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Well, back from the beach. Oh, the poverty! Some of those young ladies can afford only a few small scraps of cloth for a bathing..er...baiting suit! Got a bit done this week. First try at a hammer, fitted into the trigger plate.  Trigger plate in the breech  And the breech block actually fits and slides! 
Dumb, but learning...Prof Em, BSc(ME), CAE (FYI)
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Worked away a bit, making some progress Carved away some metal on top  And on the bottom  Worked on the dummy lever, added the trigger beginning, and made a new hammer with cocking indents (hammer is backwards!).  Started roughing out the actual lever  Hope this works out, or it will be a lot of hours for nothing.
Last edited by oldstarfire; 04/04/13 09:52 PM.
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Some progress this week More shaping on the lever and trigger, added the trigger guard  Assembled, fits... sorta!  Best of all, a Douglas .308 sporter barrel, 1/10 twist. Maybe go to .30WCF 
Dumb, but learning...Prof Em, BSc(ME), CAE (FYI)
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You want to make two? 
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You want to make two? What? And have two people mad at me? (You and my wife!)  Cheaper to buy the real thing, based on my hours in the shop!
Dumb, but learning...Prof Em, BSc(ME), CAE (FYI)
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Make that 3, my wife too!
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Well, to try your patience.. Some progress Trimmed the hammer, made a start on a link for the mainspring. Intend to use a flat spring. Also shaped the trigger a bit  Started shaping up the lever. 
Dumb, but learning...Prof Em, BSc(ME), CAE (FYI)
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Movin' on 'Nother hammer (#3), link and leaf spring, cocking bar, and lever latch.  Barrel hole drilled and tapped.  Back to the ol' milling machine......
Dumb, but learning...Prof Em, BSc(ME), CAE (FYI)
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Plodding along Barrel threaded, some shaping on the lever. Trigger, hammer, and lever catch case hardened.  Small setback. After a number of flexings to full cock, the flat spring shattered into 5 pieces. I found 4 of them. So, may go to a coil spring system.
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And onward Lenghtened the top tang, added the rear upright, converted to coil spring. The upright also allows the use of a stock through-bolt! Yippee!  Same with action open and hammer cocked. And NO, it is NOT a short barrel, only a piece of solid shafting to help work out the extractor and breech block face. I inclined the block mortise a bit to give a little camming action, as per a High-wall (1885)  Will be away for a week so y'all get a rest.
Dumb, but learning...Prof Em, BSc(ME), CAE (FYI)
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