Yes, it can be done with success.
A friend of mine built himself an ml rifle using an old .22 barrel. He killed many squirrels with it. He used an unpatched ball of shotgun shot. I don't know what size.
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Yes, it can be done with success.
A friend of mine built himself an ml rifle using an old .22 barrel. He killed many squirrels with it. He used an unpatched ball of shotgun shot. I don't know what size.
ohio ramrod said:
Funny that you mentioned that.
I ran several web searches for used metal shop text books with the idea of suggesting that Natureboy922 could buy one cheap.
Apparently, there are no used metal shop textbooks, unless one wants to pay a fortune for a new book aimed at adults.
Trained as I am as a High School Industrial Arts teacher (read "shop teacher") I must report that most schools have totally dropped teaching the students "Shop" classes.
I suppose it is because of the high cost of equipment and the dangers from working around machines.
Anyway, that is why I dug out my old post about tapping holes to offer here.
Yeah I agree books are the best way to learn things. Metal work books would be a good place to start or even better is a copy of GunSmith of Greenville County Best 40 bucks a young man could spend. Covers breeching and everything else a guy needs to know.
Did a quick search on Abe books and there are reams of basic metal work text books out there to be had for 3 or 5 dollars including shipping.
Or start here with online books.
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/browse?type=lcsubc&key=Machine-shop practice&c=x
Problem is a person cannot learn from a screen the way they can from a book. (not my opinion- well studied fact)
If the original poster is 14 and tech savy there are also 100s of torrents for e-books and PDFs of current publications.
Get a book. If shipping from here was not 3 times the cost of buying one state side I'd free up space on my shelves.
Did a quick search on Abe books and there are reams of basic metal work text books out there to be had for 3 or 5 dollars including shipping.
Or start here with online books.
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/browse?type=lcsubc&key=Machine-shop practice&c=x
Problem is a person cannot learn from a screen the way they can from a book. (not my opinion- well studied fact)
If the original poster is 14 and tech savy there are also 100s of torrents for e-books and PDFs of current publications.
Get a book. If shipping from here was not 3 times the cost of buying one state side I'd free up space on my shelves.
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I will agree that books are a good place to pick up things. But nothing pulls it together like a video of the operation AFTER studying the book. It is a shame there are so many poor quality videos on line about these things.
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Sad but so true, that many schools have or are dropping shop classes. In our area the joint vocational school ( now called career center ) still has trade programs but several of the schools where I sub have dropped their shop classes, both wood and metal shop.I am licensed for I.A. , I. T., Tool and Die Making, Precision Machining, as well as Physics, Chemistry, Integrated Science, and Integrated math. But so far this fall they had me teaching art, language arts, special ed,and monitoring study hall.
Art= Metal work! Casting, etching, engraving......
Art=Wood work! Sculpting, carving, printing....
With out the skills of a welder, pipefitter, machinist, millright, carpenter, fitter, etc an artist is just a puddle of failure waiting to give up.
Grew up with a guy who fore went a full scholarship to one of the best schools in NA to pursue his "art" He makes a killing cause he has the base trades skills to make things happen. Detroit can thank him for thier bronze robo cop and a hundred movies and buildings look cool cause he knows how to stick metal/concrete/wood together.
Also know a far less monied painter who manages not to starve simply because he is an excellent joiner, electrician, etc etc. Minute he has to pay for a skilled trade he is hooped. He can offer finished, ready to hang, lit, pieces where the next guy of equal talent can offer some paint on a canvas.
One more example a fellow who we know that moved to Paris (no not in texas) 10 years ago. He took with him his bench top, rebuilt WWII era SouthBend Lathe, a roll away mechanics tools chest and the fittings for a glass work furnace. He is doing very well. He makes art stuff but his success comes from his ability to turn/fabricate the mounting/display hardware. Modern noveau art stuff but it has been selling for big money to the same people who buy Rembrandts
All these guys are working "artists" but thier ability to continue practicing thier art has everything to do with thier command of the trades. Not thier command of color wheels, art history etc.
Do the world a favor and teach those kids how to solder something, how to make something rust, how to split a log with a wedge and sledge, how to change the sound of a two stroke at idle, how to use a lever..................
Art=Wood work! Sculpting, carving, printing....
With out the skills of a welder, pipefitter, machinist, millright, carpenter, fitter, etc an artist is just a puddle of failure waiting to give up.
Grew up with a guy who fore went a full scholarship to one of the best schools in NA to pursue his "art" He makes a killing cause he has the base trades skills to make things happen. Detroit can thank him for thier bronze robo cop and a hundred movies and buildings look cool cause he knows how to stick metal/concrete/wood together.
Also know a far less monied painter who manages not to starve simply because he is an excellent joiner, electrician, etc etc. Minute he has to pay for a skilled trade he is hooped. He can offer finished, ready to hang, lit, pieces where the next guy of equal talent can offer some paint on a canvas.
One more example a fellow who we know that moved to Paris (no not in texas) 10 years ago. He took with him his bench top, rebuilt WWII era SouthBend Lathe, a roll away mechanics tools chest and the fittings for a glass work furnace. He is doing very well. He makes art stuff but his success comes from his ability to turn/fabricate the mounting/display hardware. Modern noveau art stuff but it has been selling for big money to the same people who buy Rembrandts
All these guys are working "artists" but thier ability to continue practicing thier art has everything to do with thier command of the trades. Not thier command of color wheels, art history etc.
Do the world a favor and teach those kids how to solder something, how to make something rust, how to split a log with a wedge and sledge, how to change the sound of a two stroke at idle, how to use a lever..................
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