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TendringLOEB
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Okay - Basically, I have always wanted a half-block cocker so have decided to have a crack at making one - you can send the bodies off to get machined, but it's expensive, plus just too easy 
If you don't know what a half-block is:
http://www.jarrettcustommachining.com/2v1vju0.jpg
I had a spare body, so that will do - It's a KAPP body and before you ask I have no idea what model it is, anyone who knows what type of KAPP body it is, post up, would be awesome to find out.
Anywho I'm following the guides from here:
http://www.halfcocker.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=5
http://www.halfcocker.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=3
Eventually I aim to have a cocker body that has been micro'd. Where you cut an inch off the front of the body, an inch off the the back of the body, and half-block it. So really this is step 1 in 4 steps - It's going to be a long job.
Onto the job at hand:
Here's the body:
I marked out where the top tube was going to eventually be, and made the first incision a few millimetres back to give myself some playing room and made the cut, using a 24 teeth per inch hacksaw, which made light work of the aluminium.
I then made the second cut, again leaving enough room to play with when it comes to trimming it flush:
So the unfinished half body now looks like this:
The next step is to mill those few millimetres off the cuts I have made to get the right dimensions to fit a news bolt, sled, pin, and pump rod. For this I went out and laid down about £70 for a drill press and cross vice. I'll write about that when i do it, probably next weekend.
I'm ordering the JCM bolt/sled/pin/rod from White Wolf Airsmithing:
http://www.whitewolfairsmithing.com/wgp marker pricing.htm
Anyway, thought you guys might like to watch as it progresses. I will keep this thread updated whenever I do some new work on the marker.
So far, so good.
Paul
If you don't know what a half-block is:
http://www.jarrettcustommachining.com/2v1vju0.jpg
I had a spare body, so that will do - It's a KAPP body and before you ask I have no idea what model it is, anyone who knows what type of KAPP body it is, post up, would be awesome to find out.
Anywho I'm following the guides from here:
http://www.halfcocker.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=5
http://www.halfcocker.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=3
Eventually I aim to have a cocker body that has been micro'd. Where you cut an inch off the front of the body, an inch off the the back of the body, and half-block it. So really this is step 1 in 4 steps - It's going to be a long job.
Onto the job at hand:
Here's the body:
I marked out where the top tube was going to eventually be, and made the first incision a few millimetres back to give myself some playing room and made the cut, using a 24 teeth per inch hacksaw, which made light work of the aluminium.
I then made the second cut, again leaving enough room to play with when it comes to trimming it flush:
So the unfinished half body now looks like this:
The next step is to mill those few millimetres off the cuts I have made to get the right dimensions to fit a news bolt, sled, pin, and pump rod. For this I went out and laid down about £70 for a drill press and cross vice. I'll write about that when i do it, probably next weekend.
I'm ordering the JCM bolt/sled/pin/rod from White Wolf Airsmithing:
http://www.whitewolfairsmithing.com/wgp marker pricing.htm
Anyway, thought you guys might like to watch as it progresses. I will keep this thread updated whenever I do some new work on the marker.
So far, so good.
Paul
