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luvsdaheat
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| olsonspeed wrote: | | The barrel or the "object" seemed familiar to me I really felt like I have held it in my hands... |
I know exactly what you mean - I keep looking for it in my dreams!
The knurling is almost flat, as though ground down, but I've used aluminum tools - a compass or cheapo micro screwdriver, etc. that have the exact look and feel as that knurling when new. I'm, leaning toward cheaper tools rather than higher end stuff; I could be 180 off, but it just reminds me of some crappy quality tool that General Tools (yellow/black packaging) would have sold in the 70's.
DeckB - great find on those punches though, I could see them paired up and filled in with JB Weld.
In related news, I'm going to start a sight-related topic, rather than post it here to avoid confusion. Here's the nut: Unless it's been settled elsewhere, my mind keeps coming back to the function of those 2 odd little screws on the left mag housing; they seem too purpose-built to be just for looks; I think they were switches for the rear sight LEDS so that one, or both, or neither of the LEDS would lghit. Please don't respond to this here, though!!  |
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BigLoop22
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| Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 3:57 am Post subject: |
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Gents,
This piece:
...reminds me of a metal insert from a plastic control knob, like these:
I have seen similar knobs on surplus test equpment that I would canabalize for a friend. The knobs have steel, or brass, inserts, with two threaeded holes, to allow set screws (at 90* apart) to be tightened against a shaft.
This page may be of help to you all:
http://www.effectsconnection.com/oscommerce/index.php?cPath=27
...just a thought...
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BigLoop22
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...and then there is this:
That is a "tang sight" that is mounted on a Winchester Model 94. The rifle was manufactured in 1928, and the seller claims that the sight is period-correct. There is no reference to the brand of tang sight. The knurled portion is twisted to elevate the sight apperture. A tang sight is something that an old-school, longtime gunsmith would have in his spare parts drawer!
I will guess that the above-pictured sight is a Lyman #2. If you are looking for tang sights like this, then you should research "LYMAN" & "MARBLES". Marbles is sometimes spelled "MARBLE", or "MARBLE'S". Marble's on the left, Lyman on the right:
...from this link:
http://www.hobbygunsmith.com/Archives/Feb04/Interview.htm
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eltee
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With all the BR blaster fans who are also machinists, has anyone tried to turn one of these on a lathe? One with crisp detail and definition would be a nice, final touch for those building "ultimate" blasters. A machined one might be hollowed out to allow routing of wires for those who want to add working LEDs . The details could be milled out once the tube was done.
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I'd be down for a few of these.
| eltee wrote: | With all the BR blaster fans who are also machinists, has anyone tried to turn one of these on a lathe? One with crisp detail and definition would be a nice, final touch for those building "ultimate" blasters. A machined one might be hollowed out to allow routing of wires for those who want to add working LEDs . The details could be milled out once the tube was done.
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megamicrofish
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I definately think that this is some kind of watchmakers screwdriver as there are so many similarities
Quickly googled these
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It could even have been put together using parts cut from two identical leather punches (for example) and then recast as one piece which would explain the two identical rounded grooves.
Or even canibalised from a few different parts then recast. |
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andy
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Way too much work for a piece that looks just added on. I seriously doubt it.
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I can almost picture some sweaty guy in an LA workshop grinding away on a jewelers screwdriver, or a technical pen, or something else laying around in his workshop, putting the blaster together, having NO IDEA all these years later we'd be trying to figure out what all the parts were.
he was just trying to get the wires to work, and the LED's to stay in probably!!
I mean, they had to be just odds and ends from around his shop.
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Is there any knowledge as to just who built the original?
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Heres a new one.
Just saw some very similar parts to the sight rod on a Tattoo machine part web site. The grips and binding posts are similar and there would be alot of different styles.
The grips have the same type of groove in them, I'm guessing to let air get to the needles.
The plot thickens....
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Maybe the circa 1980's versions of these current items? 
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Tattoo needle holders wont work, the smallest I've ever seen in those is about the same diameter as a bic pen or larger.
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