Did some machining on my barrel

[chawbeef]

First time doing this. I milled parallel slots in my barrel for front and rear sights and plan to finish dove tails with a "safe" file. I also used a lathe to part off my barrel to length, chamfer the inside and out side muzzle end and cone the bore to approx. 1 inch depth. I used a short length of half in dia. drill rod in the bore to dial in the 4 jaw chuck to less than .0005 in. Hope the pics wo[URL=http://s178.photobucket.com/user/boogaloo_2007/media/146_3432.jpg.html]

[/URL]rk........Daniel

 

[ZUG]

Nice work --- :thumbsup: .

 

[chawbeef]

Thank you Zug.............Daniel

 

[Swamp Rat]

I was looking at that last picture...going :shocked2: because I was thinking it looked really deep....Then the optical illusion faded and I was like, ok that is better. The slant of the barrel got me.

 

[user 28522]

First time doing this. I milled parallel slots in my barrel for front and rear sights and plan to finish dove tails with a "safe" file. I also used a lathe to part off my barrel to length, chamfer the inside and out side muzzle end and cone the bore to approx. 1 inch depth. I used a short length of half in dia. drill rod in the bore to dial in the 4 jaw chuck to less than .0005 in. Hope the pics wo[URL=http://s178.photobucket.com/user/boogaloo_2007/media/146_3432.jpg.html]

[/URL]rk........Daniel

Looks great, can't wait to see a target @ 50 and 100 yards, should be just as good looking.

 

[chawbeef]

I was looking at that last picture...going :shocked2: because I was thinking it looked really deep....Then the optical illusion faded and I was like, ok that is better. The slant of the barrel got me.

Everything was measured 16 times before any cuts were made. :wink: The sights themselves had the bottoms of the dove tails milled flat and to proper thickness.
I used a boring bar set at 1 1/2 degrees to cone the bore but I still have to finish with some fine grit. I will entertain the ideas any others may wish to share..............Daniel

 

[Vaino]

As a former tool and diemaker, I used mills a lot , but don't miss them when building MLers.....more fun doing everything by hand.

Cutting dovetails for sights and bbl lugs isn't a "big deal", especially when an upset chisel is used on all the dovetails except for the front sight.

After a few dovetails are cut and filed by hand, machinery isn't needed or req'd.....Fred

 

[Elkeater]

Looks good and clean. I recently cut my first dovetail, it was messier. Is that your blood?

 

[chawbeef]

As a former tool and diemaker, I used mills a lot , but don't miss them when building MLers.....more fun doing everything by hand.

Cutting dovetails for sights and bbl lugs isn't a "big deal", especially when an upset chisel is used on all the dovetails except for the front sight.

After a few dovetails are cut and filed by hand, machinery isn't needed or req'd.....Fred

Hi Fred. I have done a few dove tails by hand (hack saw and files) for under lugs on a Tennessee Mountain rifle in .36 cal. This time my machinist friend talked me into using his shop and I caved as I was already there to clean up the muzzle. :grin: ........Daniel

 

[chawbeef]

Looks good and clean. I recently cut my first dovetail, it was messier. Is that your blood?

Thanks Elkeater, I don't remember if that is my blood :idunno: It wouldn't be the first time I sprung a leak in my shop. :hmm: :grin: ...........Daniel