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New tool for the wood shop

A while back a gent passed away and his wife was left with a cnc router. A friend of mine had loaned him the money for the router so the wife let him take the router as payement. Long story short he had no use for the router and a little trading went on and […]

March 18th, 2015 | Category: AR-16, cnc router, Grat 05, pattern making, tool design, VG1-5, wood shop, wood working | One comment

Weekend update

First things first. I am dog beat tired. I will post pictures later about everything. Changes were made to the wood shop, solid models were done and a new rifle rack was worked on.

So lets start at the beginning. Saturday was spent with the computer system that I could not get to work correctly […]

March 16th, 2015 | Category: cnc router, Gun rack, shop tools, solid modeling, Weekend follow up Monday, weekend update, wood shop, wood working | 2 comments

Weekend update

I am a little late posting this, just did not have time last week.

My friend Mac from Texas was up for about a week so a great deal got accomplished that needed to be dome. Mac is a great welder and fabricator and he was used and abused in that fashion. The first and […]

February 9th, 2015 | Category: Fab shop, Gun Lab, machine shop, wood shop | One comment

Weekend Update 1-25-15

It is 6 P.M. on Sunday and I am done. Most of this weekend has been spent on the VG1-5 project. I finished all the small screws ,200, with the final op. Next will be Parkerizing.

The medium and larger screws are over 1/2 way completed.

All the fire control stamping ,110 of them, […]

January 26th, 2015 | Category: CNC machining, Gun Lab, machining, Parts, Parts fabrication, Sheet metal pressings, stamping dies, VG1-5, weekend update, wood shop | Leave a comment

Weekend update 1-19-15

Well it was another fun weekend around Gun Lab. This was the list I worked out during the week to be completed this weekend.

The 4″ conduit was run around the wood shop as well as the rest of the 2″ and 1″ and we buried it in preparation for the next phase.

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January 19th, 2015 | Category: Brass, CNC machining, Fab shop, Gun Lab, Gunsmithing, machining, Parts, Parts fabrication, Sheet metal pressings, Shop tours, tool design, Uncategorized, VG1-5, weekend update, wood shop, wood working | 4 comments

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

Weekend Update 12-29

Well this was a moving Saturday. I needed space in the fab shop and after looking at the deep hole drilling project for the last 10 years I figured it was time to move on. So with that being said it was time to move the big old lathe to the scrap yard. The first […]

December 29th, 2014 | Category: Fab shop, Gun Lab, honey do., weekend update, wood shop, wood working | One comment

Weekend Update 12-22

Last week was a really long week, most days leaving the house between 5:30 and 6:30am and not getting home until between 7 to 9 pm at night. Just shot. Saturday I went back to a guys shop that was selling some equipment off. I spent 3 hours or so there looking through boxes that […]

December 22nd, 2014 | Category: Uncategorized, weekend update, wood shop, wood working | 2 comments

Weekend update 12-14

Well another fun filled weekend has come and gone. A variety of projects were tackled and some minor accomplishment was achieved. The hole in the wood shop wall was filled in and sheet rocked over. Next weekend I will complete it and get it painted.

I have started moving equipment around in the fab shop […]

December 15th, 2014 | Category: Fab shop, flutting machine, Gun Lab, weekend update, wood shop | 2 comments

Weekend Update 11-24

Well as usual it has been a busy weekend around Gun Lab. More parts have been made for the VG1-5, coming soon in a post. The big project was the water system. The pressure pump took a crap. It just turn the pump room into a swamp and need to be fixed in a bad […]

November 24th, 2014 | Category: Die making, engineering design, Fab shop, flutting machine, Gun Lab, Gun rack, hot forging press, machining, shop tools, Uncategorized, weekend update, wood shop | 4 comments
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