Thread: Making a Sharps Barrel in my lathe.

Hi, As you can see I have threaded the barrel end ready to fit in the receiver and as I said it will not fit on my face plate, but with right low down cunning, it did!," there`s ways and means". So with the angle plate bolted to the f/plate, and the rec/block clamped to that , it took all day to git it running true to side, face, and hole. Now I can cut the thread and test the barrel for fit, I think and if not will just have to remove the tailstock. Will take it real slow, Cheers, Homebrew.357.
, boring bar to finish size. , It takes low cunning and a lot of junk., And some nuts and bolts.

After some careful but slow thread cutting I finally was able to screw in the barrel with plenty of grease so it would not jam up on me as I wanted a tight thread. It now screws in nicely with a bit of presser and when tightened up there is a .050" gap with the breech block and barrel chamber face, as I left it short for final machining of barrel lip to receiver face and head spacing. Will have to cut away about 70% of the steel block to get it looking like a Sharps receiver , but must, must take it carefully so there`s no stuff ups, measure three times and cut once!, if I cut it off, carn`t put it back. Cheers,Homebrew.357.
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Hi Guys, Back from a few days up north at Kerikeri, saw a weather window so loaded up my small caravan with eggs, bacon, sausages, onions and when I got to the camp site, there`s a home kill butcher across the road, best aged sirloin steaks I`v come across. Great stuff, one needs a break to get healthy , well it was a bit of a walk to the butchers and had to have a few beers when I got back, .
So have just finished cutting the radis at the top of the Sharps receiver after clamping it to my angle bracket on the cross slide and slowly fly cutting out at the top, one more bit done. Homebrew.357.
, Cutting out the radis . , Bit more done.

Originally Posted by homebrew.357

Hi, As you can see I have threaded the barrel end ready to fit in the receiver and as I said it will not fit on my face plate, but with right low down cunning, it did!," there`s ways and means". So with the angle plate bolted to the f/plate, and the rec/block clamped to that , it took all day to git it running true to side, face, and hole. Now I can cut the thread and test the barrel for fit, I think and if not will just have to remove the tailstock. Will take it real slow, Cheers, Homebrew.357.
Attachment 37119, boring bar to finish size. Attachment 37120, It takes low cunning and a lot of junk.Attachment 37121, And some nuts and bolts.

Brilliant HB, "more than one way to skin a cat" springs to mind