A little about me. I'm a graduate student going to school to become a DC and I am about half done when I am writing this. I learned how to do what I do with a lot of guidance by very experienced people, a lot of practice, tons or reading, and endless hours of refinement to my techniques. I have been running a metal lathe for about 8 years and currently own two. A Fully Restored, not repainted, South Bend Heavy 10L, and a Clausing 5914 Lathe. The south bend was reground and scraped by a local builder, then I did everything else and took the machine down completely to every bolt and everything was replaced or refurbished, re-painted from bare metal, and re-assembled. I'
I focus mainly on gunsmithing when I have the funds to build what I want, but also get into random metal projects and tool building. I have built several of my own rifles and have built them from start to finish covering every aspect of rifle building. about the only thing I have yet to do to date is checker a stock, and metal engraving which I plan to do in the future. If you have seen some of my videos, you may have seen some of my work, but I have not published much.
I also spent about 5 years as a carpenter and about 3 of those years as a finish carpenter. I am extremely detail oriented, and excelled at finish carpentry. I have done every aspect of building a house from foundation work to roofing. I gained a vast knowledge of many topics of construction, but I no longer work in that industry.
I was also a chemist at a factory for a couple years before going back to school to become a DC. While I enjoyed my time there and it was a very rewarding job, I left to pursue my dream career.
The reason for my blog is to follow my projects and give you guys a little more detail on what I am doing.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll hang around!
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