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Inside Chip’s shop right now.

Its a link at the bottom of my post.

Manuloader looks pretty sweet! I love that idea. Not nearly as slick but this is the single shot loader I've been working on. I've been meaning to machine an aluminum version but the 3d printed version has been working well enough that I keep putting it off. Its for 25 cal but could be easily...

CAD files here for anyone wanting to tackle it on their own. I'll do a more thorough write-up here shortly. From a DIY perspective I wouldn't recommend making the ram or knuckle from scratch. But rather I would use the attached CAD files to give you the necessarily measurements to appropriately...

I actually did the diy conversion originally on the RC press. After talking with the guys on one of the other threads decided to try it again with the Rebel press. The Rebel press is definitely beefier and ended up being a better fit for the swaging. The RC press definitely worked but I feel...

I had the same gap in the DIY modified knuckle. I ended up just 3d printing some nylon washers. I don't think 3d printing washers is normally advisable but in this case they aren't acting so much like washers as they are spacers. Stack of washers would likely work just as well maybe even better...

Wow real cool stuff. I think i could really geek out in your shop! What's the antenna looking think above your scope?

Yeah anodizing titanium is a very different thing from anodizing aluminum. It’s actually an oxidation process. The depth of the oxidation determines the color. It can be done through heat as I did here or through a chemical electric process. And yes it is conventionally called titanium anodizing.

Really dig that picatinny trigger guard!

For much of my life I've been of the belief that custom parts are silly. More expensive and often without any functional advantage. But in recent I've done a total 180 on that belief. I see the art in custom work. Maybe some have no functional advantage but looking cool is enough sometimes. ;)...

I have a cnc mill. When you have a hammer everything looks like a nail...same thing applies with a cnc mill. Everything seems like a cnc mill project :ROFLMAO:

Cool I'm going to look into the moly coating Yes happy to share my heat treat numbers. Like I said I use A2 Steel. Since I have a heat treat oven I have the luxury of fairly precise heat treat temperatures. I let my dies soak at 1750f for at least 15 minutes. I foil wrap (in 309 foil stainless...

Yeah hardening myself. I'm a parttime knifemaker so luckily I've already got the setup and background for hardening. I'm using A2 steel and I fully harden it to 60+ hrc and then temper WAY back to 50. I do my final machining hard. Leaves a really nice finish. That's a great idea. Make a...

Turns out die making is hard! who would have thought. I think I finally have a die that makes half decent slugs. Definitely not going to give any of the really slugs out there a run for their money but a big win for me. I can get about a 1.5" group at 50yrds with my airarms Krait. Baby steps...

That's a good point. Its worth knowing filling up a gun with a hand pump can be a bit of a workout. I kept both my sons and my gun in my workout area and would fill them both up with each workout. At the time my son didn't weigh enough to even fill his up. :ROFLMAO: