LeeKegan said:Great name!! Thats why I picked it out for my son.
Thanks for the compliments.
Daflea said:Very nice....
With all this detail I would assume you have rifled the barrel as well... lol
Daflea said:You must have one heck of a shop...
My shop is 21.9' x 22' and I still need room....
I have been restoring a very old Craftsman 12" Radial Arm saw.. (My latest toy I pick up for $25.00) Which has been a real challenge because the cast iron shaft was rusted up. Not to mention getting parts from Sears..
Anyway very impressive work and I respect your skills, its a shame that woodworking is a dieing trade.. It seems that more and more High Schools are phasing out there programs and relying on 2 year collages to pick up the slack.
Doug
LeeKegan said:My shop is about 20' by 8" and I don' have enough room!
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I agree, I learned some of my woodworking in the military (construction masonary specialist) but we had shop in Jr. high and its gone from there.
You can see my old Craftsman Radial Arm saw in the picture.
Daflea said:Wow you do need a larger shop...
Yea I saw your saw there yours is far newer than mine. When I did the research mine was 1973 to 76 design if I remember correctly. I could not justify buying a new one from Sears after working on my friends saw he recently purchased. The pinon gear was plastic and the arm column was aluminum. Very cheep design considering what the charge for it.
I want to start on an AR but this armor is very time consuming, did you draft up any plans in addition to the base print your using.
Or are you doing what I do prototype production... lol
Also about wood shop in schools... I think every child should experience woods, metals, drafting, printing classes in school. I think the only trade classes in our high School is Drafting, Electrical, Autoshop.
Privateer said:Very nice work on the clip and shell I was wondering what your plans are on the reciever mechanics as in how far you are going to go with the ejector, bolt and such (Sending you a PM).
I dearly miss my old highschool woodshop and teacher he was our version of Norm Abram lol he could do things with wood that would leave you scratching your head thinking how the heck did he do that, he also taught drafting and electrical engineering. Now with my sons in school I have yet to see one of their teachers with half the knowledge of the mechanical trades.
Lookin' good, man. That is some of the best woodworking I've seen. I've wondered about the ejection port thing. The in-game pics don't show it, so I think it was left off.LeeKegan said:Right now the bolt works just as an action. You can't see the actual bolt. On the Wizardofflight plans it doesn't show an ejection port.