This is a 7/8 -50 cal. I don't have much meat to work withLike with anything else, the more you do the easier it becomes
Looks to me like those need to be deeper or at least soldered in.
The sight dovetails will show so take your time
There is plenty of meat there, maybe the lugs are too thick, are you using a safe file? Slow and steady is the way to go with anything unfamiliarThis is a 7/8 -50 cal. I don't have much meat to work with
Thank you This is my first venture into doing this. I'm definitely taking notes for the next time around.Hi,
You can make things a lot easier for yourself by not making the bases so long. Make them just a little longer than the lug so you don't have to remove so much metal. I have little anxiety doing these anymore. So little in fact, that I demonstrate fitting them in front of scores of people at Kempton using 2 files and a hacksaw. I even pass the barrel around for folks to see if they can see daylight under the base. They cannot. On thin walled barrels, start the dovetails and then peel the upper edges up using a cold chisel and hammer. Fit the lug, and then peen the raised metal back down.
dave
I would say no to the anxiety once you have it down pat. Yes to take your time and be careful. Speed kills on the highway as well as workin on a project that needs to be precise.Cutting in my 3rd dovetail. It gets a little bit easier but does it ever get to where it doesn't cause a little anxiety?
Place a strip of electrical or duct tape down first. If you chew through that then you arei getting way to rambunctious.
Keep trying, that is half the battle.
Larry
These aren't cast they were milled out with a hillbilly milling machine AKA an angle grinder and a file from a chunk of 3/8 x 3/4 bar stock. They aren't petite and delicate, Im sure my next ones will be more refined, but they seem to work OK.I've filed them in and used a mini-mill with a straight end mill to cut the slot and a dovetail cutter with good results either way. Just taking off tiny bits of metal and LOTS of trial fitting. PATIENCE is key. Lugs on cast tenons and sights can be pretty rough so clean them up nicely so ends are parallel and bottoms nice and flat.
That's the Beauty of this build, it is just what I guess to be parts of an old Jukar Kit, so not much value. I think I'm going to name it the scrap bin build. I started with zero dollars in it, and anything done is going to be an improvement over what I started with. It had barrel bands and an octagon barrel. Or I think someone just blindly ordered parts out of an old dixie catalog without knowing how they went together.I'm a craftsman. The closer I get to finishing, the more anxiety I have because I could ruin an awful lot of work. The higher the consequences of failure, the higher the anxiety.
Keep going and ask lots of questions - doing is learningThat's the Beauty of this build, it is just what I guess to be parts of an old Jukar Kit, so not much value. I think I'm going to name it the scrap bin build. I started with zero dollars in it, and anything done is going to be an improvement over what I started with. It had barrel bands and an octagon barrel. Or I think someone just blindly ordered parts out of an old dixie catalog without knowing how they went together.
Maybe if you built a ton of guns it be as easy as riding a bikeCutting in my 3rd dovetail. It gets a little bit easier but does it ever get to where it doesn't cause a little anxiety?
I once had an A weight Rice 50 the belly of the swamp was so thin I decided to solder them on with low temp solder. It worked so good I'll continue to use this method even though I have no problem with dovetails. Need to use low temp solder, I use SEE360 solder paste. Jim Kibler suggested it in a older thread, Works so well I even use it to attach peep sights to the barrel, never had a problem.This is a 7/8 -50 cal. I don't have much meat to work with