Off & crawling on my first build

[boondocker]

Meteor

If that is a thru hole you do not have much tap left. I am a mechanic by trade and I would set it on a flat surface with a small gap and punch it to pieces(safety glasses). If its a blind hole a machine or welding shop would probably charge a small fee to finish removing it and possibly tig the hole shut and start again. It doesnt hurt to ask. Boon :thumbsup:

 

[R.M.]

Yup, that's what I'd suggest. Take and punch that tap out and TIG it up. Make sure you have all the tap remnants out or the welder won't be able to do a decent job.

 

[chuck-ia]

I ran into the same thing, only the bolster hole a couple months ago. I ended up pounding the tap out, and retapping, came out just fine. flinch

 

[mikemeteor]

I sucked it up and pounded the thing out with a nail set that covered the entire nose of the broken tap.
Think I had been a little too "reserved" in my earlier efforts.
Anyway, it broke out and best part was a tapered 8-32 tap still grabbed in the hole and looks like I'm past that goof.

Made a trigger plate, layed out the plate, the trigger (single, simple), the trigger guard, and the tang bolt on the stock.
Ready to start inletting the plate.

I plan to pin my trigger in the stock - no pivot ears on my homemade trigger plate.
I know the pin hole, or pivot point, in the trigger is supposed to be about 5/16" - 3/8" away from sear bar.
I'm guessing the pin will go thru the little platform of high wood just below the sear bar.

seems like I oughta keep the pivot hole in the trigger to a pretty close tolerance to the 1/16" pin to avoid a sloppy trigger.
Of course binding would be bad too.
Any rules of thumb on this pinning process?

Sorry to be asking so many questions, but I guess I'd rather ask now how to do something right rather than ask later how to correct a mistake.

 

[paulvallandigham]

Choose a drill bit as close to actual pin diameter as you can find. If you have a drill PRESS, do the drilling on it, rather than using a hand drill. You are less likely to drill a crooked hole if you use a PRESS. If using a large diameter pin, use a smaller guide drill hole to locate the pin first, and then use the larger drill bit for the final sizing for the pin. :thumbsup:

 

[bioprof]

Congratulatons on getting past your little miscue. :thumbsup:

 

[oldarmy]

You might start a new thread.
Think you are in your 2nd phase of this project :thumbsup:
I have never actually installed a pinned trigger, :redface: all of mine have been set or the ones with the ears.
Know there are allot of builders on the forum that have and love the pined triggers.
They can give you great advise.