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General discussion => Shop Made Tools => Topic started by: WKevinD on April 19, 2024, 09:33:38 PM
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I have a drilling jig made by a member here and he is no longer making them (picture #1) and a friend wanted one like it so I finally figured out how to make one for him (picture #2&3) Works great for tang and lock bolt holes.
6/26/24 I have added a 1/16" adapter to this since I first published this. I'm selling these with bits included.
Kevin
Picture #1
(https://i.ibb.co/KhKqyV2/Jig.jpg) (https://ibb.co/3dRNhSp)
Picture #2
(https://i.ibb.co/YNnmz0n/Jig2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/S6YbhfY)
Picture #3
(https://i.ibb.co/6RBMVMW/Jig1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/VWm1r1q)
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Very nice work!
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I will have a couple of these at Ft Fredrick.
Kevin
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Well, in regards to Photo #2 & 3 - I introduced my "C-Straight Drilling Jig" back in the early-mid '90's and sold them through the Classified Section in "Muzzle Blasts" Magazine for a while. I got the Idea, as many folk have, from Buchele's "Recreating the American Longrifle", but found a simpler way by using inexpensive Harbor Freight Edging Clamps. Back then, the clamps could be had on sale for a few dollars. I sourced out drill guide bushings from a supplier that was down the street from my Lighting Business, and one of the swivel clamp's threaded rod served as the locating/centering pin. I din't have a lathe, so I hadda turn the rod's point by hand on a bench grinder with a jig. Crude, but it worked well enough.
No doubt others came up with similar jigs before and after, but I never saw one Advertised until mine was available for a while, then Mountain State Muzzleloading made a more versatile version (offered with more bushings) in the late '90s, and others followed, as well as many shop-made tools.
(https://i.ibb.co/gyK4hGY/C-Straight-Jig.jpg) (https://ibb.co/K6vKSYn)
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Very nice!
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I’ve got to get one of those. Much easier than a drill press and point.
Lynn