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I make a half octagon cutter for the router and
have my 4' long vice for holding the barrel and
it has a movable straight edge.On a taper i only
would have to move one end to one side them the
other...cutting almost 1/16 deep at a time...
The center line is law.....Wulf...I did show some
pics of that vice holding the stock for a matcher
I was making a while back...
Yes. Exactly...This is a tappered round barrel
and I am using a template instead of a straight
edge.The template system will also work for a
swamped barrel. But that can get more complicated
.....Wulf :hatsoff:
Here is an article from Jack Brooks website on his The classroom page. Scroll down to the article called Inletting a swamped barrel. Jack is a advocate of doing it the old way "by hand" which being a wood worker myself I have to agree with Jack. Check it out! :thumbsup: http://www.jsbrookslongrifles.com/theclassroom.htm
Very good and efficient method.Takes me about 4hrs. to do one.I have a lot of practice though.Most original barrels were done this way. Some makers used a saw to cut the sides.