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lew wetzel

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jaeger update
« on: March 19, 2009, 05:15:10 PM »
sitting around bored today so i thought i would post some pics of where i am at with the jeager....




Offline Stophel

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Re: jaeger update
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2009, 10:42:08 PM »
Wasn't that rod pipe fun to inlet?

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Offline Brian Jordan

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Re: jaeger update
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2009, 05:10:53 AM »
Lookin' good so far, keep them progress pictures coming! :)
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Re: jaeger update
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2009, 05:24:31 AM »
Wasn't that rod pipe fun to inlet?

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Stophel, Those are easy; I burn them in !
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Re: jaeger update
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2009, 06:13:05 AM »
Wasn't that rod pipe fun to inlet?

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They are also easy to inlet if you file the bulbous portions off the half you are going to inlet.  Inlet the smooth half and let the shoulder of the bulbous' portion fit up against the wood vs inlet into the wood.
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lew wetzel

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Re: jaeger update
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2009, 06:19:16 AM »
they werent bad...i did file the bottums alittle these castings had flats on the bottum so i knocked alittle off the edges....first time i have used this style  and i thought they were gonna be a pain but not bad at all....