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This last weekend I started making the stocks for the VG1-5. This is a multi step process in which the basic board is measured, have the edge squared, re-sawed, planed,and generally set up to then make the stock. This is the video for part one.
So I am starting with this.
With the last of the fittings here I was able to hook up the hydraulics to the fluting press. I have a short video of it operating.
The next step is to finish attaching the dro. then to fluting barrels Here at gun Lab a terrific day was had. My wife cooked an outstanding meal using her new and almost completed kitchen. There was ham,turkey,stuffing,potatoes,and all the necessary fixings to go with them. Friends and family were her to enjoy the meal. As for myself The day off was perfect. I was able to get the fluting press working, I have completed the first few ops on making the stocks for the VG1-5 using my new router table and the chamber issue with the Vg1-5 barrel was solved. A really good day. I hope all of you enjoyed the day as much as I did. Normally I don’t write a lot about over and under shotguns. I am making the exception for this shotgun. I found this at a shop when I was doing some work there. The owner could not remember the cause but he thought it was either the wrong ammo or bad reloads. Hard to tell but what a mess.
I was really hoping to have a video of it working with this post. That being said we are actually very close. All the hydraulic fitting and control circuits are completed. The digital read out in almost completed. Here is a quick video of our progress.
Here is a close up of the mounting bracket and flow control valve on the fluting press.
And a pictures of everything hooked up and ready to go.
When the router table project came to a halt it was time to move on to something else. Back to the fab shop. You saw the work on the fluting press and the forging press. Well a little more work was accomplished on the fab shop addition. All the walls and door frames are up. Just more hangers to nail into place.
In the last post you saw how we are coming along with the hydraulic forging press. Most of the work is now complete on it and I am trying to finish up the fluting press. Axel mad a lock nut for the tool holder.
I am thinking that if I mill a little out from the uni-strut and weld on a base I can mount the throttle valve this way.
It is Sunday night and I am just about done. This is another post about the hot forging press. I did manage to get most of the piping put in place and made hangers for them. The hoses are hooked up. I just have a few more small items to complete and it will be operational.
It is with a sad heart that I have to post this. For those of you that never had an opportunity to meet Mike you have missed meeting a great guy. I have a number of fond memories of Mike over the years. He was an amazing man that could seem to remember your name every time you met him even if it was years between meetings. https://www.dillonprecision.com/rememberingmikedillon.html Rest in peace and you will be remembered. Part of this last weekend was spent working on the hydraulic forging press and the fluting machine for the VG1-5. I started by threading all or at least most of the 3/4 high pressure hydraulic piping necessary. This is a video for the project.
With the hard piping completed all the old hoses were removed and new ones ordered. The pipe supports were also ordered and the throttling valve for the fluting press. Hope to have it together this weekend. |
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