Reply With QuoteCool... It looked like the same step was going on over and over there for a minute or so of the vid...
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
Cool... It looked like the same step was going on over and over there for a minute or so of the vid...
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
You people with your machine shops and skills .....;-{)
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
Awesome...
Exactly what I'd love to be able to do one day. Awesome.
Are you saying the chicken bones will get me through all by themselves, because I got chicken bones!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
Some would have you believe the chicken bones are a requirement, but heck, if you got them, might as well use them
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?
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.
MDM,
Did you even know that you're my hero?
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?
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...nuc-6t-290742/
Looks like a good to avoid after reading all that. Such a shame too with the low hours.Originally Posted by MDM
I'd have to agree.
Ya gotta have chicken feets too!
Amazing what you can do with the right tools and some smarts!
"An armed society is a polite society"
"...shall not be infringed" What's the confusion?
That was a wicked cool video! I do wood though, not metal. Fascinating to watch.
That was pretty **** cool! Thanks for sharing
+1
Well done sir, very much enjoyed the video, thank you!
Rough out the chamber with a drill bit. Take a skim cut with a boring bar to make sure it's concentric. Finish with the reamer. It will be much faster and your reamer will last longer.
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