Dropping in a picture of us before dinner last evening. I've made better friends with the new camera. The weather has been delightful. I love Spring! Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hi Lon, Probably around 50 pounds of Propane. Yeah ... it does look nice. Gets a real rich black color. I soak it longer than is really required. Makes a nice tough surface. Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Yeah ... did you see your barrel? Catch it on the way by? hahah. I notice the comentary on the last video indicates 8 pots might have resulted in permanent brain damage. hahah. Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hello Kent, You bettcha. Hey ... reminds me. At dinner last night ... there was a table of two older couples. One tiny old lady with dyed red hair dominated the table with a non-stop monologue bashing Sarah Palin while the rest ate. She sure drives them nuts. Only thing the lady could find wrong in the country now, I suppose. You are right about the caustic nature of the bluing shoby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hi Jim, We went to a nice place we hadn't tried before. Nice atmosphere. The meal was great. The waitress was terrible, and we had to fight to pay and leave. At any rate, the company was good. ;?) Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Here's a quick video I made during the bluing session today. I ran 7 complete cycles. It took about 5 hours. Everything turned out really well. Note the positive air flow draft coming in the window (drawn by the overhead hood/fan exhaust system). Everything cleaned up. The work is curing it's new dark black finish. And ... Gary has left the building!by barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Thanks Jim, Your Alpine turned out so well, that I'm "reposessing" it. Sorry. hehe Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
It's all DONE!!! And it all went PERFECT!!! I must go pinch myself now. haha. I took some pics and videos. I'll post some later. For now ... I think a shower, and dinner out with my fine wife would be in order. There's a BUNCH of extremely fine work curing inside a coat of oil right now. Yippie! Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Well, they are all racked. But ... the five hour session will have to wait til morning to start. I ran into complex "racking" issues. Had to make a couple of more racks to hold the items in the correct manner. I also got the complete set of parts for the Rearick Tundra in here. There are alot of parts. Complex interplay of the parts. I didn't think I was gonna make the set - but did.by barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
A few clarifications for readers: I don't claim to be the last word on anything. Whatever excites you, in the field of airguns, I hope you can do it safely. I'm not on a Crusade. I'm not "Dissing" anyone's work. Not claiming anyone makes poor guns. My strong feelings are against "home shop hotrod" modifications. In my opinion, that undermines the engineering the origonal builder put inby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hi Guys. Thanks. I'm getting ready to fire the tanks. I finally have all the parts prepared, and most of them "racked up". It's been quite an intense prep period. And, of course, I'm never satisfied that I'm ready. I have so many other things that I wish were far enough along for the tanks. This is a tremendous amount of work though. Yes Neil ... some of these parts were literally staby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
of bluing will have key parts of 11 different guns. It's not enough, but it's sure a ton of work. These components will provide the missing links for these 11 guns. With these component parts complete, they can be connected with the billet parts, trigger housings, etc. Among this batch, are things that are not readily thought of. Bison crank, crank hub, crank hub retainer. All need to bby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hi Cedric, Yeah - I need to screen the camera. I sat it at 22 1/2 degrees from the target. Figuring that was safe from the lead splash. And, it was. However; I can't count on it. I found one thing though ... and it was odd ... as you get closer and closer to the action, the action seems to speed up in the video. It's a "field of view" related thingie. The sections of video I took thby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hi Cedric. Hey - good to hear from you. The following isn't intended to imply that you don't know these things. Your post was a good point of entry ... The issue I keep preaching on, is that a PCP Rifle is a "complete system". It's not just a pc. of seamless tubing. It's the threads in the tubing wall, or it's the tensile of the steel in the grub screws. It's the number of threads, thby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
I just did a bit of "Googling" on them. Evidently they are very difficult to get in the States (unless I was reading old postings) ... and they were $5 per shot for the old inventory the guys had. They are French, if I understood correctly. Very neat product. A comment on a forum said a 20 ga. would penetrate 2" of steel at 50 yards with them, due to the embedded steel rod. I suspect that'by barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Good job Alex. The pic is just fine. Glad you have a camera now. The gun looks interesting. I forget - sorry ... did you say you modified it ... or made it? Also ... what's this about the controlled combustion. Are you speaking of intentional dieseling, or something else? Thanks for the post. Gary If you are not real familiar with digital cameras, most will have a "Macro" settiby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hi Alex, Thanks. That's dedication to sacrifice a shell like that for a pic. We appreciate it. Looks like a very interesting projectile. That's a bunch of manufacturing committment to all the tooling for those componets. The molding dies and such. Very neat. Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
As I see it Sean ... The thing is, every designer now, feels that you have made a "religious conversion" to his or her companies' product. You're now willing to study the manual ... daily, and in depth ... as one would his or her religious manuscripts. Nothing else in life matters anymore. You can relearn everything you knew up the your point of conversion. Anything that has become naturalby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hello Danny, Just clarifying your two posts, for myself. 35 cubic inches of 2,800 psi reservoir. 30 inch barrel. Your first post said three full power shots (over 1,200 foot pounds) and two more lesser shots for a total of 5 shots. After tuning it down ... you got three shots - still over 1,100 foot pounds? I'm not sure how you sensed the difference between 1,100 foot pounds and 1,200 fby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Griffin, Peter, and All, "Redundant Safety Factors". That's why I don't do it. If you are going to run something at nearly 6,000 psi, then I'd want to see tests of 25,000 psi to 30,000 psi. What happens when something fatigues, or becomes a bit loose over time and usage? I suspect these guys are far more skilled in engineering and fabrication that I am. Here's a couple of reasons whby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
haha, I like that. Garyby barnespneumatic - I'm just sayin'
Hello Danny, Wow ... with something as special as that, I know you must have taken a ton of pictures. We'd love to see the gun and targets. Absolutely amazing accuracy, and those velocities ... Incredible. I don't think I could get all that lead, to those velocities, thru a 12 bore. You said you don't have 4,500 psi tanks. What psi were you managing all of this from? Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
No - I didn't see him. And, I still struggled to find him after you mentioned it! haha. Wow ... but that left a ring in the tub. haha. Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hi Kent, Happy Easter! Are you normally able to access Photobucket? One of the above is just a link. One embedded. At least two are Windows format ... and a couple Quicktime. That's what I'm trying to figure out. So; sorry you can't access it. Might be something to do with the fact that the movie was "first" exported in a Windows format. I went back to the orig. clips as altered inby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
OK ... I've found the area. I'll study it Jerry. Hey Guys ... There's been nearly no chatter on this thread at all. Only Neil and Jerry. Are you guys totally bored with high speed video now? What's that ... 60-70 views already ... the "no time" excuse doesn't hold ... the numbers already counted the views ... pretty minimal return on effort. And that's exactly why more people don't makby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
I do have that ... and - I'd be grateful if you'd point out where it is. Thanks. Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
I was thinking, perhaps it's because the movie is being streamed, or at least - being watched while it's being downloaded - with the player just a bit behind the download. Might be if you download the movie, then you can fiddle with it more - frame to frame. Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Now Peter .... ... the slug is highly classified ya know. They are machined, one at a time, in a clean room down in the 5th floor sub-basement. I don't go down there much. The blinding glare from the halogen lights off the white tile gives me a headache. Not to mention all the puffer machines in the airlock. (Kent ... remember, a big ole finger print on the lens .... that's the ticby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hey - barefoot water skiing is fine. Out of all the views on the high speed videos I prepared ... you and Jerry commented. I was about to go back to posting about smoking Salmon.... That one was a barn burner! heheh Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Yeah - I looked pretty hard, can't find any frame capture options on my programs. Probably there somewhere. I also found that when the camera was closer to the topic, the action seemed faster, no matter how I tried to alter the play speed. Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum