start of the 100.00 pistol

[bowkill]

Well got my barrel and stock in yesterday and i decided i could not go with a straight barrel.so i put it in the lathe and made it about a 2\3 round to octagonal. It should really help with the weight and it is swamped, but in the done picture it is hard to tell. I am not buying nothing else for this gun but a lock and maybe a trigger guard.I will need to draw file the back part to get the scratches out, but i think i am going to just polish it and let it patina over or blue and knock it back with steel wool. But i have a long way to go before i worry about that. the stock is supposed to be a ++p but i dont know? mike miller is sending me a pattern for this gun. very nice of him... i will take better pictures later.

 

[fusil de chase]

I need a lathe so bad it hurts! Beautiful work.

edit, just noticed the mill in the back ground. Green with envy.

 

[bowkill]

I should have said start of the 100.00 pistol with 500.00 in parts...lol

 

[bowkill]

ok here is the deal, this is what i done first at the end of the round part.

so i changed it to this and took a little off the octagon part. I was going to file it anyway.

anybody have any suggestions?

 

[44-henry]

I think your transition from round to octagon is a bit abrupt. I would put a wedding band in there to break it up. These are easy to do if you grind a simple cutter out of a high speed blank and clean up carefully with needle files. Otherwise it looks nice.

 

[bowkill]

i agree it does need a wedding band. you got a picture of what the bit needs to look like. I have a idea but not real sure.

 

[bowkill]

i may go with this?

 

[jsn]

This is a barrel I did for my current project Haha, you are lucky that you have.access to a lathe! I for this with files and lbelt sanders belts of which the sander is long lost.

 

[bowkill]

hey that is super nice, how long did it take?

 

[jsn]

Ahh 2 hours Haha not too bad!

 

[44-henry]

If you just use a standard blank and use a hand grinder to put a half round cutout in it (with plenty of relief and than chamfer the corners for clearance this will do the job. You won't be cutting very fast with it, it actually acts more like a scraper, but it will do a nice job. I have a couple around I will try to get a photograph of them and post when I get a chance.

 

[bowkill]

Well i worked on my stock alitle tonight seems to be going well, hope to get the barrel inlet tomorrow.

am i killing you guys with pictures...lol

 

[hoochiepapa]

No, sir! Keep 'em coming!

 

[MSW]

NICE!

 

[bowkill]

well here comes some screw ups. Was using a round scraper that was not tall enough and was hitting the top of the stock and rolled the corners....great other than that it was going good. Well i may use acuglass on it. a round to square barrel is a pain. do you think the barrel is deep enough?

 

[hoochiepapa]

Personally, I would go deeper. Just a shade past halfway. Lookin' good, though.

 

[Zonie]

I agree.
It should be a little over 1/2 buried in the wood.

Even if it is too deep at this stage, when the stock is being finished having some extra wood to remove is a good thing.

Folks should remember, if it isn't deep enough now, it ain't going to get any deeper as the wood is being removed to get its final shape.

 

[bowkill]

I was out looking at it awhile ago and it defiantly needs to go deeper. thanks guys

 

[Walks with fire]

I think it needs to go just a little deeper as well but I just wanted to say that I think it's looking really good.

 

[MSW]

looking good so far, and i agree that you should go deeper