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This is the start of the bolt. I am starting with a piece of 15/16" Drill Rod. |
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I started by facing one end and the center drilling a hole for the live center. Here the piece is centered in the 4 jaw chuck, the live center is set in place and the piece is ready to be turned down to fit in the receiver.
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Here is the bolt after being turned down to fit the receiver tube.
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The next step was to turn down a step where the Handle Bushing will go.
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After that the bolt was cut down to its rough size on the bandsaw.
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I then rechucked the leftover piece and again faced it and center drilled it.
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Just like on the Barrel Bushing I then used several different drill bits and brought the hole up to about .500"
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Then using the boring bar a finished the bushing to size to fit on the bolt.
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Next I applied some layout dye and marked the bushing for the locking pin grove.
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| Using a cutoff tool I cut a 3/16" grove for the locking pin. If I had a rotary table I would have done this on the mill so it wouldn't have had to go all the way around the bushing but I work with what I can afford right now. |
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| After all that was done I cut the bushing off on the bandsaw and then rechucked it in the lathe and faced the ends and brought it to its final size of about 13/16". |
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| Here's the progress on the bushing so far. I still have to cut one more groove running length wise for the locking pin and I need to drill and tap for the handle. |
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Here's the bushing on the bolt just to check the fit.
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Then I test fit the two parts in the Receiver.
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