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More on the fluting press

I have added a pressure gauge on the hydraulic system. This will allow two methods to determine if the chambers are being fluted correctly.

Update on the fab shop

Work has been progressing on the fab shop even if at a slower pace then I like. Time and weather has been a real issue.

The roof has been coated twice so we are water tight.

All the wall have been put up,

I have started installing the electrical boxes.

Wiring will be next weekend after I drill all the holes.

Part of the out side walls have now been coated as well.

I have decided to use stainless mesh instead of glass windows. This will help with air flow.

More next weekend.

Working on the CNC router

A large part of this weekend was spent working on the cnc router. I finished the connectors and hooked them up at the connector board that I made.

The motor control circuits were then wired up.

The wiring from the out side of the connector box were hooked up.

All new wiring and air was then run through the flexible wire chase.to the Y and Z motors and limit switches.

The previous owner just glued and tie wrapped the aluminum covers.

I will have to make brackets to correctly hold everything in place.

The air system has been installed, however I am going to have to change where it sets.

By the end of Sunday the X axis was moving under its own power.

A big thank you to Wally, a friend of gun lab, for all his held and expertise in getting the cnc router up and running.

So this is the final status for this weekend. All the motors are now hooked up and powered up. I have started wiring up the limit switches and will have that completed by next weekend. The new air solenoids are here and a new backing plate needs to be made. We are getting closer to getting this machine back up on line and working.

A 22lr EM-2

A friend who has passed made this copy of an EM-2 in 22lr. It is amazing what people can come up with. Defiantly an interesting rifle.

Right and left side views of the rifle.

Look closely at the markings on the carrying handle base

Rear sight and carrying handle

Rear butt plate DSC_3569s

Added ejection port cover

Magazine release and rear cover

cocking handle

Magazine housing

left side showing the cocking handle, grip and trigger

A couple of views of the front site and base

Front band

Front sling swivel

Working on the chamber fluting press

When we last attempted to flute the chamber of the VG1-5 we had some movement in the press itself causing the fluting tool to snap.

We have made a number of changes to the fluting press to correct some of its short comings.

Here is a video of those changes.

Now on to the pictures.

Working on the CNC router

I spent most of this weekend working on the CNC router. My goal is to have it up and running this year.

Quick video of the current state on the router.

To continue I now need a solder station to allow me to make up the wiring harnesses. This is the new solder station in the wood shop.

The basic solder station.

A close up of the area I have.

Here are a few pictures of where we are at now on this project.

This next weekend will be the start of the wiring. At the same time I will work on the manual for the cnc router with a complete wiring diagram.

Just a quick side note. For Christmas I got a led flashlight. It has been a great help while working on this project.

A special Thanks

I want to thank Greg at Allegheny Arsenal , MG-34.com, for sending out some needed 7.92×33 ammo, brass and reloading dies.

Here at Gun Lab we go through a great deal of 7.92×33 ammo testing the weapons that we are making as well as making and using proof loads.

Two cases of prvi Partizan 7.92×33 ammo.

I used to have a set of reloading and forming dies, then someone borrowed them and he and my reloading dies are gone. These will come in handy making the proof loads.

An additional 400 rounds of new boxer primed brass.

Thank you very much Greg.

East German KK-MPI-69

I came across this write at The Firearms Blog. I have always found the East German KK-MPI-69 to be an interesting rifle. I thought I would go into a little more depth on the parts of this fascinating trainer.

First the interesting write up at the firearm blob.

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/12/13/east-german-kk-mpi-69-22-lr-trainers-wild/

Now for some additional pictures of the rifle and some of it’s components.

The rifle and 5 magazines. Note the differences in bottom plates on the magazines. I have found two different magazines over the years.

Rear trunion

Front upper and lower hand guard.

Front barrel band.

A complete bolt

This plate hold the 22 lr magazine in alignment and also hold the ejector.

The inside working of the rifle.

Top cover. Totally different them a normal rifle.

The recoil system.

A series of pictures on a cut front section. I bought some of these a few years back before I found a complete one.

An incomplete bolt.

Working on the VG1-5 stock

With the router table completed, for the most part, we started working on the stocks for the VG1-5 rifle. This video takes the stock from a rough sawed pattern to the finished dimensional stock.

To complete this task we used two different router bits. The first bit