I made that, show me yours

[hpshooter]

Can I play too.
Here's a few of my homemade bits and bobs:
Arbour and Cap & Ball press:

Nice work!

Concentricity gauges:


Annealing machine:

3D printed shooting specs:

 

[itchyTF]

My version of an “arbor” press, except this one is 20 ton. Good for 105’s and 155’s! PLEASE don’t look at the welds. They look like crap. I think it will hold together, though. Seeing where I’m going is my biggest problem.

 

[6MMsteve]

I finished what I needed to do on my addition last Wednesday, so I built a dining room table for a friend of my wife .48”wide by 11’ 2” long. Red Oak. Just finished it.
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that's super love it what is the stretcher lock called

 

[6MMsteve]

I finished what I needed to do on my addition last Wednesday, so I built a dining room table for a friend of my wife .48”wide by 11’ 2” long. Red Oak. Just finished it.
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what did u build that with....no 5 jack..a slick...handsaw

 

[hoz53]

Even more reason for pics! Pics!!!!!

ok if you insist-- i learned a little but not how to turn pics upright.

 

[joshb]

what did u build that with....no 5 jack..a slick...handsaw

A little Bosch saw, router, table saw, band saw and a palm sander.
Hoz! Pretty good for your first try!

 

[joshb]

that's super love it what is the stretcher lock called

A peg? It’s been too long! I forget! Didn’t read the book. Dog ate my homework!

 

[hdskip]

I'll join in the show and tell. Here are a few things I've done in the past.

 

[Intheshop]

Would love to take a pic of the FP spring compressor I made....... but,can't find it?

So,have to make a new one this morning. And yes,the previous one will show about the time the new one is being used.

 

[Intheshop]

Freakin chineseum mystery metal;

Made the spring compressor. Pride myself in threading on a lathe,or hand threading for that matter. By the time I figured out how flippin cheesy the piece of tubing I grabbed for the drive side.... well,it's pretty bad.

But,the rest if it is nice....woohoo.

Tigged the blocks on and while it was still warm/hot,slammed krinkle black spraybomb on it. Then threw it all up on the shop griddle to cook for awhile. Snagged a scrap piece of $$$ mahogany and ran it across a shaper for a little cove to kill the top sq edge. Shot tinted lacquer and hit it with a heat gun to force dry.

EA 40 epoxied the two together and then cast up some 60g cast 22's.

Put the new Gre-Tan std FP spring in. Found a place on the shelf for this one,instead of hiding it?

 

[JMayo]

I just took my farley totally apart. Such a simple thing. I'm surprised you guys with machining experience don't make your own joystick copy.

 

[mike a]

I straightened out some copper tubing and stuck a Funnel on top to make a 40” drop tube for my black powder stuff. The stuff some of you guys have posted makes me a bit envious of your skills.

Damn! You puttin 10 pounds of taters in a 5 pound bag?

 

[DirtySteve]

Damn! You puttin 10 pounds of taters in a 5 pound bag?

Maybe but my powder column height is VERY consistent... not more than .014" case to case..

 

[jackieschmidt]

My version of an “arbor” press, except this one is 20 ton. Good for 105’s and 155’s! PLEASE don’t look at the welds. They look like crap. I think it will hold together, though. Seeing where I’m going is my biggest problem.
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I’m trying not to look at those welds, LOL

 

[INTJ]

Stand for my mill:



Post for my Sinclair Comp Rest:



Bracket for my mill DRO:

 

[itchyTF]

I’m trying not to look at those welds, LOL

I should have had them photoshopped! These old eyes, sometimes I can see ahead of the arc and sometimes I can't. That certainly doesn't help weld quality.

 

[1066]

Bracket for my mill DRO:

Good job.. Fitting a full DRO to my mill was some of the best money I've ever spent. - Can't imagine working without it now.

 

[jackieschmidt]

In addition to many other things I make for myself, I also make my own action wrenches.
the one on the left is for a Bat M, the one in the middle is for the Bat Neuvo, the one on the right my Farleys.

I Machine them from what ever size Grade 8 bolt Will make it.

Grade 8 bolts are a good source for material when needing a piece of high tensil alloy steel For small parts.

 

[Intheshop]

Checking neck tension today with a Starrett 700 in a sweet little baby B&S vise. Looks like .223 ID on a .2255 cast 60g should do it.

22-250,run up through the mag,as fast as you can work the action. Lite jam,neck sized with 8 firings,on cheapa$$ Hornady brass that was like,stupid close on neck thickness BTW.

 

[JMayo]

I made these over the weekend !