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Post by Lee Martin on Jul 23, 2012 8:30:21 GMT -5
The donor gun for the converison should arrive this week. In the interim we mocked-up a Seville frame for opening the window: It's basically vice locked in a vertical Bridgeport mill. A 3/16" endmill will give stock radius on the corners. Ross will be providing the actual cylinder dimensions from his, but I'm pretty sure the diameter is 1.80". Factory window height mics 1.764" so we'll remove 0.060" (0.030" on each side). -Lee www.singleactions.com"Building carpal tunnel one round at a time"
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Post by whitworth on Jul 23, 2012 8:41:54 GMT -5
What??!! No flat file? ;D
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Post by Lee Martin on Jul 23, 2012 8:45:44 GMT -5
That idea got tossed pretty quick Whit. I suggested it to dad, trying to keep the spirit of the original build back in '84. He just looked around his machine shop and laughed. Then simply said, "we don't do things like that around here". Oh well, I tried. -Lee www.singleactions.com"Building carpal tunnel one round at a time"
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Post by whitworth on Jul 23, 2012 8:55:27 GMT -5
I know! I figured your dad wouldn't go for it -- too much pride! LOL! ;D
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Post by Lee Martin on Jul 23, 2012 9:05:11 GMT -5
Pride plus it's just not a sound way to do it -Lee www.singleactions.com"Building carpal tunnel one round at a time"
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Post by whitworth on Jul 23, 2012 9:06:04 GMT -5
Pride plus it's just not a sound way to do it -Lee www.singleactions.com"Building carpal tunnel one round at a time" Of course!
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Post by sixshot on Jul 23, 2012 11:44:42 GMT -5
Hey Axe, I didn't know you were one of us (Mormons).........3 wives! Yowee! ;D
Dick
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Post by mike454 on Jul 23, 2012 21:24:23 GMT -5
Ross will be providing the actual cylinder dimensions from his, but I'm pretty sure the diameter is 1.80". Factory window height mics 1.764" so we'll remove 0.060" (0.030" on each side). -Lee www.singleactions.com"Building carpal tunnel one round at a time" Ross, in one of his early articles said that that the diameter was 1.8, though, in a handloaders digest article, Ray Ordorica said that his gun of a similar vintage was 1.79. John Taffin also wrote up a Linebaugh Seville, also a six shot, in AH back in '86, i think.
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Post by AxeHandle on Jul 24, 2012 5:54:07 GMT -5
'86 American Handgunner huh? You boys are tempting me to go dig through 30+ years of AH magazines.. I'll make an attempt to pull all the 80s issues and see what kind of linebaugh and Seyfried articles I can find.
3 Wives? Yup.. Old standing joke with my old bullseye buddies is, "Marry me, Buy me a house!"
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Post by edk on Jul 24, 2012 7:26:32 GMT -5
You have to harden it. Machineable steel is annealed or "softened" to aid the cutting process. Conventional handgun pressures are high enough than annealed steel would work and draw over time (or even worse, let go). Rockwell 40 provides good tensile strength without being too brittle. Now there's some variability in hardness. If I remember correctly, Ruger cylinders Rockwell around 34 - 35. -Lee www.singleactions.com"Building carpal tunnel one round at a time" Does this hold true for more than the cylinder? In other words do you need to anneal the cylinder frame to mill your clearance and heat-treat upon completion?
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Post by Lee Martin on Jul 24, 2012 7:32:19 GMT -5
Nope, the frame is soft enough that you can mill it directly. Anyone have that '86 issue of American Handgunner? I'd love to get a scan or copy for this project. -Lee www.singleactions.com"Building carpal tunnel one round at a time"
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Post by mike454 on Jul 24, 2012 7:52:38 GMT -5
Sorry Lee, it was actually Jan-Feb '85 American Handgunner for the Taffin article.
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Post by Lee Martin on Jul 24, 2012 8:04:41 GMT -5
Thanks Mike. I'll try to dig up a copy of it. -Lee www.singleactions.com"Building carpal tunnel one round at a time"
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Post by Lee Martin on Jul 25, 2012 12:19:45 GMT -5
I ordered the barrel blank from Douglas yesterday (4140, 1:16"). I'm pretty sure that's what John used back in the day. I'll get a call in to him to confirm. -Lee www.singleactions.com"Building carpal tunnel one round at a time"
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Post by Lee Martin on Jul 27, 2012 13:01:09 GMT -5
I've been talking to Mike Barranti about a holster for this Buffalo Seville. We've been converting revolvers for 23+ years I'm more excited about this project than any other. As such it deserves a special holster and you won't find finer leather than Barranti. Mike recommended a Hank Sloan model which I think perfectly fits the gun. He also suggested a capo buffalo carving and came-up with this: I couldn't be happier with the look. I've not had the pleasure of meeting Mike in person, but will when I take delivery on this piece. Definitely a day to look forward to. www.barrantileather.com/-Lee www.singleactions.com"Building carpal tunnel one round at a time"
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