breech plug

Howdy, My new to me T/C Hawken arrived last Saturday. I figured my first task is to give it a good cleaning since I don't know the history on how it has been maintained. It has some surface rust on the barrel but overall exterior looks pretty good. I had been thinking of removing the breech...

Hey all. I am in the process of making a 4 Bore blunderbuss barrel and I am not sure what to thread the breech too. The bore is 1", and I plan to make the threads 1 1/8-16 to minimize the risk of corrosion getting into the threads. I am going to make my own plug, and I am turning the threads...

Gentlemen, I've heard a picture is worth 1000 words. So, I give you a few pictures and a few words. I've been wanting a larger lathe for quite some time, my previous lathe was a South Bend 9". I have recently purchased a Honden lathe (aka Lantaine, aka Grizzly G9249). About the only issue with...