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Offline runastav

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Barrel boring/reaming bench
« on: May 18, 2021, 09:10:33 PM »
Hi all! I build my bench years ago from Bookies instruction it is hand driven. But when a old gunsmith buddy show me his vertical barrel boring machine I desired to rebuild my to machine drive and up from lying to standing sorry Bookie ;). The gravety take care of the feeding ;)See the photos.
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Offline rich pierce

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Re: Barrel boring/reaming bench
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2021, 09:27:38 PM »
It sure would be fun to hang out in your shop for a couple weeks!
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Offline Ken G

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Re: Barrel boring/reaming bench
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2021, 01:40:20 AM »
Nice work.  I think Bookie would approve.
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Offline Craig Wilcox

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Re: Barrel boring/reaming bench
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2021, 06:58:33 PM »
Nice bench there, Runar!  You always seem to excel, no difference between a 1773 pistol and a 20th century boring bench.

Whoever got you started in the black powder, firearm building career, did a great job, and you provide many opportunities for the rest of us to learn.

As the man above stated, I wouldn't mind spending a few weeks in your shop.  Maybe I'd learn Norwegian as well; I pick up languages fairly quickly.
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Offline runastav

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Re: Barrel boring/reaming bench
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2021, 11:55:44 AM »
Thank you guys! I have a short video, but cant get it thro here :-\Maby Dennis can fix ;)


Runar
« Last Edit: May 21, 2021, 09:45:09 PM by Dennis Glazener »

Offline yip

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Re: Barrel boring/reaming bench
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2021, 02:55:42 PM »
 RUNASTAV; looks neat !

Offline Daryl

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Re: Barrel boring/reaming bench
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2021, 11:44:35 PM »
Yes - that is pretty cool for sure. I noticed a left hand (counter clockwise) drive.
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Re: Barrel boring/reaming bench
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2021, 09:49:51 AM »
Hi Runar, it looks very effective. The two tubes in the bottom of the picture, is that the "before and after" pictures?
Could please explain how the gravity feed works? What pulls the barrel upwards?

Best regards
Rolf

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Re: Barrel boring/reaming bench
« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2021, 05:53:16 PM »
Nice work.
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