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General discussion => Shop Made Tools => Topic started by: BennyR on January 23, 2011, 10:58:58 PM
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This is my 1st posting in a while. After recovering from 3 separate Hurricanes here on the Texas Gulf coast, it is time for Hobbies once again. I have had to re-register, because I couldn't find my previous user name.
I have purchased Bookies book and video on the rifling bench, and over the last couple of days cut out all of the major pieces, and turned the worm/cylinder. I still have to cut the grooves. It's going to be a fun project.
What I need now is direction to a place to find plans, or good pictures for a boring/reaming bench. I searched this site, but nothing turned up. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Benny
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A finish reaming bench is easy. Have a friend that made one it cost him as I remember a whole whopping $9.00 plus his scrap bin. Basically his is a bench that has a home made double pillow block with a piece of pipe running through it. A crank fasten to the end of the pipe. away to fasten a lead rod to the crank End of the pipe may have a plug welded in the end. Using a taper pin to hole it on the crank rod. From there a armor's reamer mounted to a rod. As I remember reamer is lees than 1/2 of bore size. he uses a wood backer rod against the reamer aluminum foil for shim. The cheap stuff. From there a cradle to hold the barrel. On the end of the cradle just a eye bolt on the other end of the bench a arm with a simple pulley and a coffee can of lead. You run a cable from the cradle over the arm pulley. He might have 5 to 8 lb of lead in the can. E-mail me if you want to talk it through more. so that we could trade phone #
ps rough reaming he does on his lathe. gun drilling is a art into it self look for information on Webb gun drilling I think I know his name is Webb His two video put me to sleep in 15 Min's
David
David
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Hi David...
Thanks for the response. I have a house full of overnight company tonight, so I will have to get back to you tomorrow. If you want to send me your telephone number by email, and a time that is good for you to get a call, I'll get back to you tomorrow afternoon or evening which ever is best for you...
Thanks again,
Benny
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drop you a e-mail I am home tonight.
David
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Howdy Benny ... Fellow Texan here (Houston area) working on the same thing. :)
Contact Mr. Steve Bookout here on this site. He's one of the resident geniuses here on this subject and he's just completed a new reaming/boring bench for his Toadhall Rifle Shop. I think he had a DVD of such plans available. It is featured on his new website.
Here is the link to his website: www.toadhallrifleshop.com