Working Bee + Game Sunday 17th April 2011

[Argonaut]

Today was awesome thanks guys
installed the new barrel from Dogsbody tonight, slightly too long will be hacksawing tomorrow

[Flazzbog]

Don't hacksaw it, give it to Pete. He knows how to properly shorten a barrel and will do a gpod job too!

[Argonaut]

Don't hacksaw it, give it to Pete. He knows how to properly shorten a barrel and will do a gpod job too!

Do you mean like spin it on a lathe instead?

[Flazzbog]

I'm not sure how he does it but I have read a hacksaw is bad. It burrs the end. You can hacksaw it if you want and if you don't like it get someone to re-do the end. But burrs in the end of a high precision barrel can be counter productive.

[DrDee]

You can hacksaw but just do it carefully and you have to countersink a tapered end into the barrel to clean up any burrs

[Bladerunner]

I use a wisker disc to cut the barrel and a proper internal counter bore set at the correct rake angle to finish. PM me

Hacksaws if not used correctly can crush or deform the tube.