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Weekend update 1-5-15

Well the new year is here and the holidays are over. It is time to get back into the routine of life. This last week was just that but a little longer. The first on the list was the honeydo’s project. My wife wanted a new kitchen faucet for Christmas ,seeing how the old one […]

January 5th, 2015 | Category: AR-16, Christmas, Digital photography, Gun Lab, honey do., Parts, Parts fabrication, Sheet metal pressings, shop tools, Shop tours, solid modeling, Uncategorized, VG1-5, weekend update, wood shop, wood working | 4 comments

Compoment gun boards

I have a big thing about build boards. This is a board showing all the steps in building a weapon. It can be a simple and basic board or it can be a complex board. To me it is like cut away weapons,another sickness of mine and another post. So for today’s post I want […]

December 18th, 2014 | Category: Historic weapons, Liberator pistol, machining, Parts, Parts fabrication, Sheet metal pressings, VG1-5, weapons boards | 7 comments

VG1-5 update

The weapon is parkarized and the wood work is complete. We will be showing it off at the SAR show this weekend. Anyone interested should contact Greg at Allegheny Arsenal he will be handling the sales, it is just easier for me. I will be posting pictures tomorrow, I was busy having fun at a […]

December 4th, 2014 | Category: Historic weapons, Parkerizing, VG1-5 | 9 comments

Making the VG1-5 up date Hand Guards

This last week has been a huge push to finish the VG1-5 in time for the SAR show. A great deal of work needed to be completed and not near enough time to complete it all.

The big push was to complete and correct the fire control mechanism. It is now fixed and operating properly. […]

December 2nd, 2014 | Category: CNC machining, engineering design, Gun Lab, machining, Parts fabrication, stock making, Uncategorized, VG1-5, wood working | 4 comments

VG1-5 update

We here at Gun Lab are working hard to try and complete the first of the VG1-5 rifles in time for the SAR show. To tell you the truth it has been a challenge. The last week has been spent putting together the rifles and testing for fit and operation. We would find one small […]

November 28th, 2014 | Category: home made guns, machining, Parkerizing, Parts fabrication, VG1-5 | 10 comments

Making the VG1-5 cocking handle

In the following pictures of original VG1-5 one of the items that you will notice is that all the cocking handles look different and that they have been through some rough times.

 

 

So this is the cocking handle that we developed. The first thing that you will […]

November 20th, 2014 | Category: Die making, engineering design, machining, Parts, Parts fabrication, Sheet metal pressings, shop tools, stamping dies, tool design, VG1-5 | 2 comments

Weekend update 11-17

As always there is to much to do and not enough time to complete all of it. First is the update to the addition to the wood shop. The door is hung and the roof is up. The roof and sides are epoxy and fabric covered, for the most part. One more day and I […]

November 17th, 2014 | Category: Gun rack, machining, Parts, Parts fabrication, shop tools, VG1-5, Weekend follow up Monday, weekend update, wood shop, wood working | Leave a comment

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

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

More work on the fluting press.

I had a little extra time this morning so out to the shop it is. Wrote the program and go the mill warmed up and spent my free hour cutting out the guide slot for the fluting machine. Here is a quick video of the process.

A couple of pictures.

Another step closer […]

October 29th, 2014 | Category: CNC machining, flutting machine, machining, shop tools, VG1-5 | Leave a comment
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