Thread: Making a Sharps Barrel in my lathe.

@homebrew -mate with your talents you could machine yourself a new hipjoint after the sharps is finished.imagine rollin up to the surgeon with it -'righto doc -ive milled it when can ya fit the bloody thing"-jeez man the six milliondollar man would be green with envy!

Hi Kotuku, When I went in to have my first hip joint removed, I said "What do you do with the old one " , yer, I`v got it in my draw , thinking how can I use it in the Sharps build. Make a great knob for my Hawken ram rod . Anyway, I`m drilling a hole in a steel shaft at the moment, blank barrel for a customer's muzzle loader, my fame is getting out there. , Cheers, Homebrew.357.

you are on it my man -imagine what you could do with a politicians ballsack!

Originally Posted by kotuku

you are on it my man -imagine what you could do with a politicians ballsack!

Bugger all, cause theyd be to small on most of them, apart from helens.....

I don`t think it goes for our Auckland stallion, hear he has spent $20.000 of tax payers money on a new bedroom in his council offices, he would be wise to keep away from our cannon shoots, the boys are always looking out for large balls to shoot. Homebrew.357.

Originally Posted by homebrew.357

I don`t think it goes for our Auckland stallion, hear he has spent $20.000 of tax payers money on a new bedroom in his council offices, he would be wise to keep away from our cannon shoots, the boys are always looking out for large balls to shoot. Homebrew.357.

judgin by the way things are goin -youd put him down the barrelballs&all wouldnt you .
when thats done hang about cause weve got him with mammaries here in shakeytown who could happily follow him from my POV!face like a narwhals minge!
ya could at a pinch use her acolytes as assorted pullthroughs!

Hi Kotuku, Bet there are a few narwhals faces in the windy city, those mainland boys just upped there kilts and got stuck in and I bet they put those beer handles to good use. . Now the front of the receiver is milled in a bit on both sides, so clamped onto my angle bracket to get the job done with milling cutter in four jaw chuck. The mill has rounded edges , so no sharp corners that can cause stress cracks, it`s getting there, Homebrew.357.
, Clamped on to mill the first side. , The other side. , You can never have enough clamps. , Milled both sides, job done.

mate,youre a bloody gem ,ya bloods worth bottlin!

Hi Kotuku, No I`m doing it the other way around, what I`v bottled is going into my blood. Now have also ground a radis on the front of the receiver and milled out a large flat on the left side to bring it to the right size as the block is a bit larger than required, did this with a t/c fly cutter off centre so all was cut out in one go. Homebrew.357.
pic 166, Radis on face. pic`s 167, 168, milling out large flat. pic 170, job done.
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Hi, The receiver is a bit over weight with a goodly lot that has to come off, so sent it to boot camp for a work out to lose a bit, but they grabbed me as well so I had a good work out as well. Good to have there`s fitness classes in winter, gives me something to do. Homebrew.357.
, top view. , Slimed down. , Cutting out some of the flab. , A lean mean machine.

And to those who think I have a electric band saw, , NO I don`t, I just put a hack saw blade into my bush camping saw and I`m the champion arm wrestler in the retired men's club. . Homebrew.357., ,

That's keen!

The under lever fits in a slot under the receiver , so set up and with a off centred mill and cut out to full depth. At the top of this slot a tee cut is milled for the lever spring , I made up a cutter from an old milling bit and used the fore jaw chuck to adjust the in feed. Also drilled the hole for the lever pin. With a bit of cleaning up and fine sanding will see if the breech block and under lever fit and work ok. ,Homebrew.357., Milling lever slot. , Bit more to go. , Tee slot for spring at top.

Hi guys, Finally a break through in this build, yes, the breech block and lever are the sweetest fitting things I have made , move snug and firm. Hay, this gun may really get to work, I know I had a hand with the receiver hole , but when it works like this, wow, . Homebrew.357. , Breech block, lever sweet as. , Lever down, breech open. , Front view.

A bit more work on the receiver, milled to final size the back sloping bit under the tang, a bit of a mission, had to use a long I" boring bar, but with small cuts and going nice and slowly I got there. And have also milled the small slot for the b/block lever retaining pin. So with that lot done I set up to cut out the top U shaped bit that lets the cartridge slide into the chamber, milled out with a small mill first and then finish to shape with a rounded bull nose mill, it`s coming on., Hombrew.357. , Milling with long fly cutter. , It`s doing the job.. , milling out cartridge slot.