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Lathe Jig for Badger bolt handle?
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<blockquote data-quote="Sighter" data-source="post: 161116" data-attributes="member: 2754"><p>I am not much help with the lathe jig but have done a bunch of these on my mill.</p><p></p><p>I built a jig from two pieces of oak with a diagonal slot milled in each to hold the bolt at the correct angle in my mill vice. I use a 5/16" hollow mill. I found the mills on ebay after a lot of looking, had to buy a lot of four assorted mills to get the 5/16, but they were not too expensive. I mount the hollow mill in one of my large end mill holders. </p><p></p><p>A high quality 5/16 x 24 die is also needed, those bolts are pretty hard. I use the mill to manually apply downward pressure on the manual die and holder to get the threads started and then work slowly with lubricant.</p><p></p><p>This method leaves the entire length of the bolt handle through the knob to attach the Badger. There is a little fudge room to angle the knob for and aft and also the end length of the final bolt knob position. The same jig can do short and long action Remingtons.</p><p></p><p>Here is one I did with a teardrop Holland knob:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.wassdesign.com/bo/PSS/PSS%202.JPG" target="_blank">http://www.wassdesign.com/bo/PSS/PSS 2.JPG</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sighter, post: 161116, member: 2754"] I am not much help with the lathe jig but have done a bunch of these on my mill. I built a jig from two pieces of oak with a diagonal slot milled in each to hold the bolt at the correct angle in my mill vice. I use a 5/16" hollow mill. I found the mills on ebay after a lot of looking, had to buy a lot of four assorted mills to get the 5/16, but they were not too expensive. I mount the hollow mill in one of my large end mill holders. A high quality 5/16 x 24 die is also needed, those bolts are pretty hard. I use the mill to manually apply downward pressure on the manual die and holder to get the threads started and then work slowly with lubricant. This method leaves the entire length of the bolt handle through the knob to attach the Badger. There is a little fudge room to angle the knob for and aft and also the end length of the final bolt knob position. The same jig can do short and long action Remingtons. Here is one I did with a teardrop Holland knob: [url]http://www.wassdesign.com/bo/PSS/PSS%202.JPG[/url] [/QUOTE]
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