Nice work another reason to have a lathe.
Reloading to save money I am sure the saving is going to start soon
I make handles on my wood lathe. But recently I wanted to see what 38-56, 38-50 rem, and 22-15-60 actually looked like, so I got the dimensions from cartridge conversions book and a piece of wood dowel and turned them up on the metal lathe. Made a dummy round without brass or dies.
Turning wooden parts on a metal lathe isn't that much of a stretch as long as you shape and sharpen your cutting tools appropriately. Going the other way and trying to cut metal on a wood lathe is not likely to be as successful. I've got some Osage Orange handles on a couple of schuetzen accessories that were turned up by an old friend on his Heavy 10... he regarded those OO handles as a sort of trademark.
Froggie
"It aint easy being green!"
Good idea to cover the ways so you don't get Sawdust under the slides.
Also wear a mask as some types of woods are poisonous to inhale. Cocobolo and the Ironwoods are particularly noxious.
Randy
"It's not how well you do what you know how to do,,,It's how well you do what you DON'T know how to do!"
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |