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Offline Rock6.3

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GolfBall Coehorn
« on: July 06, 2012, 10:49:37 AM »
With guidance from the good folks of the GO2GBO Forum I was able to complete a GolfBall Coehorn:

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Re: GolfBall Coehorn
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2012, 10:51:35 AM »
After machining:

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Re: GolfBall Coehorn
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2012, 10:55:31 AM »
The mortar bed is laminated red oak cut on a table saw, holes bored with a drill press.
All surfaces cleaned up with a hand chisel.

The glow in the barrel is from a bright orange golf ball that I inserted for contrast.

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Re: GolfBall Coehorn
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2012, 10:56:09 AM »
And the initial firing was a blast :)

Video should be ready for upload tonight.

I'm done, thread is open.


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Re: GolfBall Coehorn
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2012, 11:43:58 AM »
 8)  Looking forward to the video!  Nicely done
keep em talkin' while I reload
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Re: GolfBall Coehorn
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2012, 12:27:57 PM »
More photos added above.

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Re: GolfBall Coehorn
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2012, 05:11:07 AM »
Good pix!  Thanks,

I like your setup on machining the trunnion.
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Re: GolfBall Coehorn
« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2012, 05:24:35 AM »
Good pix!  Thanks,

I like your setup on machining the trunnion.

Rotary table on the milling machine worked out pretty well for the trunnion machining

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Re: GolfBall Coehorn
« Reply #8 on: July 08, 2012, 06:24:48 PM »