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We baled some on Thursday morning, started picking them up half 4/5 ish, the lads got very wet getting the last load and a bit in!
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Putting fittings and valves on bits of pipe. They will eventually become the ports/outlets in 2 little product mixing tanks.
I tend to steer away from pipework usually, but always a nice surprise when you take the tape off to see the insides looking like that.
I tend to steer away from pipework usually, but always a nice surprise when you take the tape off to see the insides looking like that.
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I tend to steer away from pipework usually, but always a nice surprise when you take the tape off to see the insides looking like that.
I did my first "proper" pipe job the other day and I was really pleased the way it turned out. (surprised too). I have always body swerved pipes but it has given me a bit of confidence, not that I am going to rush out and start tigging up any stainless any time soon!
Anyhow, my efforts today. Now that the reamer has arrived I can get on and finish a job off. This is how I centre the job in the four jaw. Now I have seen all sorts of setups and know at least one barrel builder who uses a "cat" type chuck. That is, a biggish bit of pipe with rows of screws down it so you put the barrel in then spend the rest of the day getting it set up, this is my method. Any gun barrel will not have the bore exactly concentric to the outside so you need a means of setting the bore of the barrel up and I have a set of rods that go from .22 up to .45inch. The ends of the rods are ground and a tight tolerance bushing is fitted, held on with a miniature circlip so you can find a bush that is a tight fit down the bore. one end is held in the tailstock chuck and the other end goes into the bore, I start near the end and then do it again with the rod about 2 to 3 inches down the bore. I set a clock or two up (tenths) and then the fun begins. I have rushed this once and scrapped a £350 blank so I just don't and I take my time, if I run out of time, I leave it and come back to it. I also get extremely short with people on the phione when I am doing this, getting it roughly there:
Now getting serious about it:
This can be a slow torture but once set up I can get on and start chambering, PLENTY of Rocol:
The trick here is lots of patience, small cuts, out, clean, start again, rinse, repeat, then you end up with something like this:
I am not 100% happy with the headspace so I may adjust it after triple checking it tomorrow.
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JMS1972
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Nice work, are the radial slots to engage the bolt?
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Yes, it is an AR 15 in 6mm ARC and as you can see, radial bolt head, we can only have them in a "straight pull" format as civilians (no semi auto other than .22 rimfire) and this bolt format works really well in that configuration.
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Thanks gunsmithing always seems like a dark art
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Wall to wall grey here, with wind and rain 
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They're not very good walls if they're letting the wind in, are they?Wall to wall grey here, with wind and rain
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They're not very good walls if they're letting the wind in, are they?
Mostly solid, so little opportunity for insulation
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Not so much made more “repurposed”my first auto helmet a Jackson.
Been doing a lot of work on my back/ under vehicles recently so needed a cutting grinding only mask.
8mm thick Perspex clipped straight in.
No more sparks in my face.
Been doing a lot of work on my back/ under vehicles recently so needed a cutting grinding only mask.
8mm thick Perspex clipped straight in.
No more sparks in my face.
Tangledfeet
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Well, I may have made some skidmarks in my pants if not the road..! New car's brakes work very well, as does Shell Grip road surfacing - only laid down a few months ago!
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No volume? that is a shame
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No volume? that is a shame
Nothing interesting apart from a relieved four-letter swear word when I came to a rest; was listening to an audiobook!
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Oh well, no wet squelchy sounds then, that is good, at least for the washing machine.
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We used to get this all the time with our timber lorries down country lanes,you were only doing 50 ish mph and had time to stop, we would often be shunting into a really tight gate way and despite signage have deathwish car drivers coming at us at 70+mph.
Bob
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We used to get this all the time with our timber lorries down country lanes,you were only doing 50 ish mph and had time to stop, we would often be shunting into a really tight gate way and despite signage have deathwish car drivers coming at us at 70+mph.
Bob
Yeah, I get that. I was doing just under 60mph but will be sure to ease off on that wee section; most often its folk pulling out from the turn on the left, right on the corner, that's the issue.
nice bracket though . 