With the SAR show coming up quick the main push at Gun Lab is to finish out the VG1-5 project. Not all the rifles will be built prior to SAR, but the parts will be completed and the first 3 rifles will be completed. That is my goal at least. So right now we are going over every parts and finishing every detail as working on the barrel fluting press. To that end is what this post is about. The first picture is of the front barrel support with its final locking notch cut in.
The next picture is of the push pin that locks everything together. We needed to cut in a hole and slot for the retaining spring, still to be made.
All the holes have been drilled and reamer on the lower 1/2 of the fluting back plate. The next components made for the fluting machine are the support and gussets for the 3 jaw chuck.
and a side view of the same assembly.
We also finished the lower support for the hydraulic cylinder.
I hope to cut the slots and machine the sides parallel on the back plate in the next few days. Keep checking back for up dates.
How do we go about Ordering one of the VG1-5 ??
I hope that I was put on the waiting list some time ago. I think after the show there will be a real demand on them. Harry
I too hope I am on the list, can’t wait to see the finished product. Are you doing the wood work as well? How about the permanently attached web sling? It was basically a gasmask web strap.
Jack
If there was ever an overview of how the fluting machine is to work I must have missed it.
Are the flute to be broached or cut some other way?
Pete
The flutes are cut in with a 3 sided broaching tool.