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Why dial a rifle bore within .0001"
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1141549" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>That's a good question.</p><p></p><p>The reason is simple in my mind. If you don't try to make everything as near perfect you will always wonder if it could be better/More accurate. If I can set the barrel up and not even have .0001 thousandths run out on the bore I will still try to reduce the movement in the dial indicator to less if I can.</p><p></p><p>If I could I would use .00001 indicators but with the machine that I have it would be almost impossible to do but I would still try.</p><p></p><p>You are correct about other aspects of the set up. If the tail stock is not true and dialed in and the reamer bushing is a poor fit, It wont make much difference. But setting everything up correctly</p><p>is every good smiths obligation.</p><p></p><p>You may not be able to achieve .0001 accuracy in every faze of a build but you must try. after all, perfect is best and less than perfect is still less.</p><p></p><p>I have modified my process many times in order to improve the accuracy and quality consistency.</p><p>I am also always looking for a better way to do something (Not a short cut). I consider myself a craftsman and a good craftsman never excepts less than his best and never stops trying to improve.</p><p></p><p>So the long and the short of it is, set everything to .00000 if you can and you will never be sorry.</p><p></p><p>Just my opinion</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1141549, member: 2736"] That's a good question. The reason is simple in my mind. If you don't try to make everything as near perfect you will always wonder if it could be better/More accurate. If I can set the barrel up and not even have .0001 thousandths run out on the bore I will still try to reduce the movement in the dial indicator to less if I can. If I could I would use .00001 indicators but with the machine that I have it would be almost impossible to do but I would still try. You are correct about other aspects of the set up. If the tail stock is not true and dialed in and the reamer bushing is a poor fit, It wont make much difference. But setting everything up correctly is every good smiths obligation. You may not be able to achieve .0001 accuracy in every faze of a build but you must try. after all, perfect is best and less than perfect is still less. I have modified my process many times in order to improve the accuracy and quality consistency. I am also always looking for a better way to do something (Not a short cut). I consider myself a craftsman and a good craftsman never excepts less than his best and never stops trying to improve. So the long and the short of it is, set everything to .00000 if you can and you will never be sorry. Just my opinion J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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