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Building a barrel vise
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<blockquote data-quote="70oldsracer" data-source="post: 1808517" data-attributes="member: 95943"><p>I'm in the process of building a new barrel vise. I built one a while ago just like the wheeler engineering one, except I was using aluminum blocks instead of the wood blocks. The vise worked great, but I want to make one so I can use tapered bushings. I have some 2" x 2" steel and I'm going to bore a 1 1/2" hole through the center of the top and bottom so I can use 1 1/2" aluminum bushings. My question is, what is the best way to figure out the correct taper of the barrel so I can set the compound on the lathe to bore the bushings? I was also thinking of just making some new aluminum blocks and mill a V in the top and the bottom. Just not sure there would be enough contact to remove stubborn barrels. Let me know what you guys think.</p><p>Here is my current vise when I removed my mauser barrel. <img src="https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/820/zt9k.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/829/e0x8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="70oldsracer, post: 1808517, member: 95943"] I'm in the process of building a new barrel vise. I built one a while ago just like the wheeler engineering one, except I was using aluminum blocks instead of the wood blocks. The vise worked great, but I want to make one so I can use tapered bushings. I have some 2" x 2" steel and I'm going to bore a 1 1/2" hole through the center of the top and bottom so I can use 1 1/2" aluminum bushings. My question is, what is the best way to figure out the correct taper of the barrel so I can set the compound on the lathe to bore the bushings? I was also thinking of just making some new aluminum blocks and mill a V in the top and the bottom. Just not sure there would be enough contact to remove stubborn barrels. Let me know what you guys think. Here is my current vise when I removed my mauser barrel. [IMG]https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/820/zt9k.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/829/e0x8.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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