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barrel threading question
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<blockquote data-quote="biednick" data-source="post: 2668925" data-attributes="member: 123604"><p>There's a hole that passes all the way through the headstock of the lathe. It lets you take long pieces of stock, pass them all the way through the chuck, and clamp them near the end you'll be working on. It's called a spindle bore. The size of this hole varies. If the distance from the bore of your barrel to the farthest point on the recoil lug is greater than the radius of the spindle bore and the barrel is too short to leave the recoil lug hanging out the end of the spindle opposite the chuck they won't be able to thread it with the lug attached. Encores have pretty big lugs, so they'd need a big spindle bore to thread it. Other barrels, like ARs and most bolt actions, can easily be removed from the action if this is a problem. Since Encores are welded there's no way to remove it.</p><p></p><p>I can't help with a recommendation for someone who can do the work, but hopefully this explains the limitation and why your Encore barrel is more of an issue than other barrels. There's other ways to fixture a barrel for threading, but a low price high volume shop isn't going to take the time to change things around for one barrel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="biednick, post: 2668925, member: 123604"] There's a hole that passes all the way through the headstock of the lathe. It lets you take long pieces of stock, pass them all the way through the chuck, and clamp them near the end you'll be working on. It's called a spindle bore. The size of this hole varies. If the distance from the bore of your barrel to the farthest point on the recoil lug is greater than the radius of the spindle bore and the barrel is too short to leave the recoil lug hanging out the end of the spindle opposite the chuck they won't be able to thread it with the lug attached. Encores have pretty big lugs, so they'd need a big spindle bore to thread it. Other barrels, like ARs and most bolt actions, can easily be removed from the action if this is a problem. Since Encores are welded there's no way to remove it. I can't help with a recommendation for someone who can do the work, but hopefully this explains the limitation and why your Encore barrel is more of an issue than other barrels. There's other ways to fixture a barrel for threading, but a low price high volume shop isn't going to take the time to change things around for one barrel. [/QUOTE]
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