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General CNC Chat => Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) => Topic started by: panaceabeachbum on August 02, 2008, 11:11:40 PM
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Just found this section and thought I would show some of the stuff I have made
Before anyone freaks out with all the firearm related stuff I want to point out that everything here is legal in the United States were I reside and I am a licensced 07 firearms manufacturer and an SOT (machine gun license)
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/semi60/60r2.jpg)
semi auto m60 receiver
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/semi60/60r5.jpg)
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This is a singleshot AR15 receiver I make for the single shot 50 cal market
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/ar/arssl4.jpg)
a few of the rec in process
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/lower/pic1.jpg)
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/lower/pic11.jpg)
here is a semi auto 275 round 22 lr pistol i built a few years ago
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/am275/side.jpg)
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here is a 2/3 scale 22 short gatling gun , this is a scale working model of an 1873
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/gat/gatassembly3.jpg)
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sieg x3 conversion
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/mm2/mm5.jpg)
9x20 conversion
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/9x20/9x20kit.jpg)
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here is a working scale 1919 browining belt fed in 22 lr
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/1922/1922done.jpg)
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/1922/1922done2.jpg)
below is a pic of a pair of 1919 and a 1917 water cooled
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/1917/trio.jpg)
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these series of pics are a british 2" mortar , These came into the US with a large hole in the bbl . I registered this one s a DD with ATF allowing it to be made live again . The pics show the process of turning , threading and cutting locking notches in a new bbl
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/britmortar/britm1.jpg)
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/britmortar/britm2.jpg)
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/britmortar/britm4.jpg)
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/britmortar/britm5.jpg)
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/britmortar/tube4.jpg)
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/britmortar/tube3.jpg)
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/britmortar/tube2.jpg)
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/britmortar/tube1.jpg)
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I started building a scale sterlink mk4 smg in 22 lr , but havent had time to finish , I spent about 4 days on the project, jumping back and forth between solidworks creating the 3d models and the mill making parts. Here are the results .
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/ster22/22tube1.jpg)
the rec on the bottom is the scale tube , the one on the top is a fullsize sterling receiver
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/ster22/22tube2.jpg)
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/ster22/22cap.jpg)
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/ster22/bbl5.jpg)
scale barrel
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/ster22/bbl1.jpg)
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/ster22/bbl2.jpg)
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/ster22/bbl3.jpg)
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/ster22/bbl4.jpg)
These last pics show the magazine housing, bolt , grip frame, trigger housing, trigger and sear
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/ster22/ster5.jpg)
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/ster22/ster6.jpg)
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/ster22/ster7.jpg)
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/ster22/ster8.jpg)
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Here are some pic of a power drawbar I designed and built for my bridgeport clone , four years of daily use and not a single problem
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/drawbar/dbar2.jpg)
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/drawbar/dbar3.jpg)
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/drawbar/dbar5.jpg)
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/drawbar/dbar6.jpg)
(http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/drawbar/dbar7.jpg)
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THAT IS BEYOND AWESOME !
Working replicas have always been a dream of mine.
Beautiful work !
GOD BLESS AMERICA !
Thanks,
RC
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What would you charge for the prints for the 1919-22 ?
Thanks,
RC
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That is just fantastic work, my friend. Just fantastic- :)
The power draw bar is completely air driven, yes?
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Very, very good. That's great work. Got any videos of them in action? I love the gatling gun. Ever make one of those in a 270 caliper? I think everyone should have something like that for home defense. ;D
Brett
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Wow, impressive stuff! Do you design all of the parts yourself, or did you manage to find drawings for some guns. With all of the guns and other products, seems it would be a full time job just doing the designing. Obviously, your not a one-man-band. Do you do all the anodizing or have a local shop do it? Do you make full size replicas? Great stuff you posted, and even more on your site. Thanks for sharing.
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Hi I do all the design , programing and machine work myself . Just a one man shop with a lot of automated equipment . I mostly do R+D and protoyping work for a couple of larger gun manufacturers so I have become pretty good with time management , 16 hour days 7 days a week helps also. I do all the anodizing in house, I will soon be farming the anodizing out on large runs as I just dont have time if it gets over 30-40 pieces.
The 1919 22 and the gatling 22 are both drawings/desgns that belong to other people so those I cannot share, would love to but just wouldnt be fair .
Here is a link to a few of my other gun related projects , i have a lot more I will be updating the site with and as soon as I find some time will be creating a download section with alot of my 2d and 3d drawings . http://www.thompsonmachine.net/gun.htm
Justin over at cncgunsmithing has a lot of wonderful 3d solid models for various guns that are free to download also .
The power drawbar is all air , uses the original valve off the back of a $10 3/8 impact wrench used to turn the drwbar . there are a couple of air cylinders that drive the unit down on the drawbar . I would be happy to share the drawings for this one but I sell the unit in Kit form for a reasonable price. If you studdy the pics its not hard to duplicate.
I have started a larger gatling in 357 magnum but just havent found time to finish , I have a full set of plans free to download for a 1903 gatling in 30/40 craig over on the yahoo "Gatling Gun " goup . A number of fellows over there are also building the little 1873 like mine in the pics.
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On the 1919-22.....What is used for the belt ? Is it custom molded ? Or is something off the shelf ?
Thanks ,
RC
REALLY NEAT STUFF !
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its a clothe belt made for the tippmann 22 beltfeds and the LM7 22 upper for the AR made by lakeside machine, there are also plastic links avail . Eric at lake side sells the 1919 22 in kit form
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what camera did you use to take your pictures with.
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most of them with a minolta g530 , nothing fancy just a pocket camera . I like it because its small , about the size of a pack of cigarettes and it has a cycle time between pics of around 1 second . Does very well in dif light conditions . Will also take over 700 pics between charges, more without the flash. has two card slots so I can have 2 qty 2gig memory cards in it at the same time
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wow some real nice stuff there. Can you get belted 22LR over there or did you need to make the round belt as well for the browning?
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The anodizing is spot on as well, it makes all the difference to a bit of Ally.
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Very nice and very professional work !
It's so good I felt that I just had to add my comments.
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The power drawbar is all air , uses the original valve off the back of a $10 3/8 impact wrench used to turn the drwbar . there are a couple of air cylinders that drive the unit down on the drawbar . I would be happy to share the drawings for this one but I sell the unit in Kit form for a reasonable price. If you studdy the pics its not hard to duplicate.
That's what I thought it looked like but what a very nice professional job you did.
When I decide to make one, you'll be hearing from me - ;)
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Nice work and you certainly have my blessing on posting anything related to firearms. Being an avid shooter at one time I appreaciate custom craftmanship and it's quite evident from your postings. Your post brought back some fond memories of a few trips to Remington Arms when they were trying to automate engraving on shotguns. I would guess that a brick of 22's don't last to long with the machine gun but then all the beer bottles are gone and it's time to go anyway.
By all means post some more.
RICH
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My former Troop Sgt. used to fire the 2" mortar over his head, lying on his back, knee raised with the baseplate resting on his thigh. (the damn things were only any good for para-illumination)
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Beautiful work!
I am new to Mach3. I didn't know if there was a post processor to solid works or not. Do you use cam works to get the g-code to Mach?
Again, your experience and detail are evident.
Dale