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Lathe Chuck Advice Requested
I run Buck chucks and Bison chucks on my lathes. Got most of them from EBay. Good chucks are never going to be cheap, so be prepared for a little sticker shock. As JHB said, self-centering for round stuff and 4-jaw independent for odd shaped work. My machines are for metalwork and are...- borne2fly
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The Evil Dremel.
I’ve used various Dremels seemingly forever. Excellent for freehand rough cuts and grinding but I need to put it in a rigid fixture (lathe, mill, possibly drill press) for any precision work. And even then, I have to place it in the same class as the little Atlas 101 lathe … the bearings are not...- borne2fly
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Loading press
Yes indeed. And to compound the blasphemy, I might even use it as a leather press as well …oh, the horror! 😁 -
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Loading press
This would be similar … need to swap some simple bits & pieces when loading one type of cylinder or another. The leather press is a good chunk of steel (probably close to 10lbs), overkill in my opinion, but I reckon I can use it for more than just loading BP guns. -
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Loading press
Revolver loading stations. I’ve seen them advertised online. Thought about making my own just for fun, but then I stumbled upon a little benchtop press (online) used for leather embossing. With a minor change of tooling this thing seems ideal. Anyone else use something like that? -
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Have you ever considered the cost of doing business
Customers can be a fickle bunch. And probably even more so with something as niche as M/L. It's bad enough with cars, motorcycles, and bicycles, so I doubt I'd ever want to shell out the cost to start a M/L biz. I digress and ramble a little .... Back in the '70's I got one of those CVA...- borne2fly
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Number 11 cap shortage?
Just got a heap of #11 Remingtons at Bass Pro yesterday. They weren’t there last week so they must have just been delivered.- borne2fly
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- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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Walker or Dragoon ?
I have a Walker and a 3rd Dragoon, both Uberti. Love ‘em both! I tend to favor the Dragoon (only slightly) because I find it easier to lug around in a holster. I disassembled both upon receiving and took a file to all the unfinished sharp edges, and smoothed the rough-finished machined... -
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Cylinder Indexing
I finally got around to making a range rod and ran it down the barrel. Also made hollow brass slugs for each of the cylinders. The range rod fits the barrel perfectly, and steps down to the ID of the brass slugs for the last 0.25” or so. The rod feeds through the barrel and seats into the... -
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pietta or uberti??
I've seen this sort of misalignment in a Uberti Dragoon, and a Uberti Walker. Maybe .020" or so. Sighting down the barrel, the out-of-alignment was both vertical as well as rotational, so modifying the indexing would only be a partial solution. Is there any standard procedure for fixing this... -
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Cylinder Indexing
>> “most of the time either end will surprise you with how "off axis" it actually is.” Yes indeed. I’ve seen that when I spin the barrels in the lathe. It’s a little unnerving. When I bore a hole it’s always properly centered in the work, so things like that make me question the rest of the... -
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Cylinder Indexing
I reckon I just have a thing about the aesthetics. And it gives the machine tools something to do 🙂 -Don -
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Cylinder Indexing
That’s were I like to run them, too (around 0.004”). Might have to shave the lower face of the barrel (where it meets the frame) to make it work. That’s in addition to the arbor work you noted -Don -
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Cylinder Indexing
I’ve noticed something about these open-frame Ubertis … when viewed from either side, the front face of the cylinder doesn’t appear parallel to the back face of the barrel assembly. Is that intentional? Were the original Colts this way? At first, I thought this was an optical illusion or... -
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Cylinder Indexing
Would this apply to a Colt Walker as well? It also has notches without any lead-in. -
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Cylinder Indexing
I see how this could benefit my Colts. They have lead-in ramps to the cylinder notches. The Remington, however, does not. In that case, would it be best to leave the top of the bolt flat? I’m thinking that any bevel would gouge the cylinder if the bolt engaged even a little bit early. -
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Cylinder Indexing
Ok, I see now. A mild angle in the bolt head + a relief gulley in the bolt high side face. The devil is always in these details, this is the sort of thing I’m here to learn about. Thanks! -Don -
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Cylinder Indexing
Ahh, ok. I can see this when the bolt is fully engaged in the notch. But until then, before the cylinder spins to a stop, wouldn’t the bolt slam against the side of the notch anyway? -Don -
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Cylinder Indexing
>> "It keeps bolt material away from the edge of the locking notch when the revolvers are ran hard." Is this in anticipation of a burr possibly developing on the edge of the locking notch, and the undercut "steps over" any such burr?