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Anyone machine their own muzzle brakes?
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<blockquote data-quote="JGRJR" data-source="post: 2514090" data-attributes="member: 69912"><p>Some people just enjoy machining things themselves. If you have the equipment I say go for it. Your brake will probably not be as effective as some others but it will be "your brake".</p><p></p><p>30 years ago I went to look at a manual lathe a small machine shop was selling. It would be my first lathe. After looking over the machine, the owner saw I had a genuine interest and offered to give me a tour of his shop. The shop was immaculate. Housed in a nice space maybe 50 by 80. Well at some point we got to an area with smaller machines. I saw a nice clean lathe that did not seem to have any manufacturer plates. I asked the owner what brand of machine it was.</p><p></p><p>He went on to tell me his father was a retired master machinist. He said when he was in high school his dad had him make this small lathe. It was a full geared head lathe around 10 x 30. He said his dad told him when he finished building the lathe he would be a pretty decent machinist. I think my jaw dropped. Hobbing ever gear, making your own lead screw. What a project. I am sure he used every machine in his dads shop but building your own geared head lathe, wow?</p><p></p><p>Then he told me his retired dad was across the way in his home. His father built Live Steam locomotives. Scale locomotives that function just as a full size locomotive, just to a scale you can ride. So we walked over and looked at his fathers work. He was on his third scale locomotive. He was not building these from a kit. He would get original blueprint drawings for a locomotive. He would scale them down and machine or build every part. Again my jaw dropped. I had heard of these Live Steam locomotives but had never seen one up close. I left that day thinking "This is America". These are the type of skilled people that built this country.</p><p></p><p>Easy to buy something but some people love to build something.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JGRJR, post: 2514090, member: 69912"] Some people just enjoy machining things themselves. If you have the equipment I say go for it. Your brake will probably not be as effective as some others but it will be "your brake". 30 years ago I went to look at a manual lathe a small machine shop was selling. It would be my first lathe. After looking over the machine, the owner saw I had a genuine interest and offered to give me a tour of his shop. The shop was immaculate. Housed in a nice space maybe 50 by 80. Well at some point we got to an area with smaller machines. I saw a nice clean lathe that did not seem to have any manufacturer plates. I asked the owner what brand of machine it was. He went on to tell me his father was a retired master machinist. He said when he was in high school his dad had him make this small lathe. It was a full geared head lathe around 10 x 30. He said his dad told him when he finished building the lathe he would be a pretty decent machinist. I think my jaw dropped. Hobbing ever gear, making your own lead screw. What a project. I am sure he used every machine in his dads shop but building your own geared head lathe, wow? Then he told me his retired dad was across the way in his home. His father built Live Steam locomotives. Scale locomotives that function just as a full size locomotive, just to a scale you can ride. So we walked over and looked at his fathers work. He was on his third scale locomotive. He was not building these from a kit. He would get original blueprint drawings for a locomotive. He would scale them down and machine or build every part. Again my jaw dropped. I had heard of these Live Steam locomotives but had never seen one up close. I left that day thinking "This is America". These are the type of skilled people that built this country. Easy to buy something but some people love to build something. [/QUOTE]
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