the action in to epoxy and walk away another said to use the bolts to clamp it down. any help there would be nice too.
Gunsmithing pillar install length ?
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Re: pillar install length ?
Depends on what bottom metal you're going to use. And yes you can leave them long and mill them after, or you can simply measure and cut them right from the get go.
Depends on what bottom metal you're going to use. And yes you can leave them long and mill them after, or you can simply measure and cut them right from the get go.
Re: pillar install length ?
I installed a set of pillars in my a5 for my Surgeon dm 2 days ago. here is what I did: I machined my pillars about an 1/8" too long. I placed saran wrap over the top of my dm. I inserted the dm into the stock. I then lightly clamped the dm in the stock with minimal pressure. I epoxied the pillars in place using Devcon 1500 psi 5 minute epoxy. An hour later I dremeled the the tops of the pillars to contour the stock. It is now ready for bedding.Hope this helps.
I installed a set of pillars in my a5 for my Surgeon dm 2 days ago. here is what I did: I machined my pillars about an 1/8" too long. I placed saran wrap over the top of my dm. I inserted the dm into the stock. I then lightly clamped the dm in the stock with minimal pressure. I epoxied the pillars in place using Devcon 1500 psi 5 minute epoxy. An hour later I dremeled the the tops of the pillars to contour the stock. It is now ready for bedding.Hope this helps.
Re: pillar install length ?
Have you tried measuring the thickness of the wood where the stock screws go? Run the back side of a dial caliper thru the hole. A penny makes a good stop for the rack. Or at least that's the way I usually do it. After I face them off to length I drill thru a 5/16" hole. Then I counter sink pretty deep to ease getting the screws in place.
Have you tried measuring the thickness of the wood where the stock screws go? Run the back side of a dial caliper thru the hole. A penny makes a good stop for the rack. Or at least that's the way I usually do it. After I face them off to length I drill thru a 5/16" hole. Then I counter sink pretty deep to ease getting the screws in place.
Re: pillar install length ?
victor n tn i dont think i understand completly what you mean. on how to measure this as far as wich two points u are using if i am thinking right dont this measurment need to be from the bottom of the action to the in side of the bottom metal
victor n tn i dont think i understand completly what you mean. on how to measure this as far as wich two points u are using if i am thinking right dont this measurment need to be from the bottom of the action to the in side of the bottom metal
Re: pillar install length ?
Remove the action from the stock.
Holding the stock put a penny (or any piece of metal of proper size) over the bottom of the hole and insert the back of the rack of a 6" dial caliper into the top of the hole. By holding the back side of the caliper frame against the stock on one side and the back of the rack against the penny on the other side you should be able to read a usable measurment.
Read the calipers and record the number.
Be sure to drill thru the pillars before gluing them in. I like to face off both ends of the pillars and dress them up a bit. But that's just me.
The measurment I am taking is the thickness of the wood or other stock material at the point where the stock screws extend from bottom to top.
Remove the action from the stock.
Holding the stock put a penny (or any piece of metal of proper size) over the bottom of the hole and insert the back of the rack of a 6" dial caliper into the top of the hole. By holding the back side of the caliper frame against the stock on one side and the back of the rack against the penny on the other side you should be able to read a usable measurment.
Read the calipers and record the number.
Be sure to drill thru the pillars before gluing them in. I like to face off both ends of the pillars and dress them up a bit. But that's just me.
The measurment I am taking is the thickness of the wood or other stock material at the point where the stock screws extend from bottom to top.
