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Need a machinist for a small job
So I have a small part that needs to be machined. I have attached a link to the pics of the part and a print. The barrel has to stay in the trunnion during machining to keep everything true. Any help would be much appreciated. Willing to pay for the services as well.
https://m.imgur.com/gallery/pFZsTel
https://m.imgur.com/oJqvnGT
https://m.imgur.com/gallery/K3NmwM4
Links 1 and 3 don't work for me.
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Same here
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Dangerlee comes to mind.....gunsmiths are machinists, I've hired Bert to do something before.
Small "job shop" machine shops are like unicorns and dodo birds now.
Last edited by rondog; 01-30-2019 at 10:26.
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Last edited by Lurch; 01-30-2019 at 10:30.
Originally Posted by rondog
Was going to stop by there on the way home.
Probably well worth it in the long run.
There's a lot more of us ugly mf'ers out here than there are of you pretty people!
- Frank Zappa
Scrotum Diem - bag the day!
It's all shits and giggles until someone giggles and shits.....
Might be the /GALLERY/ in the filepath. Working link doesn't have it.
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Respectfully disagree. I have dealt with quite a few "Certified" 'Smith's that while they could perform some machining operations related to firearms, were far from Machinists.
Machining as taught by 'Smithing schools is very narrow in scope, confined to specific tasks.
A true Machinist has a broad scope of machining knowledge, they may have been machining surgical instruments one day and rebuilding the steer axle on a forklift the next.
Most machining operations are fairly simple when reduced to basics, it is the setup, workholding and order of operations that approach "Black Art".
That black art is a scarce commodity.
Most "Machinist's" now are more machine operators, they punch the buttons on a CNC that a programmer set up, that a Setup man figured out workholding and fixturing.
I know a guy that runs the floor of a multi million dollar CNC facility, he can run CAD/CAM and punch code like nobodies business.
He couldn't single point a thread or tram in a Bridgeport to save his ass.
You can make a Gunsmith out of a Machinist, but you cant always make a Machinist out of a Gunsmith.
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