Thread: lengths of barrels

Can you use a grinder with cutting disc to cut a barrle or a hack saw? I just learnt my mates got a lathe so I can clean the end up on that. Probably be a while before I do anything so I still have time to research it up a bit better make sure I have good idea of what im doing.

Originally Posted by Toby

Can you use a grinder with cutting disc to cut a barrle or a hack saw? I just learnt my mates got a lathe so I can clean the end up on that. Probably be a while before I do anything so I still have time to research it up a bit better make sure I have good idea of what im doing.

Testing at the range

oh and is it ok to clean up the cut on a lathe? or am I better to file it down?

Christ pay someone the $40 to do it

Originally Posted by gimp

Christ pay someone the $40 to do it

+1
Ask your gunsmith if you can watch him cut it etc?

Paying someone to do it isnt learning how to do it myself

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

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.

Thanks. Ive seen some of his vids I will look for a cutting one.

Im larry potterfield fom midway usa, and thats the way it is. Goes somehing like that haha.

From crc in a green can? At school on the power axe not sure if its its name but its what we call it we use coolent water mix.

Nah I prefer to do it my self.

Cool. Keep us informed with pics etc.

Will do. It will be a while from now though.

Toby, pretty much any oil will help when cutting with a hacksaw (or drilling into metal). Engine oil, 3-in-1, whatever.

The less viscous, the better, but no need to go overboard.

You can even use plain water if you have nothing else.

Originally Posted by ebf

Toby, pretty much any oil will help when cutting with a hacksaw (or drilling into metal). Engine oil, 3-in-1, whatever.

The less viscous, the better, but no need to go overboard.

You can even use plain water if you have nothing else.

If I don't have it I can get it very easily.