Tools of the trade.

[Mericet]

This is all very very cool Mericet.   Congratulations on your grades.  Please keep sharing you projects with us.   I'm learning a lot about the process of becoming a gunsmith and a tiny bit about machining as well.

How good a price did you get on the SPR actions?  You may not want to answer, cause what I'm thinking is some people might want to put an order in now, before you become the next Les Baer.

We got them for $250. 

[Mericet]

Started working on some Colt crane bushing wrenches today. There is still some mill work left on them. Also started some barrel bushings but they are still far from done.

Colt crane bushing wrenches. L-R, for Official Police, Colt Positive and Colt New Service:



Really pleased with the sizing on this one:


 


It is also strange how people we meet sometimes make differences in our lives. I met 2 guys in Charlotte at the NRA show in 2010. One of them is now in class with me, the other just finished his course. I bumped into him at a function on campus today. He mentioned that he has a real nice light colored walnut needed for our 2-piece stock project next semester and that I can have it for a good price.

[Timothy]

Come on man, good to the 100,000th is just bragging dude!

I have no idea what these tools do but I can appreciate close tolerance!

Well done!

[tombogan03884]

I love it when my dimensions are dead on  
Fowler makes good stuff, my Mics are a mix of Fowler and Starrett, my depth mics are Fowler.
(Not digital though, I'm old school.  bought them here and there from old timers. )

[Timothy]

I meant the tools your making, not the tools to inspect/measure BTW.

I have a nice bunch of mics and verniers from my father that are a mix of older Lufkin and Starrett as well.  I've given a few away to people I respected and kept the rest.  None of them are digital though.

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[Mericet]

I meant the tools your making, not the tools to inspect/measure BTW.

I have a nice bunch of mics and verniers from my father that are a mix of older Lufkin and Starrett as well.  I've given a few away to people I respected and kept the rest.  None of them are digital though.

To be honest, I only know they are for Colt revolvers! But then, that is the reason I am in school. I will find out soon enough.

I can almost not use the older non-metric mics, verniers etc. as my background was always in metric stuff. That is why I always buy the digital units.

[MikeBjerum]

I had one semester of metal shop in high school and loved it.  A lot has changed since then, and I still drool when I'm around the tools.  I have a friend and his sons that have a fair amount of equipment and make parts to repair their farm field equipment, and I love to sit at my gunsmith's and watch him work.  You just make me want it all the more!

Great job, and thanks for the updates!

[tombogan03884]

Inch standard here, vernier scale no problem. I can use metric, but start mixing them up and I run into grief 

[Solus]

The nut is indeed brazed in place. The anvils still need to be cut at about a 20 degree angle. The one side of the anvil is threaded and allows the anvils to expand as you tighten the handle.

Ahhhh....I think....   The process would be to put the anvil on the handle, position it so the dent is above it then tighten the handle to expand the anvil and pop out the dent?

[Solus]

M58...  I took one term of Metal Shop when I was in Jr. High.   I know things have changed.  I hear you don't have to keep pumping the bellows anymore?   

Mericet.  I just thiink it is so valuable that you are learning by making the tools you will need for the job.  But I realize you can't make one of everything you will need.   The Crane Bushing Wrenches for Colt aren't likely to work on S&W.   

Will you be able to make those you need for S&W, Ruger and others with the knowledge and experience you have learned?

I guess there would be spec sheets for all of these types of tools and you could do so if you have access to the required machinery?

Also, like Timothy, I only have an idea of what the tools do by their names.  Wouldn't mind a bit if you had time and wished to give us a brief description.

But we can do research on our own.  I found this liink for Colt Crane Bushing Tool - description really makes it use pretty clear if you have ever seen a swing out cylinder revolver.

Fits over ejector rod and down into the cylinder to reach and remove the Crane Bushing from Colt revolvers. Fits Colt Python, Trooper, Officers' Model, Official Police, Marshall, Cobra, Agent, Police Positive, Detective Special and Pocket Positive. Mfg: Brownells SPECS: Steel, hardened and drawn. Body is 1-3/8" (3.5cm) long, .316 in (8.03mm) diameter. Handle is 2" (5.1cm) long.

http://combatrifle.net/bro/shop/P-238863/Brownells_Colt_Crane_Bushing_Tool.html


And Thanks again...you show off