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Current gun build
Alphawolf45:
Stew
I appreciate your interest and I will gladly tell you what I do..You keep in mind I am an amateur and not even top of that heap...I only need to blue two or three projects a year so I cant setup a professional blueing shop..So I use Pilkingtons Classic American Rust Blueing and approximately follow the directions..Not even that......
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http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=9815&title=PILKINGTON%20CLASSIC%20AMERICAN%20RUST%20BLUE
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I polish the part to 320 grit .Degrease completely. Slather on the rust blue and set it aside to rust overnight..Next day boil it for 10 minutes.Take it out and rub down with fine steel wool..Recoat with rust blue and set it aside to rust overnight...Repeat until the color suits you......Thats how I do it ...See picture of my barrel boiling tank on top my propane fueled metals melting furnace that I use when casting aluminum and bronze...The tank is length of square steel tube I welded covers on each end and torched out opening in the 'top'.....Crude setup but works for me and Safer than spilling stuff in wifes kitchen..Hehhehhehhe :lol:
sbwhart:
Hi Thanks for the information it all seams straight forward. :thumbup:
Cheers :wave:
Stew
Alphawolf45:
Heres the revolver project I started last week..It will be .38 special ..I like these early pictures that look rough and ugly and probably has the average viewer thinking it cant possibly turn out to look good and function correctly..So far she is going good and nothing done so poorly to give me reason to think it wont please me when I am all finished...Note the barrel is just laying there in the picture..Also note I sandcast the brass grip frame...Give me a couple more weeks and I may be looking for a holster :clap:
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I dont have a real Colt single action army to copy and dont have schematics to work from..What I have is pictures off the internet of some real purty guns..and I have a percussion cap revolver that is lending some dimensions..From there I am winging it.......Really I am having way too much fun..Hehhehhheh
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Bernd:
Very nice there Alpha.
This will be interesting to see how a gun evolves. Looks like there's going to be a lot of hand work ahead of you.
Bernd
Alphawolf45:
--- Quote from: Bernd on January 31, 2009, 07:31:50 PM ---Very nice there Alpha.
This will be interesting to see how a gun evolves. Looks like there's going to be a lot of hand work ahead of you.
Bernd
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You like this sort of thing Bernd? Good that I got something to contribute.
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Yes plenty of hand work but also lot of use of manual lathes , mills , grinders ,and heat treating furnace...Maybe I will set it back on the cnc mill for finish contouring the recoil shield...But.........explaining why this is a good project is because I get to play with most all my toys , even the Rockwell Hardness tester and my metalscasting setup got some use......and I seeing I could really be using a sinker EDM about now so this gives me excuse to hunt ebay for another machine... :clap:.
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What you may not realize casually looking at that picture that I put up.. I am machining the reciever in block form leaving final contours till last for very practical reasons..This way I keep my square reference surfaces and flat sides to make precision setups easier..Getting things lined up properly is higher priority than purty contours at this stage.
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Few hobby gunsmiths ever finish a revolver built from barstock.. It is tricky work .. I am cheating by using storebought mainspring, trigger return spring, hand and cylinder bolt....I might still boogeritup 'fore its all over.. Risk and uncertainty is part of the fun.......Aint like this is serious work, this is just for grins and giggles...... :)....
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