About homebrew.357

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Age
81
About homebrew.357
Biography:
Retired, Air carft engineer
Location:
Auckland
Interests:
engineering, lathe metal working, hunting
Occupation:
Job was Electroplating, Air NZ

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24-07-2013
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  1. Maca49
    Maca49 liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Making A Quigley Sharps Rifle on my lathe.
    Hi guys , I`m going to start on making the barrel for this Sharps rifle , so will start a new post just for this and give you an idea of how it was done on my lathe. Will stop this thread from...
    Liked On: 27-09-2014, 06:35 AM
  2. Scouser
    Scouser liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Making A Quigley Sharps Rifle on my lathe.
    Hi guys , I`m going to start on making the barrel for this Sharps rifle , so will start a new post just for this and give you an idea of how it was done on my lathe. Will stop this thread from...
    Liked On: 27-09-2014, 12:50 AM
  3. ishoot10s
    ishoot10s liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Making A Quigley Sharps Rifle on my lathe.
    Hi guys , I`m going to start on making the barrel for this Sharps rifle , so will start a new post just for this and give you an idea of how it was done on my lathe. Will stop this thread from...
    Liked On: 26-09-2014, 10:33 PM
  4. veitnamcam
    veitnamcam liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Making A Quigley Sharps Rifle on my lathe.
    Still waiting for the sparky with my lathe bits:dark mood: so hardened and tempered some bits to see what colour I could get, and the sample is the same as the action side plate, looks a nice colour...
    Liked On: 12-09-2014, 11:44 PM
  5. Toby
    Toby liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Making A Quigley Sharps Rifle on my lathe.
    Still waiting for the sparky with my lathe bits:dark mood: so hardened and tempered some bits to see what colour I could get, and the sample is the same as the action side plate, looks a nice colour...
    Liked On: 12-09-2014, 06:15 PM
  6. 308
    308 liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Making A Quigley Sharps Rifle on my lathe.
    I tell you guys you would not want to put a duck down my chipper, it would be a f.....k up duck for sure!, When I make something , It`s built like topsy, on plans, I just bubel along and end up in...
    Liked On: 06-09-2014, 08:34 PM
  7. Nibblet
    Nibblet liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Making A Quigley Sharps Rifle on my lathe.
    Hi Toby, Yes, I self taught my self I suppose over the years, if you had a car you had to fix it yourself, a garage cost to much, My first "gun" was made of water pipe, using black powder and used to...
    Liked On: 05-09-2014, 12:38 PM
  8. Gibo
    Gibo liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Making A Quigley Sharps Rifle on my lathe.
    Hi Toby, Yes, I self taught my self I suppose over the years, if you had a car you had to fix it yourself, a garage cost to much, My first "gun" was made of water pipe, using black powder and used to...
    Liked On: 05-09-2014, 08:47 AM
  9. ishoot10s
    ishoot10s liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Making A Quigley Sharps Rifle on my lathe.
    Hi Toby, Yes, I self taught my self I suppose over the years, if you had a car you had to fix it yourself, a garage cost to much, My first "gun" was made of water pipe, using black powder and used to...
    Liked On: 05-09-2014, 08:36 AM
  10. big_foot
    big_foot liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Making A Quigley Sharps Rifle on my lathe.
    Hi Toby, Yes, I self taught my self I suppose over the years, if you had a car you had to fix it yourself, a garage cost to much, My first "gun" was made of water pipe, using black powder and used to...
    Liked On: 05-09-2014, 05:16 AM
  11. Bryan
    Bryan liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Making A Quigley Sharps Rifle on my lathe.
    Hi Toby, Yes, I self taught my self I suppose over the years, if you had a car you had to fix it yourself, a garage cost to much, My first "gun" was made of water pipe, using black powder and used to...
    Liked On: 04-09-2014, 11:51 PM
  12. Toby
    Toby liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Making A Quigley Sharps Rifle on my lathe.
    Hi Toby, Yes, I self taught my self I suppose over the years, if you had a car you had to fix it yourself, a garage cost to much, My first "gun" was made of water pipe, using black powder and used to...
    Liked On: 04-09-2014, 10:45 PM
  13. Scouser
    Scouser liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Making A Quigley Sharps Rifle on my lathe.
    Hi Toby, Yes, I self taught my self I suppose over the years, if you had a car you had to fix it yourself, a garage cost to much, My first "gun" was made of water pipe, using black powder and used to...
    Liked On: 04-09-2014, 10:36 PM
  14. gadgetman
    gadgetman liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Making A Quigley Sharps Rifle on my lathe.
    Hi Spanners, Lost the plot there somewhere . So moving right along there, set the tumbler up in the fore jaw chuck to cut the square for the hammer. On the top slide a t/c cutter is packed up in the...
    Liked On: 04-09-2014, 03:46 PM
  15. gadgetman
    gadgetman liked post by homebrew.357 On thread : Making A Quigley Sharps Rifle on my lathe.
    The hammer is coming along nicely , the hole in the hammer for the tumbler shaft had to be square, so set up the hammer in fore jaw chuck centred on the hole then using the lathe saddle as a shaper...
    Liked On: 04-09-2014, 03:44 PM
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