Thread: Making a Rolling block rifle on my lathe.

Hi guys, I`ve had this large round lump of 1045 steel and keep stubbing my toes on the dam thing, I`ve been chewing at it like a beaver on and off. As I have the plans for a roller I thought bugger , its going to be the flaming roller action bit, the problem is it`s round and I need too make it square. Have to machine off heaps to get it the shape I want so I can start making the action, well I've plenty of time and gives me something to do. The start.
, It will be square one day.

There is no dignity in haste !

You obviously need a metal shaper for that job

Supercool project. Do you have blueprint plans for this?
Decent lathe you have. Looks like you need a mate with a milling machine

I know want I need but will have wait till I win lotto, and need a bigger shed, in the mean time I`m making heaps of swarf and yes have 14 sheets of plans for this Remington rolling block rifle with grove improvements. That means lever breech opening, set triggers, pistol grip, I sold a guy a 45-70 barrel who had made the action and he said do you want the plans, I thought rolled up printed plans so yer , sent me a P D F file with all the plans. So had them all printed out now have something to do. , as well as making barrels, it`s all go.

I have a solid as Shaper up here that would be a good match for that chunk of solid...

@homebrew.357 good work! I know where you're coming from. I've been turning some 130mm dia EN19T into a De Haas falling block action with my lathe and a small milling attachment.

Do you put an attachment on the toolbed and the cutter in the chuck for millinh

I put 2x tapped holes on my compound slide, and attach my milling slide to this via an angle block. I have an ER40 collet chuck that I use to hold various end mills. Always takes ages to set up!

Obviously beyond my grasp but very interesting

Yes, presuming you don't need to flat the whole round you could part off a piece and flat it as mimms descibed

Originally Posted by stevodog

Obviously beyond my grasp but very interesting

Me too...obviously these guys don't have 4" grinders

Originally Posted by homebrew.357

I know want I need but will have wait till I win lotto, and need a bigger shed, in the mean time I`m making heaps of swarf and yes have 14 sheets of plans for this Remington rolling block rifle with grove improvements. That means lever breech opening, set triggers, pistol grip, I sold a guy a 45-70 barrel who had made the action and he said do you want the plans, I thought rolled up printed plans so yer , sent me a P D F file with all the plans. So had them all printed out now have something to do. , as well as making barrels, it`s all go.

Gidday - are you going to do the Gove lever - I've never seen one in the flesh, any chance you could post up a drawing of the finished result??

I can see that you have already cut two flats out of that round piece . You are halfway there !;-)

I think it was a 'farm engineers' joke bro