Recent content by Yooper

Heat dome and polar vortex are the new catch phrases. I remember the the days of too effing hot and too effing cold.

So far so good! I have three of this brand installed on my mill. It’s been too long for me to remember installing them, but I know somewhere along the line you use shims to get the clearance right. I saved all my leftover ones so if you need them send me a pm.

Head scratcher for sure! One thing you could try as an experiment is straight weight high viscosity oil such as 50w ‘racing’ oil. Maybe there is an oil formulated for diesel in a straight weight high viscosity?

I’m guessing something got caught on the guard rail and acted like a paddle wheel to twist it up? Amazing!

Oh believe me, I knew the answer to my questions! I thought someone would bite and bring up the CYA aspect that was insisted on by a lawyer somewhere along the pipeline.

Bill, I have some left over shims from the very same manufacturer. I installed them on all three axis on my mill. They’re yours if you need them.

If you buy a new trailer, were the brakes burnished/seated at the factory? Or does the axle manufacturer have a process before they leave their factory?

Went to the range today to shake down the new setup. Didn't take much to dial in the scope and this is my ten shot group at 100 yards. This is the best the gun has shot but I have to caution myself on drawing any conclusions. I just bought a Garmin chrono and I discovered my reloads are...

Your plan is just fine! Only modification I would make is use 4” channel iron set in the ground with the concrete instead of using wood. That is your point of the most stress. Also helps to make a “dummy” block to simulate your pole base when setting up your base with concrete. A 2’ piece of 4x4...

Finished machining the profile and the slots. Then I mounted the scope and checked for its position relative to center. Came in at .003" which was way better than I anticipated! I checked it by sweeping back and forth across the tube and noting where it hit the same number on the rise. I...

It will be picatinny. As many as I can fit between the mount holes.

So I decide to try the flats for the bolt lugs on the bottom. I sweep this with my indicator and get these to zero on both sides. Then I check the block for center with the edge finder and it is .001" within center. Bingo! I also sweep the top just for the heck of it and it is only about...

So now I'm at the point of sweeping the surfaces with an indicator to check my setup. I check for parallel with the barrel and its perfect! But when I sweep the block I notice that the holes offset from the indicator. So I put a .25" dowel in a collet and check for alignment with the...

I envy both of you guys! I also envy my bil and his 400 yard range. Wish we lived closer because that is a distance I shoot varmints at out west.

Touching 90 degrees today with dew points in the 70's. Great day to stand in front of the mill with the a/c blowing on me! I cut a relief slot on the bottom of the rail for the ejection slot on the action. Then I clamped the action (with the barrel this time) in the vise and using an edge...