Six Shooter

Sparky,
I was referring to the project of tweaking.
Have you added any machinery at your new location yet ?
Did your buddy ever get the RG-G drum working ?

My friend  never tried the drum but did get the fine tuning on the gun done and had it firing.  He has not played with it in a while now.

I sold my machines when I moved to Anderson SC back in March.  It was just too hard to move them 850 miles along with all my household stuff.    I bought a brand new RF45 mill which I am in the process of retrofitting to cnc right now.   I got the spindle upgraded with a dc drive and grade 7 bearings, 10,000 rpms and runs nice and cool.   I got the ground ballscrews, brushless servos and all the parts for the retrofit.   It should be a very capable machine.

As a temp measure I found a real nice 9x20 lathe with the stand for $275 so I grabbed it.   I plan on cnc\'ing that too.

I bought a 12x24 wooden shed for a workshop and wired it and insulated it.   Its just as big as the single car garage I had before.    Down the road, I can see full sized machines in my future, I have a small polebarn also but its a dirt floor right now.

I\'m real anxious to get back to working on the gatling gun.  There has been a lot learned about the D&E gun.   Mine is about 80% done with the bolts being the only main thing remaining along with a few finishing touches.

Its all for fun and I enjoy retrofitting the machines as well as making parts.

The first live ammo test firing at 10:00 AM
this mourning.

Sweet taste of success!

Way to go!!
Always love a good range report.

Later 42rocker

The Six Shooters are almost finished, so I\'m
ramping up the Rat build for the new year.

Happy New Year, go cut something

What a nice family picture.

Thanks for sharing.

Later 42rocker

That\'s only half the family, 3 members went
to other homes is 2013. One of these six barrels
going to a new grandson.

Cutter
Glad to hear about the new grandson. My daughter and her husband just released the official word today 1/1/2014 that my wife and I are going to be Grandparents in August. First Grandchild.
As far as a build goes the first one is for me, which I\'m sure will be passed down.
As said before that\'s a nice Gatling gun group pick even if half are not in the pic.

Later 42rocker

Not sure, but little Andrew at 6 weeks may be the youngest
boy to have his own Gatling gun.

Talk about a really different teething ring. LOL.

You do such nice work.

Later 42rocker

[quote name=\"Cutter\"]Not sure, but little Andrew at 6 weeks may be the youngest
boy to have his own Gatling gun.[/quote]
Cutter,
You interested in adopting any grandchildren?    
Mike

Mike,
Send me the art work, I\'ll cut it for you.
No adoption required.

Made my lock pin from an old brass hat rack.
Just added stainless quick-release pins.

Go cut something

Elevating wheels added this week.
About 3\" travel.

I\'m not satisfied with the elevating wheel action, ( D&E type ) , going
to make new bushings and install thrust bearings

That looks so great. You do great work. Someday maybe I\'ll have something that looks half as good.

Later 42rocker

The new thrust bearings are in.
One in a cavity on the underside of the top flange
The other , underside of elevator plate.
Makes a smooth turning wheel end to end.

[Dave]

Amazing! I cant seem to find time to do one and you have made several flawless ones...

Thanks Dave,  Let me know if you need any program for your mill.


The lock handles are off the mill, ready for trimming and
a little swindle finish.