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MG-42/ MG-3 cut away

It has been a while since I put up an interesting cut away weapon. Today we are going to bring you a cut away of the MG-42/MG-3 general purpose machine gun.

First a parts diagram of the MG42/MG3.

This is a factory cut away

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Backhoe update or what have I been doing lately

When we last left our well used and over worked really old Ford backhoe we were getting diesel fuel in the oil sump. That was a while back and with no money or time to fix it it just seat there. A program was started to repair it and it is used with great regularity […]

Lower receiver support pressing for VG1-5

In this video we are pressing the lower receiver strengthening piece. This piece effectively increases the support metal around the front barrel support from 1/16 of an inch on both sides to 1/8 of an inch.

Here are a couple of close up pictures of the drilling fixture.

All the front supports […]

VG1-5 upper receiver slide

We have finished welding all the cocking handles on the upper receiver/slide. The next step is to finish the bolts and fit them to the upper receiver. Then the bolts go off the heat treat.

This is how the project looks now when we finished welding all the guides on.

Now all the cocking handles […]

Working on the VG1-5 bolt

The last post on the bolt was when we completed the lathe work on it. This left us with a turned bolt with the firing pin hole drilled and bored.

A fixture was designed to allow us to machine the bolt at the different angles and still keep everything aligned as it […]

VG1-5 update Machining the lower receiver

This post will go through the steps necessary to machine one of the lower receiver. I was going to do a video, but there was not much to see with the coolant on.

If you remember the last post on the lower receiver we had finished welding it up and it looked like this.

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VG1-5 upper receiver update

This post is a run down of all the work that has been performed on the VG1-5 upper receiver to date.

Here are a few pictures of the receiver as it stands today.

With out the cocking handle.

And with the cocking handle installed.

All the uppers will have the […]

Welding the rear upper housing

This post deals with welding the rear upper housing together. We start with the finished pressing of the cap.

And mating it with the housing that we stamped earlier we end up with the final product.

This is the video of that process.

Here are a couple of close up pictures of […]

Pressing the rear cap for the VG1-5 rear housing

This post deals with pressing the cap for the upper housing. We start with a laser cut blank that has been de-bured.

And using the pressing tool.

We end up making the cup that going into the rear upper housing to be welded in.

This is the video of that process.

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Gun Lab update

I thought it time to do another update here at Gun Lab. Currently the major and generally only project being worked on is the VG1-5. Between the machining, pressing , welding and wood working that is required to complete this rifle we are keeping quite busy. However with that said we are still working on […]

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