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Time in the Fab shop
I was able to clean up part of the fab shop today. I am hoping to get the gas forge up and running shortly. Just a couple of pictures of the forge area. The new vent installed and the gas forges in...
View ArticleWorking on the hot forging press
Part of this last weekend was spent working on the hydraulic forging press and the fluting machine for the VG1-5. I started by threading all or at least most of the 3/4 high pressure hydraulic piping...
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Fluting press
In the last post you saw how we are coming along with the hydraulic forging press. Most of the work is now complete on it and I am trying to finish up the fluting press. Axel mad a lock nut for the...
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Fluting press update
I was really hoping to have a video of it working with this post. That being said we are actually very close. All the hydraulic fitting and control circuits are completed. The digital read out in...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving from Gun Lab
Here at gun Lab a terrific day was had. My wife cooked an outstanding meal using her new and almost completed kitchen. There was ham,turkey,stuffing,potatoes,and all the necessary fixings to go with...
View ArticleUpdate on the fluting press
With the last of the fittings here I was able to hook up the hydraulics to the fluting press. I have a short video of it operating. The next step is to finish attaching the dro. then to fluting barrels
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Working on the chamber fluting press
When we last attempted to flute the chamber of the VG1-5 we had some movement in the press itself causing the fluting tool to snap. We have made a number of changes to the fluting press to correct some...
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More on the fluting press
I have added a pressure gauge on the hydraulic system. This will allow two methods to determine if the chambers are being fluted correctly.
View ArticleBarrel Fluting for the VG1-5 barrel
Here is a short video about fluting the VG1-5 barrel. The process of fluting a barrel is dependent on a number of factors. The first is the tool design. So far we have use 4 different types of...
View ArticlePart 2 on the VG1-5 barrel fluting
In the last post I talked about the new fluting tool and press. This post is about the actual process. This is a short video showing the speed and ease of fluting with the new system.
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