[Stevie]

My little 4 axis was built to make this kind of parts; it's now in full production
This is a 1/32nd scale MG 13mm cannon from a ME 109 G6 (cowl guns)
3 parts make up the complete gun; all cnc cut; the 4 axis did the holes as you can see


0.5mm dental burr at 3000rpm 40mm/min feed; 0.695mm spacing staggered row to row 1/2 pitch
6 rows by 9 holes; then 10 rows of 3 holes on the bigger diameter

before assembly

drilled to scale of course

[cncadmin]

Wow, that is very cool, very detailed.

[Stevie]

my attention to the detail is why my barrel sets are the best in the world

[2muchstuff]

That is just plain awsome. It is great to see someone take the time to pay that much attention to detail, not just the basic assembly but to break it down into its individual components. I my self build radio controlled scale boats and a buddy of mine builds plastic model air planes. We both tend to get "excessive" when it comes to detail, but what is excessive when you enjoy what you do. I work in the dental industry and use those dental burrs quite a bit due to there small size and cost -- freebie--. Love to see more pictures.

[Stevie]

Not the end of this gun you'd want to see if you were in a Spitfire



My model boat is Yamato in 1/48th scale; I've been building her for 2 yrs now; all 18ft of her

[2muchstuff]

Machined brass is beautiful isn't it, you almost hate to cover it up. A little " Blacken It" on there and you would swear it was the real thing. Your Yamato, is this going to be a static model or are you going to radio control it? A few years ago I came across a fiberglass hull, deck,superstructure and fittings in 96th scale of the Yamato for $1100.00. Took me 6 months to save up for it, went back to get it, it was sold a week earlier. I lost out on a great deal. Is your indexing head also driven by a stepper?

[Stevie]

The Yamato is going to be both; static museum build but capable of RC
The Yamato you saw is still avil; from England

My 4th is stepper driven and held with the 300ox/in with a 3-1 reduction; so close to 900oz/hold; i can overpower the belt (it snaps over the teeth) but not the motor

[ynneb]

Here I was at first glance ( Without reading ) thinking that it was some kind of ingeneous gas or fuel mixing device, or perhaps a super venturi valve, and then I found out it was just models of WW2 guns.

All the same they are very nicely done. It has made me think even more about building a 4 axis machine for my next project. Thanks for posting those pictures Stevie

[Stevie]

From the WW2 again

MG 17 7.92mm Rhinemetal Machine gun
These holes are just 0.25mm or 0.01" diameter
Staggered rows again
I'm more amazed by this new machine every day

Showing the 2 parts

assembled with the kit part

which would you want

[MrBean]

That's some amazing work.
I'm looking forward to your next build log. Any progress soon?

Keep sharing the pictures. Love to see them.

Regards Terry.....

[Stevie]

No not yet; i'm snowed under with these barrels; which is good because thats my income right now

[RotarySMP]

Great work Stevie.

Do you blacken them?

[Stevie]

nope i just send them as they are finished by the tools
It's up to the builder to paint or whatever

[fyffe555]

Stevie, what do you use to produce the g-code for them?

Obviously runout on the drill head isn't a problem.

What tooling do you use for the turning?

very nice work.

Andrew

[Stevie]

The turning is done in the cnc lathe first
I hand write the gcode

[wcarrothers]

That is great work.

I still can't believe that Delta drill press can do such nice holes with accuracy.
I know I wouldent want to attempt that sort a drilling with my wood working drill press. I'd be curious if the accuracy holds as the drill ages. But in any case who cares since it would be easy and cheep enough to replace it when that time comes..

b.

[2muchstuff]

Do you take orders?

[Stevie]

do you mean for barrels?

If so i have 2 web sites up and running
One for ship stuff
The other for AC

My new AC site has a link to my ship site
http://HalflifeRefugee.homestead.com/Aircraft.html