my 1st RG-G build

I decided to try to build the RG-G at the suggestion of a friend and co-worker you know as my65pan on this forum . This is my first build of this type of project so I see it as a challenge and a good way to fill time between jobs at the shop . I\'ve been posting all my pictures and progress on facebook for family and friends but was asked to post here by my65pan so here I am . The pictures I\'ve taken are of the barrel plates and carrier block while the parts are on the lathe or mill being worked and are not complete yet , but like I said its keeping me busy between jobs at the shop . I\'ve decided to use 17/4 because I have it on hand and be more durable in the long run , I plan shooting it . . . alot  

Good Luck to you on this. Double check for RG-G plan changes that are listed on this site.

Later 42rocker

Glad to see more activity on the site and to see your build. We have been running into a lot of frustration with the plans and the size of some of the parts. There are a lot of very skilled folks on this site and a wealth of information here. My problem is that I remember I read something about this or that but I can\'t quite remember exactly what it was or where I found it.  :?:

Looking forward to following your progress.

Good luck, I\'ve built 4 of them.  Check on this forum for mods and errors, the drawings leave a lot to be desired!  :mrgreen:

Good luck on your build.  I haven\'t been able to work on mine since Saturday.  Got a danged cold.  I have all the machine work done except the magazine and its base.  Working on the oak part now until I get some brass.

Good Luck,
Don

thanx for the encouragement every one . I decided on a different approach than stacking the barrel plates together with the carrier block and pre drilling them like the plans call for , even a sharp drill will walk to some degree . I have a 10\" vert/horz rotary table and a DRO on the Bridgeport and I made a fixture for the 3 parts so as long as I indicate each part in to the fixture holding location shouldn\'t be a problem . any way , here\'s some more pics of the lathe work as I got it done .

umm , wow !! any one know a way to shrink these pictures down so you can see them like the 1st pictures I posted ??

This is the way I resize my pictures.

1.  Open the picture in Windows Paint.
2.  Click on Image.
3.  Click on Resize.
     Horizontal  15%
     Vertical     15%
4.  Save As:   \"New name\" for your resized drawing.

Hope it works.  Don

Now if you want to view an over sized pic - here is what I do.
1st right click
2nd click view pic.
my computer resizes the pic to fit my screen.

Good Luck with your build.

Later 42rocker

[quote name=\"berny64\"]umm , wow !! any one know a way to shrink these pictures down so you can see them like the 1st pictures I posted ??[/quote]

I resized the first ones, I\'ll catch these also.

nitewatchman

Thanx nitewatchman , I\'ll try to resize them before I upload them

lets see if I did this rite , this part is of the main recoil plate , I had already turned it to size , here I\'m roughing the .625 dimension in

little to small for my liking so lets try 50% .

[quote name=\"berny64\"]Thanx nitewatchman , I\'ll try to resize them before I upload them[/quote]

No problem! What I do.

50% it is , ok back to the project . If it seems I\'m getting a lot done fast I\'m not , just getting this thread  caught up to where I\'m actually at on the machine work .

[attachment=1]IMAG0391.jpg[/attachment]finishing up the lathe work on the carrier

pictures are out of order , gonna have to work on that , sorry guys

more pictures of my progress , hopefully I got the pictures in the rite order now

Looking great so far. We need more pictures!

sorry guys , didn\'t mean to stall my thread but I had a family emergency to attend too . I have more pics of progress and I\'m back on the project so there\'s more to come , mistakes and all .