Gunsmith Tools, Cutter & Gauges
A Primer
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Gunsmith Tools, Cutter & Gauges
A Primer
About This Book
Users of tools seldom know or understand how or why a tool is designed a certain way. They are so concerned with the result of the work, that they don't consider the process itself.
In this primer all of the American makers of gunsmithing reamers, gauges and other tools have come together to answer the questions that every gunsmith should know the answer to. Understanding tools will increase your efficiency and the quality of your work. Making you more money and making clients happy with the end product.
Damaging tools or guns because of the lack of some basic knowledge is wasteful as well as unnecessary.
Consider this the FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) book for tools and thier correct use. Professionals are seldom taught this information in school. In stead they opperate on wives tales and mysteries that one guy shares with the next. Hobby gunsmiths have it even worse as they seldom receive any formal training at all.
These tools are not black magic. They are fabricated with tried and true design principals. If this subject interests you, the benefits of this information will make your life much easier. Tools life, will be better, saving you lots of money over time.
Instead of taking a lifetime to pick this information up, one tid-bit at a time, read this primer and jumpstart your knowledge base by many years.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Gunsmith Tools, Cutters & Gauges;
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- 1. What every gunsmith should know!
- 2. Chamber Reamers
- 3. Custom Reamers
- 4. Using Reamers
- 5. Do I need to use a lubricant when reaming?
- 6. Reamer Holder
- 7. Reamer Stops
- 8. Can you force a reamer to cut off center?
- 9. Do You Need a Print for the Reamer?
- 10. Chip Welding
- 11. Misconceptions about Chamber Reamers:
- 12. What is a āBarrelā Reamer?
- 13. Cylinder Throating Reamers
- 14. Throating Reamers
- 15. Neck Reamers
- 16. Neck and Throat Reamers
- 17. Resize Reamer
- 18. Carbide vs. High Speed Steel (HSS)
- 19. Chamber Reamers
- 20. Long Forcing Cone Reamers
- 21. Shotgun Bore & Chock Basic Dimensions
- 22. Removable Choke Tools
- 23. Measuring For Screw-In Chokes
- 24. Choke Lube
- 25. Defining Headspace
- 26. Choosing the Correct Gauge
- 27. How are āImprovedā Chambers Headspaced?
- 28. Headspace Gauge Interchange Chart
- 29. Crowning & Muzzle Tools
- 30. Thread Alignment Tool (TAT)
- 31. Appendix I Reamer, Removable Pilot Bushings
- 32. Appendix II
- Afterword
- About Fred Zeglin
- Also by Fred Zeglin