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Post by fortyshooter » Wed Jan 29, 2020 7:55 pm

A little radiusing and polish on hammer helps the bolt slide by!
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Post by BrokenolMarine » Wed Jan 29, 2020 8:57 pm

I work with wood, very little with metals. I admire those that "really" work it.
Nice job.
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Post by fortyshooter » Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:37 pm

BrokenolMarine wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 8:57 pm
I work with wood, very little with metals. I admire those that "really" work it.
Nice job.
And same to the wood craftsmen!!
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Post by GunnyGene » Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:47 pm

fortyshooter wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:37 pm
BrokenolMarine wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 8:57 pm
I work with wood, very little with metals. I admire those that "really" work it.
Nice job.
And same to the wood craftsmen!!
Not that long ago, woodworkers were also metal workers by necessity. They had to make many of their own tools, such as chisels and gouges, planes, saws, specialized knives, scrapers, even files and rasps. Eventually most of the metal work was split off into specialties, although there are still quite a few craftsmen that do it all, at least for handtools.
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Re: Lever a bit sticky on my BB 357 ...UPDATE

Post by BrokenolMarine » Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:55 pm

GunnyGene wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:47 pm
fortyshooter wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:37 pm
BrokenolMarine wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 8:57 pm
I work with wood, very little with metals. I admire those that "really" work it.
Nice job.
And same to the wood craftsmen!!
Not that long ago, woodworkers were also metal workers by necessity. They had to make many of their own tools, such as chisels and gouges, planes, saws, specialized knives, scrapers, even files and rasps. Eventually most of the metal work was split off into specialties, although there are still quite a few craftsmen that do it all, at least for handtools.
I do a little of that, but I really admire those who can turn a block of metal into something, or bang the blanks into knives.
A friend and mentor passed recently, who was an accomplished gunsmith, competitive shooter and recognized Officer. Cancer took him way too young.
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Re: Lever a bit sticky on my BB 357 ...UPDATE

Post by BrokenolMarine » Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:55 pm

BrokenolMarine wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:55 pm
GunnyGene wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:47 pm
fortyshooter wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:37 pm


And same to the wood craftsmen!!
Not that long ago, woodworkers were also metal workers by necessity. They had to make many of their own tools, such as chisels and gouges, planes, saws, specialized knives, scrapers, even files and rasps. Eventually most of the metal work was split off into specialties, although there are still quite a few craftsmen that do it all, at least for handtools.
I do a little of that, but I really admire those who can turn a block of metal into something, or bang the blanks into knives.
A friend and mentor passed recently, who was an accomplished gunsmith, competitive shooter and decorated Former Officer. Cancer took him way too young.
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Re: Lever a bit sticky on my BB 357 ...UPDATE

Post by fortyshooter » Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:56 pm

In the days before CNC machining got cranked up...in Die and plastic injection mold making many times we would have to make up custom shaped cutters with various angles blending into a radius. That was somewhat of an art itself doing some setups by hand or in special cutter grinders.

Now the engineer/dreamer just punches it all into the computer and the 3D printer goes to work! Not many of us old time Toolmakers around.
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Post by markiver54 » Wed Jan 29, 2020 10:10 pm

Old time tool makers are of a generation of those with practical mechanical abilities. They could understand and adapt to whatever the task at hand was...and still is. I think they will live on; at least through the end of our lives.
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Re: Lever a bit sticky on my BB 357 ...UPDATE

Post by Vaquero » Wed Jan 29, 2020 10:15 pm

BrokenolMarine wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:55 pm
GunnyGene wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:47 pm
fortyshooter wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:37 pm


And same to the wood craftsmen!!
Not that long ago, woodworkers were also metal workers by necessity. They had to make many of their own tools, such as chisels and gouges, planes, saws, specialized knives, scrapers, even files and rasps. Eventually most of the metal work was split off into specialties, although there are still quite a few craftsmen that do it all, at least for handtools.
I do a little of that, but I really admire those who can turn a block of metal into something, or bang the blanks into knives.
A friend and mentor passed recently, who was an accomplished gunsmith, competitive shooter and recognized Officer. Cancer took him way too young.
My condolences to you on the lost friend/mentor.
We are losing a lot of the true craftsmen.

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Re: Lever a bit sticky on my BB 357 ...UPDATE

Post by fortyshooter » Wed Jan 29, 2020 10:48 pm

markiver54 wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 10:10 pm
Old time tool makers are of a generation of those with practical mechanical abilities. They could understand and adapt to whatever the task at hand was...and still is. I think they will live on; at least through the end of our lives.
They don't call me markiver for nothing! :D
Taking what you have and letting your mind shape it up to something cool and functional!
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