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Well taz... I am at the point where I need to go off line with the shooting of this rifle and get the dimensions of this comb copied with Bondo...then I can mail them to Harry Tobin and he'll get a riser printed.
https://i.imgur.com/dw5G1r2.jpg
Harry made a Y-Tube movie for me where he explained the whole process of making the mould cups that he needs for the CAD system and his printer...
It looks simple enough but there's a lot more to it than meets the eye.
https://i.imgur.com/QOPpkvc.jpg
Then mix up the Bondo and fill & tamp the stuff into the mould...
https://i.imgur.com/vwxX34I.jpg
Let it sit and cure for an hour or so...
https://i.imgur.com/Q5809S7.jpg
Now I have an exact copy of the contours of the comb front & rear...all I have to add is a simple drawing of the length and height front to rear & the shape I want and Harry can get all this entered into CAD and then translate the CAD instructions into the printer language that the printer will follow.
https://i.imgur.com/NlKf5QM.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/TZXU9Rm.jpg
Stuff that's so far above my head it isn't funny...what would I do without my best friend Harry Tobin?
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That is way beyond anything I know how to do. Good luck with that project.
Nice to have helpful friends.
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Ah, the Winchester 67. Around 60 years ago - when I was about 14, I wandered into a second hand store in Bristol, TN with a transistor radio that I had won in a contest. A "Boy's Model" 67 was hanging on the wall. I proposed a trade - the proprietor examined my radio for a few seconds, and then handed me the carbine. I shot that little fellow for years, decimating the bottle cap and tin cap population of our little farm. Probably had more fun with it than all the subsequent rifles that have followed ...