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Gunsmithing
Re contouring a barrel blank
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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 1447328" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>yobuck, I believe the machine tool of choice these days is a lathe similar to, if not, the Haas TL series of CNC lathes. After turning, the barrel is put on a barrel spinner and 'polished' against a belt sander. You might be surprised how nice of a finish that you can get , straight off of a properly tooled machine, these days. Before the CNCs, there were 'tracer' lathes, where a sensor followed a 'pattern'. Regardless of what kind of lathe, current practice is to use a pneumatic follow rest to help prevent deflection. Grinding is just too slow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 1447328, member: 24284"] yobuck, I believe the machine tool of choice these days is a lathe similar to, if not, the Haas TL series of CNC lathes. After turning, the barrel is put on a barrel spinner and 'polished' against a belt sander. You might be surprised how nice of a finish that you can get , straight off of a properly tooled machine, these days. Before the CNCs, there were 'tracer' lathes, where a sensor followed a 'pattern'. Regardless of what kind of lathe, current practice is to use a pneumatic follow rest to help prevent deflection. Grinding is just too slow. [/QUOTE]
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