GUNSMITHING AND TOOL MAKING BIBLE

GUNSMITHING AND TOOL MAKING BIBLE Copyright (c) 2000 Harold Hoffman We have put together a complete library of books on gun work ...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Harold Hoffman has through his 30 plus years of experience as a Gunsmith, Toolmaker and Custom Knife maker has ...

INTRODUCTION When I first interested in how barrels were made, I was a full time gunsmith in Bucklin, Kansas. I was doing a lot ...

MILLING MACHINES GENERAL TYPES Hand milling machines may be of the column and knee type or constructed with a table mounted on a ...

measuring pins, and rods can be used advantageously for producing precision holes. The table, saddle, and knee portion of a vert ...

CUTTING SPEEDS FOR MILLS Positive radial rake angles of 100 to 15° are used on high-speed steel cutters. These angles serve in ...

machining most materials and give good cutting ability to the cutter without sacrificing strength of the cutter. In milling soft ...

Often with lighter cuts and especially with hand feeding, a key is not used. If a milling cutter driven without a key slips when ...

PLAIN MILLING CUTTERS Arbor-mounting cutters are cylindrical in form and provided with cutting edges of their outer cylindrical ...

T-slot cutters are a special type of end mill having either straight or tapered shanks and designed for cutting T-slots in machi ...

designed for locating and holding the work piece. These special vise jaws have locating stops that make possible easy location o ...

Pie X diameter of the cutter, in. Up milling is more commonly used because it is safer. With down milling damage may be caused t ...

milling. ADJUSTING THE LOCATION OF THE WORK PIECE TO THE CUTTER A surface of the work piece should be located by adjustment so t ...

Fractions of a complete worm-shaft turn are obtained with a micrometer dial or with an index plate on the worm shaft. An index p ...

EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS In the introduction, I listed a few machines that are needed, to make what you need. What is needed will all ...

vertical mill would be the best choice, as you can do all kinds of gun work with it. You will also need a coolant pump. This can ...

The following listing includes all the tools and instruments of this category that are essential to good gunsmithing and tool ma ...

LEVELS You will need a very accurate machinist level, one that will have the adjustable degree base, so correct angles can be ac ...

better than others do. You will learn of some of the sales gimmicks that is used to sell a supposedly to be better and more accu ...

CONVERTING THE LATHE You will need a lathe with a hole through the head stock of at least 1 1/4 inch. This is so you can take th ...