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Making the Gardner gun Part 1

I enjoy making things, specifically guns and any thing associated with making guns. I also enjoy chatting with people who make guns or any thing dealing with that. I also love mechanical machine guns. That leads us to today’s topic.

A friend of mine really wanted a miniature Gardner gun and with none available took […]

November 18th, 2014 | Category: CNC machining, Gardner gun, Historic weapons, machining, metal casting, miniture guns, Parts, Parts fabrication, pattern making, solid modeling, Uncategorized, Weapons Design, wood working | 18 comments

Sunday answer 11-16

This post will be a little late. I have to finish the stock screw bushings today and will photograph the answer a little latter. Sorry

November 16th, 2014 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Pedersen Device manual

The illusive Pedersen device.

Here are a few pictures of the rifle and device.

 

As promised here is the manual for the Pedersen device.

Pedersen Device manual

 

The most interesting part of the manual are the pictures showing the components. This is actually a complex part.

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November 13th, 2014 | Category: Book review, Historic weapons, Pedersen device, Uncategorized | 6 comments

Weekend update 11-10

It was a productive weekend as weekends go. The holes were drill into the side or the forging press I-beam to support the fluting machine. Here are a few pictures and a quick video of the process.

Moving the back plate over was no big deal, once in the fab shop it was loaded on […]

November 10th, 2014 | Category: Fab shop, flutting machine, Gun Lab, hot forging press, machining, Uncategorized, VG1-5, weekend update, wood shop, wood working | 2 comments

What is it Saturday 11-8

Another interesting part.

November 8th, 2014 | Category: Parts, Uncategorized, What is it Saturday | 3 comments

EM-2

A rifle that I have been interested in for quite some time is the EM-2. It is one of those rare rifles that you read about but generally don’t have a chance to see, examine or shoot. I have had the opportunity to do all three.

To start all of the rifles came with a […]

November 6th, 2014 | Category: EM-2, Gun Lab, Historic weapons, prototype rifle, TIG welding, Uncategorized | 17 comments

Weekend update 11-3

A number of items were worked on this weekend. Another section of the fab shop ceiling was completed as well as the out side cover for my forge exhaust.

Then it back at the fluting machine back plate.

The last item worked on was the stocks for the VG1-5. The have been […]

November 3rd, 2014 | Category: CNC machining, engineering design, Fab shop, flutting machine, machining, Parts, Parts fabrication, stock making, Uncategorized, VG1-5, Weapons Design | One comment

Viet Cong 1911 look a like

On my trip through the mid-west I happen to have an opportunity to examine a Viet Cong copy of a 1911 pistol.

You can learn a great deal studying arms made with just basic tools. The first is that you can do anything with a file, chisel and hack saw. That is how this […]

October 28th, 2014 | Category: home made guns, Parts fabrication, Uncategorized | 2 comments

Mondays update 10-27

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 […]

October 27th, 2014 | Category: CNC machining, engineering design, flutting machine, machining, shop tools, Uncategorized, VG1-5, Weekend follow up Monday | 5 comments

The Pedersen device

I have always wanted a Pedersen device or by the proper name U.S. Pistol, Caliber .30 M1918. The standard joke between my wife and I has been we should stop at this yard sale, antique store, or gun shop because there is a Pedersen device there. This has been going on for over 30 years. […]

October 24th, 2014 | Category: Historic weapons, Parts, Pedersen device, Uncategorized | 18 comments
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