J.Baker
03-16-2014, 09:37 PM
Stopped out to Fred's last week and he showed me a new fluting pattern he will be using on all bolts from this point forward. According to Fred, while doing the last run of bolt fluting he ran into a problem with the availability of tooling to produce the "fishnet" pattern, and had to find a viable alternative. This is what he calls "dragon scales".
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/sharp-shooter/newflutes_zpsac869631.jpg (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/sharp-shooter/media/newflutes_zpsac869631.jpg.html)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/sharp-shooter/dragonscales_zps085862e6.jpg (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/sharp-shooter/media/dragonscales_zps085862e6.jpg.html)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/sharp-shooter/rubyscales_zps3ae87ab6.jpg (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/sharp-shooter/media/rubyscales_zps3ae87ab6.jpg.html)
This pattern replaces the old fishnet pattern as the old-style cutters to properly cut that pattern have been discontinued by the manufacturer.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/sharp-shooter/newflutes_zpsac869631.jpg (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/sharp-shooter/media/newflutes_zpsac869631.jpg.html)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/sharp-shooter/dragonscales_zps085862e6.jpg (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/sharp-shooter/media/dragonscales_zps085862e6.jpg.html)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/sharp-shooter/rubyscales_zps3ae87ab6.jpg (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/sharp-shooter/media/rubyscales_zps3ae87ab6.jpg.html)
This pattern replaces the old fishnet pattern as the old-style cutters to properly cut that pattern have been discontinued by the manufacturer.