Time lapse 223 Remage build

[MDM]

I found a cheap 223 adl at wally world for $377. -$35 rem rebate and I got it for $365 out the door. Stripped it down and sold it off except for the action. Had a 7 twist 1.060" diameter Green Mountain barrel I had chambered in 22-250, listed it for sale here and no one wanted it, so I wacked it down to 17" and chambered it in .223. Should be a fun little rifle. Dropped it in in a LSS chassis I had won over the summer, still need a buttstock.

http://youtu.be/EcRdaN0m4bU

[cowtownup]

Cool... It looked like the same step was going on over and over there for a minute or so of the vid...

[MDM]

Yes. Ream .040, clear the chips, wash rinse and repeat to final depth. Its a slow process without a power flush system, but I'm not in business, so fortunately time does not=money. Lol

[olddav]

You people with your machine shops and skills .....;-{)

[MDM]

Ha. My basement is my shop. I bought my old lathe a little over a year ago with no machine experience at all. Didn't have a clue what all the little levers and dials did. Was chambering up my own rifles a few months later, and I do pretty well with them. No voodoo and chicken bones required. Lol

[cowtownup]

Awesome...

[upSLIDEdown]

Exactly what I'd love to be able to do one day. Awesome.

[olddav]

Ha. My basement is my shop. I bought my old lathe a little over a year ago with no machine experience at all. Didn't have a clue what all the little levers and dials did. Was chambering up my own rifles a few months later, and I do pretty well with them. No voodoo and chicken bones required. Lol

Are you saying the chicken bones will get me through all by themselves, because I got chicken bones!

[MDM]

Some would have you believe the chicken bones are a requirement, but heck, if you got them, might as well use them ;)

[archerben]

That's awsome! Oh, how I want a lathe. Curiosity question...what does it cost to get into a decent used lathe capable of doing barrels?

[MDM]

Search Craigslist. You can probably find a good old SouthBend Heavy 10 for anywhere from $1000-$2000. Mine was made in 1943 and still holds very tight tolerances. I paid $1350 for mine. It came with quite a bit of tooling. Even some tooling that was for a different lathe, and after I sold the stuff off I couldnt' use, I had $350 in it. Then I had to slowly procure some specific tooling for barrel work. That ran about $2000 give or take. Ive had it for about 1.5 years and its paid for itself 3x over now. I know I couldn't be without one now.

[FiveInADime]

MDM,

Did you even know that you're my hero?

[dubnali]

This thread had me browsing CL. I found, locally, a 1983 Pratt & Whitney Turnmate with Fanuc 6T controls for $1500. Only problem is the spindle won't start, but no codes or error messages present. Would it be worth looking into?

[MDM]

Sounds like this exact machine and the guy couldn't get it figured out with some great help from the Practical Machinist crowd...

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/cnc-machining/needing-help-pratt-whitney-turnmate-fanuc-6t-290742/

[dubnali]

Sounds like this exact machine and the guy couldn't get it figured out with some great help from the Practical Machinist crowd...

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/cnc-machining/needing-help-pratt-whitney-turnmate-fanuc-6t-290742/
Looks like a good to avoid after reading all that. Such a shame too with the low hours.

[MDM]

I'd have to agree.

[GaCop]

Are you saying the chicken bones will get me through all by themselves, because I got chicken bones! Ya gotta have chicken feets too!

[243LPR]

Amazing what you can do with the right tools and some smarts!

[curlymaple42]

That was a wicked cool video! I do wood though, not metal. Fascinating to watch.

[03mossy]

That was pretty **** cool! Thanks for sharing