About homebrew.357

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82
About homebrew.357
Biography:
Retired, Air carft engineer
Location:
Auckland
Interests:
engineering, lathe metal working, hunting
Occupation:
Job was Electroplating, Air NZ

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  1. Cordite
    Cordite liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    All looks good, although the drill was 30" long I could only drill in 22", the oil and chip catcher stops going in farther. The drilled hole was .501" at the start and .4999" at the finished end, a...
    Liked On: 08-03-2018, 08:14 PM
  2. Scooby
    Scooby liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    All looks good, although the drill was 30" long I could only drill in 22", the oil and chip catcher stops going in farther. The drilled hole was .501" at the start and .4999" at the finished end, a...
    Liked On: 08-03-2018, 02:27 PM
  3. xtightg
    xtightg liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    All looks good, although the drill was 30" long I could only drill in 22", the oil and chip catcher stops going in farther. The drilled hole was .501" at the start and .4999" at the finished end, a...
    Liked On: 08-03-2018, 12:28 AM
  4. xtightg
    xtightg liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    Now here`s something you don`t see very often, I had to have a go at rifling a home made barrel on my lathe with my new teko sine bar setup. Ok, yes I had to drill the hole, consider it done, bore...
    Liked On: 08-03-2018, 12:25 AM
  5. xtightg
    xtightg liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    Hi all, Had a rethink on my barrel rifling setup as I could only cut rifle a left hand twist, so using the sine bar method I can now get a twist from 1-18 to 1-70" and right hand!!. I had a meter of...
    Liked On: 08-03-2018, 12:24 AM
  6. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    83051, 83052, Yep, cutter for a .45cal barrel, have a look at my past threads for Hawken plains rifle and the Quigley 1874 Sharps rifle. 83059, Great fun.
    Liked On: 25-02-2018, 12:13 PM
  7. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    Upgrade no 3, yep have rebuild my rifling cutter assembly with a steel sprocket, "13 teeth", and set in bearings for smoother cutting, a steel shaft for the rifling rod to hold the cutter head. At...
    Liked On: 25-02-2018, 12:13 PM
  8. veitnamcam
    veitnamcam liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    Upgrade no 3, yep have rebuild my rifling cutter assembly with a steel sprocket, "13 teeth", and set in bearings for smoother cutting, a steel shaft for the rifling rod to hold the cutter head. At...
    Liked On: 20-02-2018, 07:07 PM
  9. veitnamcam
    veitnamcam liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    Took me a bit to work it out and a few small bearings on the slider got things working, had to make the small sprocket to get the right ratio and now its working a treat. Will have go at doing a few...
    Liked On: 20-02-2018, 07:00 PM
  10. Wirehunt
    Wirehunt liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    Took me a bit to work it out and a few small bearings on the slider got things working, had to make the small sprocket to get the right ratio and now its working a treat. Will have go at doing a few...
    Liked On: 20-02-2018, 04:55 PM
  11. Wirehunt
    Wirehunt liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    Hi all, Had a rethink on my barrel rifling setup as I could only cut rifle a left hand twist, so using the sine bar method I can now get a twist from 1-18 to 1-70" and right hand!!. I had a meter of...
    Liked On: 20-02-2018, 04:55 PM
  12. 308
    308 liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Rifling thinge upgrade.
    Upgrade no 3, yep have rebuild my rifling cutter assembly with a steel sprocket, "13 teeth", and set in bearings for smoother cutting, a steel shaft for the rifling rod to hold the cutter head. At...
    Liked On: 20-02-2018, 05:32 AM
  13. brodster
    brodster liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Hunting on a remote tropical island and live volcano
    Bloody great stuff, but I think you did it the wrong way around, get pig first then up to hot lava, lower pig in, instant roasting!
    Liked On: 05-02-2018, 06:39 PM
  14. tanqueray
    tanqueray liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : 2018 roar
    Hell, looks like a flaming deer farm, I`m from the old school here you tramp in, set up camp for 4/5 days in the bush, this is what going hunting is all about, getting a deer is a bonus. It`s the...
    Liked On: 19-01-2018, 12:11 PM
  15. doinit
    doinit liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Hunter rescued by helicopter after accidentally stabbing himself
    Yep, there comes a time when it`s best to have one, I hire one and it lives in my bum pack, so when you have a hip op, and deaf as a post it`s a no brainer. MY wife wont let me go hunting with out...
    Liked On: 16-01-2018, 09:51 PM
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