10Ring,

Thats scary, Somehow I'd have thought a persision machine would be a tenth of a milimeter or some other small measurement. Not a large one.

Well thats ok I guess I'll deal with it.

Now 10Ring I got to tell you your doing what I want to do on the side with my machining skills (Gunsmithing). Actually that was the reason I choise that over Electronics for the thing I do in college

Dimitri

Yeah, it was pretty stressful for a while because i even had to set and tool machines myself.

Oh geeze, electronics is another that i fell into....but that's because my machines failed due to a drunk maintance guy on my shifts. When you have to, ya really do learn quick and when you show you are capable, ya sometimes get a REAL GOOD $$$$ bonus

10Ring,

So what do you mainly do as a gunsmith now that the "stressful" part ended ??

Dimitri

Actually nothing too much other than basic revolver triggers and full Glock work. I recently had a TIA (mini stroke) and take it easy pretty much because i'm limited to what i can do. I used to do everything, mostly customise revolvers, 1911's, rifles, and you guessed it, Glocks I soon dropped 1911's and rifles as a main money maker because they weren't makin money for me and time was getting tight. Then revolvers and Glocks and just stayed in that work.
Since my TIA though, i have forgotten some stuff that i haven't been doing as often (rifles and 1911's) but everything is still "basic" knowledge and if i had to do it (without heavy machining) i could probably do it....but then again, i really don't know bacause i haven't since.

I now stick to what i know....Glocks, revolvers, fishing, and cooking Oh yeah, the kids to

10Ring,

I see thats cool I'm thinking about going into something "specific" as a main and then do other things on the side if I ever decided to be a full time gunsmith

Tell me what do you have in your shop ?? I'd be interested to know what a gunsmith has in his machine shop

Dimitri

Dimitri,

I did most things in my bro-in-law's shop that needed anything like lathe work, threading, or re-barreling. At home i just have a drill press and the basics (screw drivers, punches and such) because that's all i mostly needed. I have all my stones here as well and i use a dremel to polish usually because nothing really needed more.
But don't get me wrong because i still have all my end mills, cutters and stuff....i just haven't used them in a while because the last thing i did before my stroke was fitted a Caspian slide to a Glock for a guy and fit the barrel as well as re-cut the chamber and feed ramp a bit. And the biggest thing when you do this type of work is making sure the machine is square by tramming the head.

10Ring,

Thanks for the reply

Dimitri

No problem Dimitri