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    CNC machining

    does anyone on here have a small CNC lathe for making parts for black powder guns ,just a thought that there may be a keen machinist wanting a project for the winter

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    CA Models machined a part for my semi automatic shotgun, worth looking up!

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    Why CNC?

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    Yes why CNC

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    Why?

    Because these days, it's easy and comparatively cheap to do it on a hobby lathe.

    I do many small bits and pieces for my trains on a forty-y/o Unimat SL - ie. a Stone-age hobby lathe. But being able to punch a bunch of co-ordinates into a reader and watch while your lathe/mill/whatever does it all for you has a certain appeal.

    Especially of interest is the fact that it really isn't much more expense to add it to your [modern] lathe than getting another costy accessory for it. I had recourse to going around a number of precision engineer shops in the last year or so, trying to get a reasonable price and failed dismally in an effort to replicate the Ruger Old Army base pin/cylinder pin, which has an inherent weak point in the design. If I had ready access to the material, and carbide tools, I would have been able to make one for myself, but I had good interest and might have sold at east ten to folks here who had also had the bl**dy thing bent by clumsy reloading. As it turned out, the cheapest provider wanted £60+VAT EACH.

    A skilled amateur may well be able to make a few in return for a reasonable recompense, rather than taking the pi$$.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tacfoley View Post
    Why?

    Because these days, it's easy and comparatively cheap to do it on a hobby lathe.

    I do many small bits and pieces for my trains on a forty-y/o Unimat SL - ie. a Stone-age hobby lathe. But being able to punch a bunch of co-ordinates into a reader and watch while your lathe/mill/whatever does it all for you has a certain appeal.

    Especially of interest is the fact that it really isn't much more expense to add it to your [modern] lathe than getting another costy accessory for it. I had recourse to going around a number of precision engineer shops in the last year or so, trying to get a reasonable price and failed dismally in an effort to replicate the Ruger Old Army base pin/cylinder pin, which has an inherent weak point in the design. If I had ready access to the material, and carbide tools, I would have been able to make one for myself, but I had good interest and might have sold at east ten to folks here who had also had the bl**dy thing bent by clumsy reloading. As it turned out, the cheapest provider wanted £60+VAT EACH.

    A skilled amateur may well be able to make a few in return for a reasonable recompense, rather than taking the pi$$.

    tac
    Absolutley right. With a CNC lathe any number of parts can be turned out and they will be all the same.

    As suggested a model shop might do the part, but, I would be inclined to find a model engineering club because the members who turn out live steam locos and other scaled down models are very skilled.

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    It's not just a case of punching in some co-ordinates into a computer attached to a milling machine, I did a lathe and milling corse at college, the cnc corse involved some prity advanced programming and the use of auto cad program's as well, it's the equiverlent of a nvq level 3.
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    For £60 you can pick up a brand new Clarke hobby lathe from a machine discount shop and make any small part you are able. Lathe probably won't be all that precise though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by airgunnut View Post
    It's not just a case of punching in some co-ordinates into a computer attached to a milling machine, I did a lathe and milling corse at college, the cnc corse involved some prity advanced programming and the use of auto cad program's as well, it's the equiverlent of a nvq level 3.
    Should have done the basic English writing course instead.

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    Quote Originally Posted by enfield2band View Post
    Absolutley right. With a CNC lathe any number of parts can be turned out and they will be all the same.

    As suggested a model shop might do the part, but, I would be inclined to find a model engineering club because the members who turn out live steam locos and other scaled down models are very skilled.
    Uh, that's what I do [see Youtube tac's trains]. But I only have a small lathe, as I mentioned in my post and it would be a real PITA to make ten of the parts I mentioned.

    tac

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    Quote Originally Posted by tacfoley View Post
    Should have done the basic English writing course instead.

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    Beleve it or not, I was the only one in that class that wasn't required to do an additional English or maths course
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    Quote Originally Posted by trick cyclist View Post
    For £60 you can pick up a brand new Clarke hobby lathe from a machine discount shop and make any small part you are able. Lathe probably won't be all that precise though.
    hi,thats a good price,i have tried machine mart type sites etc and cant find one near that price,could you pass on the name of a shop or details,thanks, mb

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    Quote Originally Posted by martin bingham View Post
    hi,thats a good price,i have tried machine mart type sites etc and cant find one near that price,could you pass on the name of a shop or details,thanks, mb
    Me neither. I'm guessing that a zero was omitted from the price.

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    Quote Originally Posted by airgunnut View Post
    Beleve it or not, I was the only one in that class that wasn't required to do an additional English or maths course
    Hah.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tacfoley View Post
    Me neither. I'm guessing that a zero was omitted from the price.

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    thanks

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