Thread: Making a Rolling block rifle on my lathe.

Originally Posted by homebrew.357

OK, so having milled out all the centre it needs to be square in the round corners, this was achieved by using a T/C tipped cutter from a saw blade first and then a small HSS square one to finish. Mounted in the four jaw chuck and set at the right height the lathe saddle is moved back and forward like a shaper, with small infeed on cross slide got the job done.
Attachment 145656, T/C tipped blade cutter first.
Attachment 145657
Attachment 145658, square one to finish.
Attachment 145659

So how are you getting the square vertical edge at the far away side from this angle? Do you flip the whole action vertical and slot drill across the lower edge? Or shim action up and down with current setup?