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[Cloudrepair]

Actually when using a steady you keep the steady rest pads loose when reaming and the reamer follows the bore- so pulling the reamer out the barrel drops a bit. You can see some of these methods im sure in butch lambert’s 130 page pdf on barrel chambering- or i should say this is one method. Lots of top gunsmiths use the steadyrest method- most dont say so to keep the hobbyists from arguing

Thanks Dusty I can see that.
it's good to see everyone's take on this.
I am kind of a hobbyist with this but also a experianced machinist.
With the steady I think you have to give it a little slack or you will have problems. Times I've used a steady rest before were not for barrel work though.
Describing it brings another part to it

 

[Cloudrepair]

I havent gone through that 130 page pdf in a while and see things I dont remember but that could just be me.
Must be a good time to go through it again.

 

[Cloudrepair]

Are you referring to chamber out of a steady rest I use brass jaws in a steady rest but I have heard of the method you described.I turn a clean up cut between centers an I use a dead center to put barrel in a steady rest wrong but that's the way I have always chambered barrels.

What kind of lathe are you using? if you dont mind telling me?

 

[Stan Taylor]

What kind of lathe are you using? if you dont mind telling me?

Right at present I have a precision Matthews prior to that I had a 13x40 jet an we have numerous brands at work older lathes.I can remember off top of my head the brand of the picture we only use it for chambering only .

 

[Cloudrepair]

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Right at present I have a precision Matthews prior to that I had a 13x40 jet an we have numerous brands at work older lathes.I can remember off top of my head the brand of the picture we only use it for chambering only .

Is that pictured one a leblond
I don't recognize it

 

[Stan Taylor]

Is that pictured one a leblond
I don't recognize it

When I go in to work tomorrow I will tell you what brand it is hell to get old can't remember crap.Well I had to go out to work and get a reamer an set of go an no go guages for a project I am working on at home took a pic of the lathe we chamber on it was set up about 30 years ago or longer that's about how long I have been there it is set up for chambering only.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Is that an old nardini?^^^

 

[butchlambert]

Looks kinda like an URSUS. NO!
After looking further it looks like a Graziano I ran in the day. Maybe a SAG14.

 

[Stan Taylor]

It was made in Italy the logo on the side says starts with a UCIMU that is the brand.

 

[hogpatrol]

It was made in Italy the logo on the side says starts with a UCIMU that is the brand.

For reamer lube, do you use straight olive oil.

 

[butchlambert]

Stan, olive oyl is best. I've seen other brand Italian lathes with the same UCMU or whatever on them. I still think it is a Graziano.

 

[Stan Taylor]

Stan, olive oyl is best. I've seen other brand Italian lathes with the same UCMU or whatever on them. I still think it is a Graziano.

I understand but we use a cutting oil made by chevron an it passes threw muzzle to the breach to keep chips away from the face of chamber.I will look at it tomorrow an see if there is any other identification.

 

[hogpatrol]

UCIMU is an Italian machine tool manufacturer's association. One of its members made the lathe. A little more research. I believe Butch is correct. Here's one, the speed controls and gearbox look the same.

http://www.raymondrobert.com/portals/0/inventaire_rr/images/original/IMG_5168.JPG

 

[butchlambert]

Check out the Sag14 Graziano
http://www.lathes.co.uk/graziano/index.html
Stan, you could reuse the olive oil on your Italian bread.

 

[Cloudrepair]

Now with more of the headstock visible it reminds me of a blue Italian lathe I used to turn graphite on without the turret though.

 

[Cloudrepair]

Check out the Sag14 Graziano
http://www.lathes.co.uk/graziano/index.html
Stan, you could reuse the olive oil on your Italian bread.

Same blue as that last one only more like the first one

 

[butchlambert]

Back in the very olden days I machined a ton of Poco Graphite for electrodes for plunge EDM machines. We only had vacuum cleaners to suck out the dust. Anybody that thinks that graphite is a soft lube needs to check the lathe and tool bits that we used.

 

[Stan Taylor]

UCIMU is an Italian machine tool manufacturer's association. One of its members made the lathe. A little more research. I believe Butch is correct. Here's one, the speed controls and gearbox look the same.

http://www.raymondrobert.com/portals/0/inventaire_rr/images/original/IMG_5168.JPG

Thanks that looks identical to our chambering lathe except the company redid for that primary purpose to chamber.

 

[Stan Taylor]

Looks kinda like an URSUS. NO!
After looking further it looks like a Graziano I ran in the day. Maybe a SAG14.

Butch you just won the question of the day just got to work an looking at the lathe it's a Sag 14.

 

[TAJ45]

Back in the very olden days I machined a ton of Poco Graphite for electrodes for plunge EDM machines. We only had vacuum cleaners to suck out the dust. Anybody that thinks that graphite is a soft lube needs to check the lathe and tool bits that we used.

Butch, I've machined several Poco sticks myself, had forgotten that name. My question - are there diff grades, forms of graphite? I never had to research those consumables or try to tailor to a specific app. Just a "hmmm" on this end.