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Here's a boat load of pics showing most of the steps of building a "simple" grip cap. It starts out as one of Pete Grisel designed 2 screw caps. Client wanted a skeleton with a little more meat around the wood insert. Allowed a little more engraving surface and a pleasing scalloped border. Lots of pics.  IMG_4160 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4161 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4162 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4163 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4164 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4165 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr | ||
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Building the fixture to hold the cap for the following operations.  IMG_4168 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4169 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4170 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4171 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4172 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4173 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4174 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4175 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4176 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr | |||
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Machining the flip side of the cap.  IMG_4177 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4178 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4179 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr | |||
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Looks like a "timer sucker" but nice! | |||
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Drilling hole for swinging the arc on the domed top. CNC lathe would be great. I would have used my other CNC mill like the bolt handle, but time involved with building the fixture would be much longer.  IMG_4180 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4183 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4184 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4185 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4186 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4187 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4188 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr | |||
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I always super glue my grip cap to the stock for location then use my hardened drill bushing and home made #8-24 tap in my cordless drill to finish the install.  IMG_4190 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4191 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr | |||
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Back to the mill to cut out the skeleton profile.  IMG_4221 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4222 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4223 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4224 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4225 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4226 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr | |||
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Cutting the insert from the stock blank. Sneak up on changing the cutter diameter in the program for a perfect fit.  IMG_4227 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4228 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4229 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4231 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4232 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4233 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4234 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4236 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_4238 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr | |||
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Polished and out and back from engraving. Insert is much smaller than a normal skeleton so I checkered it as tight as my machine would go. Pretty close to 32 LPI.  IMG_6836 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_7790 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr IMG_7793 by JAMES ANDERSON, on Flickr | |||
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Yes Sir! | |||
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Wow! Looks like a ton of work went into it and it looks great. Thanks for sharing. Lee | |||
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Superfine! Life itself is a gift. Live it up if you can. | |||
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Beautiful it is! Doug Wilhelmi NRA Life Member | |||
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Nice work. Dave | |||
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Wonderful! Thanks for sharing. | |||
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Stunning! Now you need to make a couple hundred of them to get back the time put in  | |||
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Stunning craftsmanship. NRA Patron member | |||
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Beautiful work ! I REALLY enjoy threads like this showing the work in steps with lots of pictures ! Thanks for taking the tine to share Gunmaker. Wyatt | |||
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Wow ! Looks beautiful. Thank you for taking the time to photograph and post up the pictures. | |||
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Very impressive work with attention to detail. Thanks for sharing! I'm curious; would you elaborate on your tap?
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It's just a 5" piece of stressproof that's threaded 8-24 and 2 flutes milled with a small ballmill. You can see the thread relief near the 3/8" shank. If/when it breaks, that should be the spot it does. I don't run the tap any deeper than I need to and there should be a few threads left sticking out of the wood that could be unscrewed with vise grips. I also cut flutes in socket head cap screws using a cut off wheel. The 10-24 for the buttplate is then tapped with a cut off allen wrench in the drill running the "indestructible" homemade socket head tap. I tap a few threads at a time as the flutes pack up pretty quick with wood chips. Another tapping tip with the 8-24 is I level the cap surface so keeping the tap square with the work is much easier. | |||
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That and the stock look truly magnificent. Beautiful workmanship. The hunting imperative was part of every man's soul; some denied or suppressed it, others diverted it into less blatantly violent avenues of expression, wielding clubs on the golf course or racquets on the court, substituting a little white ball for the prey of flesh and blood. Wilbur Smith | |||
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Can you show more pictures of the finished rifle. | |||
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You need to show a couple of your beautiful 22RF. | |||
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