Thread: Making a Sharps Barrel in my lathe.

Hi again, as you proberley relies I have already made theres parts I`m showing you, I got a bit ahead. So had to make the tumbler assy with fly, it`s very much the same as my Hawken lock, but bigger. Set up round 4140 stock in lathe off centre, for the hammer shaft and machined tumbler body round, then using saddle as a shaper cut out sear and half cock notches, turned hammer and bridle shafts and then cut it of the stock, reset up to cut square for hammer. When all was polished up hardned and tempred , done!, Homebrew.357.
,Turning to shape. ,coming on. ,bit more work. , cutting the sear.