The Home Machinist!

The wood is walnut, the bore is 4", we shoot a 16# shotput. here is a pic. of the first one built. mine is a little diff. because what we found out when we shot the first one in compition at Casper two years ago. here is a pic of the 94 i'm working on it is a rifle,not a carbine. Gerald Corey h...

the wood is walnut from Yuba City CA. I have just enough wood left over to make a butt & fore arm for my 1894 Win, I'm working on also!
Gerald Corey

here is some pics. that I took today, They show the trunion caps epoxed bedded, the elevation wheel installed. The frame is glued together and rough sanded, I mounted the barrel to put presure on the caps while the epoxe hardens up, the angle gauge is for size compairson, the frame is 15" x 32&...

I'm back ! The weather has finale warmed up and I was able to go back to work on the mortor. (bad not to have heat in the garge) I was able to do the final machining on the trunion caps, and start doing the inlaying of the caps to just below flush of the side rails, this is done to give me room to f...

the scaled cannons I know of and help man are no toy, they shoot out to 1000 yds with no problem, The freind of mine that makes them lives a few miles from me, He still shoots the first one he made 40 years ago! They are made from thick wall tubing then he rifles it then he starts to sleeve it up to...

I think so, The rigid is the clear one, it's for stainless and steel. I put a couple of magnets on the drain tray to help remove the fine chips. The oil gravity flows back to my tank that's below the lathe.
Gerald C

I have a power lube system that I made that works very well, I use a gas fuel injection pump a modifided reg. a ph 8 fram oil filter, for oil I use ridgedthread oil and auto trans oil mixed 50-50, been doining this for three years, I run at 200 rpm and the reamer just flies thru the metal! the finis...

check out 6mmbr.com a person called dans40x will tig one for you for $40.00. very well done and quick turn around, heat is a major problem.
look under gunsmithing.(bolt handels)

Gerald

I have been using Kroil form some years on gun cleaning, if you check on benchrest central it is use by most benchres shooters, it cleans and protects the metal from rust. I use it on my lathe & mill to keep rust off it is so thin it goes into the pores of the metal, check their web site out. Ge...

I used a diamond blade ( cement blade) in skil saw and water. did an airboat graphit & fiberglass, made the plug, mould and part. one blade last foever.

Gerald

Harold, sorry I didn't answer your question. The metal must be clean and then you heat it up to 275 deg. and wipe it on, on this last barrel had to do it three time to get it to look good. Then you let it cool down and wash with water & 0000 steelwool. day and oil with light oil to set it. The m...

Harold, I used beachwood casey PLUM BROWN bought it by the quart, right from them via internet.


Gerald