Tools of the trade.

[Mericet]

What are you doing your measuring with ?
Mics or calipers ?
What kind of tolerances ?

Mostly calipers. Mics on some of the round parts. We are working to .001 on most of the dimensions.

Mericet,

Despite the kidding you'll receive here, please do continue to show us your projects.  I, for one, find it fascinating and we'll try to encourage you along with the ribbing.

Did not see it as ribbing, and I intend to try and post all my tool project for this semester (29 required) and then all my firearm projects after that.

Nice work...When do you get to file a hunk of steel into a perfect square?  LOL  Supposedly that was what candidates for some of the old line gunmakers had to do!  I'm almost as dangerous with a file as I am with a Dremel!

Richard

Did have to do that a long time ago. No time for that in this course. There is a lot of required projects to finish and I want to try a few optional ones as well.

[tombogan03884]

Sounds like a really fun course. I look forward to your future posts.

[Mericet]

I am really looking forward to the next two years!

[Mericet]

Some more pictures:

Mauser bolt mandrels. One is slightly longer to act as a heat sink when forging bolts.



Started working on 3 pairs of inletting draw up screws for Mauser, Remington 700 and Winchester 70.

[blackwolfe]

Mericet, Keep up the good work.  Looking forward to your post as you progress.

[Sponsor]

[Mericet]

Busy week but here is what I have achieved this week.

I almost finished the inletting draw up screws. All that is left is for me to drill the holes for the handles and the drill and tap for the set screws that will hold the handles in place. I also made the three handles I will need for the Colt crane bushing wrenches I have to make and the handle for the Clymer reamer extension. While I am fairly happy with the finish and overall quality of the work I am doing, I also know I can still improve on it. I do have some concern that I am taking too long to finish my projects because I am trying to make them as good as I can. On to the pictures:

Inletting draw up screws, a pair each for Mauser, Rem 700 and Win 70




Handles. The larger one is for the Clymer reamer extension:


Finished the week with some range time at the college range shooting my Remington 700 VLS in 308. I realized I need a lot of practice.

[Solus]

All this has really impressed me.

Not just your work, Mericet, but the whole concept of creating what you need from a piece of metal.....like Tom said he so liked to do...before he got into "production work".

We need a machine shop in the corner where we can all come to learn and watch this.  We can call it our "Rehabilitation Thearpy"...only thing is that we'd have to put up a turnstile and take numbers to get into the corner....

[BAC]

I am so jealous that you get to learn this.

[Pathfinder]

All this has really impressed me.

Not just your work, Mericet, but the whole concept of creating what you need from a piece of metal.....like Tom said he so liked to do...before he got into "production work".

We need a machine shop in the corner where we can all come to learn and watch this.  We can call it our "Rehabilitation Thearpy"...only thing is that we'd have to put up a turnstile and take numbers to get into the corner....

I don't know, I really hated "thearpy" last time I was in it! 

I am so jealous that you get to learn this.

Amen to that brother. Wish I had an opportunity to get into this, but the new job is taking all my free time, and the lengthy unemployment took all my money!   

[Solus]

I don't know, I really hated "thearpy" last time I was in it! 


Amen to that brother. Wish I had an opportunity to get into this, but the new job is taking all my free time, and the lengthy unemployment took all my money!   

And this one will be tougher since we will have to leave the refreshments out of the shop.   But look at the bright side.  It will really cut down on our bar bills.....