WECSOG Auto Mag

Auto Mag wrote: Hummm,,,  I seem to remember someone having a fully machined from billet Cocking Piece for sale at one time, maybe Brian Maynard???   Also seem to recall someone having a made a Safety Lever from billet,,,  Maybe that was Brian and the cocking piece was someone else,,,    It was more than 10 years ago and could have been 20 years ago.    Not sure if Brian has been on the site, I'm pretty sure he had one of these items.   gh

I did have an unfinished, machined from solid billet safety lever but sold it along with a bunch of other stuff back in '96. I honestly can't remember who I sold it to but Yoshi would be my first thought. I don't remember ever having a billet cocking piece though.

Here's some pictures of the prototype lever that Brian was talking about. Yes, it was made to old fashion way, on conventional mills and lathes, but with modern technology the lever can easily be made on modern CNC tooling. If someone had access to a 5th axis turret mill, and safety lever can easily me manufactured in two operation. It’s possible to manufacture the lever with a 4th axis within two ops, three ops at the max.

To get the smooth contours, one would use a “Surf Mill” program during machining. In fact, the complete pistol can be made and contoured like the original using Surf Mill.

I totally agree.

Passion does go a long way though.

Eric

KMP wrote: Here's some pictures of the prototype lever that Brian was talking about. Yes, it was made to old fashion way, on conventional mills and lathes, but with modern technology the lever can easily be made on modern CNC tooling. If someone had access to a 5th axis turret mill, and safety lever can easily me manufactured in two operation. It’s possible to manufacture the lever with a 4th axis within two ops, three ops at the max. To get the smooth contours, one would use a “Surf Mill” program during machining. In fact, the complete pistol can be made and contoured like the original using Surf Mill.

Ha, I was right!!! 

Still gimping along with the house remodeling project. Since I work until I can't stand up any more, I haven't had any time to put into the Auto Mag.

However, my wife bought me a present - the semifinished prototype frame Walter Sanford was selling on Gunbroker. It's a stippled frame, polished, no serial number, the bolt ring is undersized, the rotation pin hole is welded up, and the dovetail isn't fully machined. I think it's one of the ones that got welded up and remachined a few times.

Right now it's just a paperweight, but eventually I'll finish the machine work on it.

I did manage to get the time to determine what the problem was with the barrel and frame I already have. On one side, the chamfer on the top of the frame over the dovetail isn't quite large enough to let the barrel lug slide in. There's a strong urge to make a few strokes with the file and see if that's enough, but I guess I'll just wait to set it up on the mill and make a proper cut.