The Firing Line Forums

Go Back   The Firing Line Forums > The Skunkworks > The Smithy

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old August 5, 2013, 01:15 PM   #1
4V50 Gary
Staff
 
Join Date: November 2, 1998
Location: Colorado
Posts: 21,823
Roy Dunlap's book, Gunsmithing for FREE (ETA: expired)

I have the hardcopy (but don't have a kindle). Anyway, here's something worth downloading at a price we can all afford. It's a good book and besides, it invokes my favorite four letter "f" word, free. Here's the link:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004BDORIS

****Sorry, but the offer expired****
__________________
Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. Molon Labe!
4V50 Gary is offline  
Old August 5, 2013, 01:45 PM   #2
Spats McGee
Staff
 
Join Date: July 28, 2010
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 8,815
I'm about as "mechanically reclined" as they come, but even I'm going to jump on that one. Thanks!
__________________
I'm a lawyer, but I'm not your lawyer. If you need some honest-to-goodness legal advice, go buy some.
Spats McGee is offline  
Old August 5, 2013, 01:53 PM   #3
CowTowner
Senior Member
 
Join Date: October 17, 2007
Location: Cowtown of course!
Posts: 1,747
If I had a Kindle, I'd be all over it. Thanks for spreading the word.
__________________
NRA Chief Range Safety Officer, Home Firearms Safety, Pistol and Rifle Instructor
“Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life......” President John F. Kennedy
CowTowner is offline  
Old August 5, 2013, 02:57 PM   #4
Dixie Gunsmithing
Moderator Emeritus
 
Join Date: April 27, 2013
Location: Ohio
Posts: 1,923
Quote:
If I had a Kindle, I'd be all over it. Thanks for spreading the word.
You can download the Kindle app for the PC from Amazon. There's two versions, one for older PC's like XP, and one for Windows 8. There is a Mac version also.
Dixie Gunsmithing is offline  
Old August 5, 2013, 11:55 PM   #5
Barneveld
Member
 
Join Date: November 5, 2012
Posts: 36
This is amazing. Thanks for letting me know.
Barneveld is offline  
Old August 6, 2013, 12:09 PM   #6
F. Guffey
Senior Member
 
Join Date: July 18, 2008
Posts: 7,249
Roy Dunlap, I have quoted Roy Dunlap, he was very capable of making his own gages, he choose not to, he made his own dies with the same reamer he used to cut the chamber with rational.

He was not opinionated. He explained other methods and techniques used by other smiths, he did not get snarky, then there is the denial part, those that believe they invented/discovered smiting and reloading claim they have never heard of Roy Dunlap.

My old green Roy Dunlap book is coming apart.

I will share the new link and download with the wife. The grand children have Kindles, they will not share pass works.

F. Guffey
F. Guffey is offline  
Old August 6, 2013, 01:12 PM   #7
Mike Irwin
Staff
 
Join Date: April 13, 2000
Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 41,367
I have a first edition Samworth and a Stackpole edition.

Somewhere I also have a Samworth edition of Clyde Baker's gunsmithing book.

Sounds like it's time to download it on my phone!
__________________
"The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza

Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.
Mike Irwin is offline  
Old August 7, 2013, 11:28 AM   #8
Clark
Senior Member
 
Join Date: December 4, 1999
Location: WA, the ever blue state
Posts: 4,678
I have a copy of the first edition Samworth that someone on one line sent me. I like the firing pin section.

There is a print of a painting on the dust cover and a color plate opposite the title page..


image above same as link below
Attached Images
File Type: jpg painting of Al Linden The Gunstocker.jpg (243.0 KB, 152 views)
__________________
The word 'forum" does not mean "not criticizing books."
"Ad hominem fallacy" is not the same as point by point criticism of books. If you bought the book, and believe it all, it may FEEL like an ad hominem attack, but you might strive to accept other points of view may exist.
Are we a nation of competing ideas, or a nation of forced conformity of thought?
Clark is offline  
Old August 7, 2013, 09:56 PM   #9
Levant
Senior Member
 
Join Date: July 5, 2008
Posts: 182
Free? I guess I should have read this when I first saw it yesterday. It's $30.92 right now.
Levant is offline  
Old August 8, 2013, 02:22 PM   #10
Dixie Gunsmithing
Moderator Emeritus
 
Join Date: April 27, 2013
Location: Ohio
Posts: 1,923
I have the first printing of this too, and the photo above of the print always reminded me to keep a clean shop, as that one looked to have the floor covered in wood shavings. It does give a good idea of a hefty checkering cradle though.
Dixie Gunsmithing is offline  
Old August 8, 2013, 05:59 PM   #11
4V50 Gary
Staff
 
Join Date: November 2, 1998
Location: Colorado
Posts: 21,823
Wood shavings on the floor are great if you chew tobacco. I don't chew though. I noticed he is using a blacksmith's side vise in that painting. That checkering cradle is super heavy duty compared to what we have today. I'm not tall, but that cradle is too short for me (unless I'm seated). My neck would give out if I tried to checker on that for four hours. Never mind an eight hour day. That would leave me a cripple.
__________________
Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. Molon Labe!
4V50 Gary is offline  
Old August 9, 2013, 11:31 AM   #12
Clark
Senior Member
 
Join Date: December 4, 1999
Location: WA, the ever blue state
Posts: 4,678
I can see a cane.
__________________
The word 'forum" does not mean "not criticizing books."
"Ad hominem fallacy" is not the same as point by point criticism of books. If you bought the book, and believe it all, it may FEEL like an ad hominem attack, but you might strive to accept other points of view may exist.
Are we a nation of competing ideas, or a nation of forced conformity of thought?
Clark is offline  
Old August 9, 2013, 03:31 PM   #13
jaguarxk120
Senior Member
 
Join Date: February 28, 2008
Location: Michigan
Posts: 2,617
The blacksmiths vise or knee vise is still in use by the Italy's gun makers today along with the latest CNC machines.
jaguarxk120 is offline  
Old August 10, 2013, 07:26 AM   #14
F. Guffey
Senior Member
 
Join Date: July 18, 2008
Posts: 7,249
http://www.google.com/search?q=post+...w=1536&bih=696


I was offered one that was located in East Texas, all that is visible is the handle, the rest of the vise has been overcome by the tree. In this part of the country the vise is called a post and or leg vise.

I have one, it did not come with cautions and or a warning label. Keeping the jaws parallel is a must, when working on something round use two pieces the same diameter, one on one side and another piece on the other.

F. Guffey
F. Guffey is offline  
Old August 10, 2013, 11:06 AM   #15
Clark
Senior Member
 
Join Date: December 4, 1999
Location: WA, the ever blue state
Posts: 4,678
Someone was throwing out an original [red] versa vise
http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-to...--prod361.aspx

I mounted it to a steel plate bench elevator bench from Boeing surplus.

That does not get used as much as an old 4" Columbian vise from Boeing surplus.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg VersaViseDSCF0009.jpg (119.8 KB, 13 views)
File Type: jpg ViseColumbianBoeingSurplusMovingToOtherCornerOfWorkbenchsmall b.jpg (49.5 KB, 14 views)
__________________
The word 'forum" does not mean "not criticizing books."
"Ad hominem fallacy" is not the same as point by point criticism of books. If you bought the book, and believe it all, it may FEEL like an ad hominem attack, but you might strive to accept other points of view may exist.
Are we a nation of competing ideas, or a nation of forced conformity of thought?
Clark is offline  
Old August 11, 2013, 11:11 AM   #16
F. Guffey
Senior Member
 
Join Date: July 18, 2008
Posts: 7,249
I was wondering when someone was going to thumb (scroll) to the 30/06 chamber drawings, match, M1 Garand and the standard 30/06 chamber. Then there was the accuracy change in about 1911 and the ‘Leaver Policy’.

F. Guffey
F. Guffey is offline  
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:09 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
This site and contents, including all posts, Copyright © 1998-2021 S.W.A.T. Magazine
Copyright Complaints: Please direct DMCA Takedown Notices to the registered agent: thefiringline.com
Page generated in 0.07935 seconds with 11 queries