Thread: lengths of barrels

Originally Posted by ebf

hacksaw + new blade, take it slow, less heat, look on utube for the larry potterfield / midway vid on re-crowning, you don't need a lathe unless you want a deep crown

piss-easy job to shorten and re-crown

+1

A bit of neat's foot oil on the blade will make it cut faster, cleaner, cooler and extend the life of the blade heaps. Think the engineers on here would be amazed at the cutting I'll get out of one blade.