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The new spot welder in the shop

I went to an auction a few weeks back and bought a series 30 spot welded that the company had taken off the line.

I have not had much time to play with it so this weekend it was on the project list. I wired the shop for the spot welder a few […]

May 26th, 2015 | Category: Gun Lab, shop tools, Spot Welder, Uncategorized, weekend update | Leave a comment

Cut away CZ-58

Our friend ,Axel, in Germany was nice enough to send this series on cut away pictures of the CZ-58 rifle.

A couple of top views

Some great cut away pictures of the bolt group

One more of the side of the receiver

Thank you Axel, […]

May 21st, 2015 | Category: cut away weapons, CZ-58, Gun Lab, Historic weapons | One comment

Life around Gun Lab

Here are more up dates on the going on around here at Gun Lab. All the material was finally received for the new MP-44 and has been machined to size to start the whole process.

We are waiting for the tooling to start the next phase.

The spot welder arms need a […]

May 20th, 2015 | Category: CNC machining, cnc router, cut away weapons, Gun Lab, Parts fabrication, shop tools, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Playing with the cnc router

Most of Saturday morning was spent with trying to get a feel of how to use the cnc router. The operating system is Mach 3 which is totally different then any other system in the shop. A number of items were learned during this operating time. The first thing was the e-stop is wired in […]

May 19th, 2015 | Category: cnc router, Gun Lab, machining, pattern making, shop tools, solid modeling, stock making, Uncategorized, wood shop, wood working | Leave a comment

Weekend update for 5-18-15

Well it started raining on Friday and continue through Saturday morning. With everything being so muddy it was time for another game plan. I spent the first few hours doing solid works and taking pictures. Then it was out to the wood shop and spend some time with the cnc router. It was noon before […]

May 18th, 2015 | Category: Fab shop, firing pins, Gun Lab, metal casting, model 1930 Sauer, solid modeling, Uncategorized, weekend update | 2 comments

Sunday Answer 5-17-15

The pictures from yesterday’s post.

Are from a AR-180B rifle. This part is the bolt hold open device.

You can see the difference between the AR-180B and the AR-180 with this next picture.

With The AR-180B some additional parts are required.

Looking at this next set of pictures you can see the […]

May 17th, 2015 | Category: AR=180, Gun Lab, Historic weapons, sunday answer | 2 comments

What is it Saturday 5-16-15

 

May 16th, 2015 | Category: Gun Lab, Historic weapons, What is it Saturday | 2 comments

Video on making the FAL by DSA

 

 

There are some real good segments in the video. One showing the stamping of magazines.

May 15th, 2015 | Category: CNC machining, FN-FAL, Gun Lab, Historic weapons, Magazine manfacturing, Parts fabrication, video, Video Friday | 3 comments

Cut away CZ 75

This series of pictures is from a CZ-75 cut away in my collection. I really enjoy cut away weapons. It is a way to study the operation and fit up of a particular weapon. Enjoy the pictures.

Your opinion of the pictures. I […]

May 14th, 2015 | Category: cut away weapons, CZ-75, Digital photography, Gun Lab, Historic weapons | 6 comments

Gun Lab update

Not a big post for today, just an update on the projects we are working on.

First and most important is the VG1-5 project. I received a call this afternoon late that the firing pins can be picked up from the heat treating firm. With this last piece we can send the second rifle to […]

May 13th, 2015 | Category: 7.92x33 kurtz, AR-16, Bushmaster pistol, equipment, firing pins, Gun Lab, Historic weapons, Japanese type 99 magazine, machining, magazine design, Magazine manfacturing, MP-44, Parts fabrication, solid modeling, stamping dies, VG1-5 | 10 comments
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