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 way.
What a mess. This is how it looked after 5 hours of working on it. Of course the dimensions changed on the pump so everything had to be re-plumbed. This time with unions.
The next projected finished was to finish enclosing the dust collector addition. It is now water tight and all I need to do is the electrical hook ups for the air compressor and dust collector.
The dust collector is now in the room.
The exciting news is where we are at with the fluting machine. Stile a few components to make but we are getting there.
This is the start of bolting it together.
A little farther along.
Finally attached to the side of the forging press.
It is getting there.
The final project completed was my new gun rack. It is now up and loaded in the reference library.
One busy weekend.
I’m wondering about the rifle on the bottom left n the 2nd to last photo. Is that a Gerot 5?
By the way, I like your collection. It appears to be of various designs and the ways designers/engineers solved problems.
It is a Gerot 05 followed by the 06 and STG 45. The reference collection is not based upon a single design even though there may be a number of copies of a single design. I prefer to gather a variety of different engineering designs. One day we will talk a walk through the collection and chat about the different designs and concepts.
Just found your site…. I want to be you when I grow up…(I’m 49)! With all of your sheet metal stamping ever thought of using cast dies for the short runs? Like this stuff http://www.eazall.com/moldbase.aspx Kirksite! I first saw it used in aero parts stamping!
Great work!!!
You have a great collection, any chance of a photo of every single one? You seem to have some super unique stuff!