Building The Steven's Favorite

[TomG]

It's not the most exciting project, but I got started on the cat heads tonight. Got 'em rough turned and parted off. The steel I grabbed turned out to be medium carbon so it took a bit longer than expected to whittle them out. Next they get counter-bored to fit the nose and the outboard end of the spindle. The one for the nose also gets a taper and key to mate to the Hardinge spindle nose. Each head then gets four 5/16" set screws to hold the barrel and the outboard one gets three more to mount it to the spindle.

The rest will have to wait because small game season just opened and I'm heading up north with my wife and the dogs to hunt grouse.

Tom