When I saw the images I had a feeling it was for some style of musket-loading pistol - very cool. Nice work and glad to see Synergy is working well for you. Definitely start a blog of you work. Replica work like this, though not the historically correct method used for the originals is very cool and I for one would love to follow your work.
Personally I'd like to get around to making up my own AR-15 receiver with some flair (within the legal limits of personal use and not for sale - just being clear so as not to get anyone's knickers in knots). Granted not as historical as a musket but firearms are still a passion of mine regardless of the genre. Of course since I finally had a legitimate way to bring up firearms and EMC I now have the opportunity to tell Gene that I love the Ed Howdershelt quote in the sig line :) Personally I've only used defenses one and two thus far, someday (I'm a young'n in my mid-30s - lots of living left to do - I hope) maybe I'll be called upon for number three but I sincerely pray I never need to use four, especially for defense of freedom. Greg -----Original Message----- From: Gene Heskett [mailto:gene.hesk...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 8:31 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] made with EMC (of course) and Synergy CAD/CAM On Thursday 18 December 2008, Dave Engvall wrote: >Hi, >Finally got brave enough to try something with Synergy solids. > >The easy stuff was done in 2.5 D but the contour in the pic was done >with solids. > >Used a .500 roughing mill to rough and then a 0.500 ball end to >finish plus a bit of cleaning >up with a file and emery cloth. ;-) > >http://imagebin.ca/view/EGO40Lt.html > >http://imagebin.ca/view/dHfREsy.html > That is beautiful Dave. I need to do something similar with one of mine, but with a very abreviated rear end, just enough to let it be screwed to the stock. Thumbhole stocks don't leave a lot of room to be pretty behind the trigger guard as the rear screw flat is actually let into the front face of the pistol grip. I hammered up a couple of pieces of sheet brass, which looks redneck primitive. The other alternative would be to somehow extract the molded in guard from that Black Diamonds OEM plastic stock and let it into the bottom of that stick of maple its sitting in now. This hammered brass thingy is servicable, but has a quite low torr rating to its suction. BTW, I cut the group size that Black Diamond is shooting by 90% with one change. From only hitting an 8.5x11 target about half the time at 25 yards, to a 4", 10 shot group at 50 yards. I pulled the 209 breechplug and put a #11 nipple in. The #209 is way too much firepower, and is lifting the bullet free of the ramming before the powder gets lit, and that destroys the accuracy. The #11 percussion cap is not as strong and is more accurate because of that. Now if I could do that to my thumbhole stocked TC Omega. I made the breech with the #11 nipple ok, but its firing pin is so well centered it goes .065" deep into the middle of the nipple without firing the cap. Bummer. I need a missdrilled nipple I guess. Now back to our regularly scheduled topic, emc. Which, BTW, I used to make that breechplug for the T. C. Omega. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking. -- Christopher Morley ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
