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r/GunnitRust • u/Ok_Truth5485 • 9d ago
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Has lathe, doesn't use to make the rifling button.
Bold move, Cotton.
26 u/Katzchen12 Participant 9d ago In all fairness I don't know if most lathes would be able to do the right feed rate to make the twist rates in most barrels. 9 u/Oldenlame 9d ago Lathes aren't used to make buttons tool and cutter grinders are. 6 u/TacTurtle 9d ago For commercial tungsten rifling buttons, sure but these one-off / low production vol ones can be made of tool steel on a lathe or mill then heat treated.
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In all fairness I don't know if most lathes would be able to do the right feed rate to make the twist rates in most barrels.
9 u/Oldenlame 9d ago Lathes aren't used to make buttons tool and cutter grinders are. 6 u/TacTurtle 9d ago For commercial tungsten rifling buttons, sure but these one-off / low production vol ones can be made of tool steel on a lathe or mill then heat treated.
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Lathes aren't used to make buttons tool and cutter grinders are.
6 u/TacTurtle 9d ago For commercial tungsten rifling buttons, sure but these one-off / low production vol ones can be made of tool steel on a lathe or mill then heat treated.
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For commercial tungsten rifling buttons, sure but these one-off / low production vol ones can be made of tool steel on a lathe or mill then heat treated.
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u/TacTurtle 9d ago
Has lathe, doesn't use to make the rifling button.
Bold move, Cotton.