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[Ironbearmarine]

Hey MattTheMuppet,
i missed this post entirely, sorry. Back in the late 1970s early 80s pallets of demilled 40mm barrels hit the surplus market....

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Brian,
i noticed you list yourself: Design Engineer. I once bore that title for a custom lighting company that created product for hotels, casinos,...

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I have one similar to this, but mine has a double thread on it. Probably from the 1890s. Made in England. Works like a champ! I am sure yours, like mine...

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I bought a dual voltage plasma cutter import that had good reviews and does what i need if I am not in a hurry. I run it at 220v with 80 lbs of air.The...

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Thats a fair nice bead of weld you’ve run there. Likely that stick time gave you a steady hand...

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At the nozzle end you should find a set screw in the brass fixture that holds the tip. Loosening that set screw should allow the removal or separation...

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here is the gun just fitted together to gain some clarity of concept. A firing mechanism is next and a crank handle. Also a second cylinder...

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More work on the Puckle Gun 2.0. The cylinder plate has been turned and a captive nut enclosure has been fabricated. Then with a rotary table the plate...

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I always tended to live in small communities. In one logging community i was warned away from a certain individual. I was told to watch him, as he was...

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Actually started this last week. So knocking about at my lawful occasions, i often use a little gizmo that i whipped up in the shop, to help keep myself...

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Yeah, when i was a teenager winter camping was being tossed naked from a pickup into a snow bank with two rocks to beat together to keep warm.
I...

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This was my home about forty five years ago. Winter hadn’t let go, it was March. Used 3 cords of wood and had back-up if needed. The snow piled six...

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...when the elk and squirrels get drunk from the windfall apples fermenting on the ground.
...when you keep a toilet seat ring by the wood stove...

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I owned a picture framing business for 14 years. Never used a saw for the miter cut. Used a foot operated guillotine with blades set at the miter then...

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There is a couple of primitive drills that i have made and used to good effect. One was a reciprocating pump drill that was a variation on the bow drill....

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While the original Puckle Gun had six and nine shot chamber assemblies mine has only four. The reason is i am using steel alloys because of higher pressures....

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Yes indeed there will be some videos. In about 3 hours i should have some new photos of the completed chambers.

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Very nice machine. Much like a mechanical claw used in robotics....

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I like it. My only negative comment is that it looks like you could push it over from the side. Is it just plain heavy...

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Here’s another shop made tool. Its rough and bodgered together, but it works and might give Rube Goldberg a chuckle, God rest his merry soul.
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