This week in our readings and we read about making and replacing obsolete gun parts in the FAT 100 course text, and touched on some tips and tricks for drilling and tapping in Gunsmith Kinks. Chapter six in the FAT 100 course text covered making and replacing obsolete gun parts. Chapter six in our course text covered a wide range of operations that are involved in manufacturing firearms parts. I will briefly go over my thoughts on this week’s readings in this short paper.
I haven’t been put in a situation where I would have to think about making or replacing obsolete gun parts. The vast majority of firearms I’ve owned have been manufactured within the last 20 years, so there has been no need for me to fabricate replacement parts for them due to a wealth of parts availability. Although I lack personal experience dealing with the subjects
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I’ve done minimal amounts of metal work in my life, so learning about speed of the milling cutter, the longitudinal feed of the work table and how these things affect our cuts and the product helped me understand what goes into the milling process a lot better. The part of this chapter that covered choice of machine was probably the most helpful for me. It was great to get an idea of what I need to take into consideration when selecting a machine, such as “how many parts are to be milled, the type of work to be milled, the amount of power necessary, and the means of power transmission—by individual, group, or lineshaft drive.” And that “Other concerns are the need to mill plane surfaces, and to do die sinking or gang milling. finally, the decision between automatic or non-automatic hinges on the number of pieces you expect to produce.” Now that I’ve gotten a better idea of where my focus needs to be, hopefully I’ll be able to select a machine a little bit
The fact that it covered the proper approach for maintaining the feeding source is amazing to see. With all the general guidelines out there, I feel this one is almost always overlooked. If you’re firearm(s) is well kept and properly lubricated, why take a shortcut on doing preventative maintenance on those magazines? After all, it consequences could be as innocent as a simple failure to feed, but on the opposite side of the spectrum, this type of negligence could cost the user there life in a combative scenario. The two videos offered some valuable information, so at this point i’m going to
In this short paper I will cover my thoughts on the article provided for this week’s article summary, “All About AR-15 Sights, American Gunsmith August 2015, by Joe Carlos.” While I don’t exactly jump with joy when we get an article about something I’m familiar with already, I try to get a bit of useful information out of it anyway…. Here are my thoughts on this week’s article. I can’t help but love how a lot of these articles start with rants by the author about a hodgepodge of things… Mr. Carlos briefly spoke about how absolutely useless the Clinton Era “Assault Weapons” Ban was… I’d have to say that I completely agree with him and the undertones he shared in regards to some of the purely cosmetic components on weapons that made them “evil black guns” post ban.
For this week of gunstock checkering lab we were assigned an article titled "Recutting and restoring worn or damaged stock checkering". The article is authored by Chick Blood, and originally appeared in the March 2008 issue of American Gunsmith magazine.
John Henry had it all he could sing, whistle, and hammer. John Henry is a courageous person for he battled a steam drill and during fighting this steam drill he died from a broken heart. John Henry is a slave worker who went out to make money for his family. He is the protagonist of this story, also I think he would be a flat character because he only revolves around hammering things. John one day was sitting on his fathers knee and said "this hammer be the death of me". One day Johns family needed money and had only but a dime so John waited till sundown and went to the mine. Well captain went to John Henry and brought him a steam drill. John Henry starts and so does the steam drill, John says "ill die with this hammer in my hand" I think
In this weeks reflection I will be using the AFY100 textbook chapter five, as well as the Practical guide to Bolt action rifle Accurizing and Maintenance pages 1-44 as reference material.
With the strong possibility of a war against the French, the government was looking for a supply of firearms, and fast. I chose to promise the government over 10,000 firearms within two years, trusting myself for success. They agreed to the bid in 1798 and production took off. My idea was to have a milling machine create individual firearm parts which would all come together to form a gun, this process would be much more efficient compared to the old method of crafting guns in their entirety by multiple gunsmith. But with bad luck, the order was delayed due to multiple manufacturing challenges along the way. Sadly, it took over 10 years to finally finish the order of the 10,000 weapons. But the things I learned along the way worked together to develop a successful system for interchangeable parts. Then I received an order for 15,000 more weapons which I was able to finish in two
However, they still required the operator to position the material manually. Automatic machines were designed for use by high-volume producers. ML believed that the increased speed would offset the higher costs for the machines. Two of the automatic machines were pneumatically powered. The primary difference between them was that one machine positioned only one part of the fastener while the other machine positioned both parts of the fastener which increased its speed. The third automatic machine was electrically powered which made it significantly faster than the other two automatic machines, and it could attach multiple fasteners to the same garment.
The video begins with a young guy talking about getting the most out of your gun's trade-in value. There are some methods a person can use in order to obtain a good price. Things like condition, finish, and the overall condition of the internal components. He briefly mentions accessories, but most just tend to care about how many magazines will come with the traded weapon.
The first video shows the presenter secure the stock in a vise. This seems to be the preferred method while performing any task with firearms. It allows the hands to be free, and also secure the work piece. Prior to beginning work on the buttstock, he checks the fit of the curved metal plate to the end of the stock. f course this is not the final it, but it gives a good general idea of just what needs to be done in order to accomplish this task. You must ensure that the stock is knot free, and well rounded prior to
When you use a brad nailer, you are shooting very tiny nail continuously within a confined space. If accuracy is important to you then you should purchase a nail gun with a nose that is small enough for you to be able to fire and be confident that the nail will hit the target point and whose overall design is slim and compact to fit into tight
“Security isn’t so much a problem in the school, but this is another precaution that we can take,” says Pat Gallagher, an American physicist and the eighteenth chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh. The run/fight and lockdown drills would not work in some situations, when gunmen come into the school or try to break in. Woodlynde needs a security guard to protect the children and teachers while they try to run away from school or hide inside the rooms. This is why Woodlynde needs security guards and not just the safety drills inside Woodlynde’s protection routine.
Airgun Products, Inc. (API) is an air gun retailer that mainly sells directly to consumers. We sold our products through our catalog-based phone order sales channel from 1989 to the mid-1990s. In 1995, we decided to take our sales to the internet and created a website. Our product mix included air rifles, pistols, scopes, mounts, pellets, targets, accessories, and other air gun-related items. The air guns we sell either fire steel or lead BB’s or plastic pellets, which we sell both the firearm and ammunition. Although we have a vast range of 47 different suppliers, we like to conduct business with well-known, reputable firearm suppliers such as Beretta, Crosman, Smith & Wesson, and Winchester. We have accomplished to build great relationships with these credible suppliers by making sure to pay our payables on time.
The lathes machines are defined in classrooms but there also somethings which might not be easily found in books and need a further research into them. This report present the definition in a more easy to understand way with some practical and conceptual knowledge which is necessary for a lathe operator safety, accuracy and concepts. There are several daily day problems faced by individuals which seem minor but can be dangerous. In this report not only the problems but their prior solutions also have been given for one’s better knowledge.
Frustration comes when working on a weapon and having a cheap tool fail or worse damage the part. Regardless of the Gunsmith’s experience level a person has, extra care of all items is needed to convey our workmanship. Our workmanship will eventually travel by word of mouth and achieve good or bad results due to the level of quality and effort put into even the smallest part. When inspecting or repairing any firearm, no bench or shop is complete without the vise. The vise is a tool the allows the Gunsmith to use both hands to repair or assemble parts by securing the weapon in padded jaws.
With the modern inclination towards machine tool development, precision and reliability have gradually become more noticeable features. To attain high accuracy and efficiency, it is not enough to design the machine apparatuses from static consideration, that stand short of considering the dynamic unpredictability of the machine tools. If there were any relative vibratory motion existing between the cutting tool and the job, it is apparent that the performance of the machine tool not be adequate. Moreover machine tool vibrations have a harmful