With my recent "discovery" of suppressors, suddenly my Stag Arms bull barrel upper just wasn't good enough anymore . . . I mean . . . I couldn't even put a suppressor on it!
Tom Ryder had already threaded one rifle barrel for me, my .308 Remington 700. So, back I went with the AR. And what the hell, we decided to make a little video of the process to show the process to those who haven't seen it.
Tom did a great job of explaining the process to me, not just for the video but also off-camera. That man knows his way around a lathe, lemme tell ya....
Anyway, the threading job was great, the suppressor lines up perfectly, and Tom is one hell of a guy.
Check out all of the informational threads that he has in his SPR Industries section: viewforum.php?f=57
Not true. Machinists dont know anything about guns or metalworking........Sorry, offered advice here a while ago and was summarily told machinists are dumb dumbs and gunsmiths are gods. But wait......
Anyway, great thread. Tom is a hell of a smith from everything I have seen. From a personal standpoint, I can also say he's a damn good machinist. Well, with a lathe anyway...
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Fri Jan 08, 2016 9:51 pm
tpryder
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Location: Lake Forest Park Joined: Tue Mar 22, 2011 Posts: 211
Real Name: Tom
Not true. Machinists dont know anything about guns or metalworking........Sorry, offered advice here a while ago and was summarily told machinists are dumb dumbs and gunsmiths are gods. But wait......
Anyway, great thread. Tom is a hell of a smith from everything I have seen. From a personal standpoint, I can also say he's a damn good machinist. Well, with a lathe anyway...
Thanks man, but I'm really a mill guy. I'm running a Mori Seiki 2-pallet horizontal at work, and I have lots of time on vertical mills too. If we get slow at work I tell the guys I'm not a lathe guy.
Fri Jan 08, 2016 10:57 pm
Massivedesign
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Location: Olympia, WA Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2011 Posts: 38307
Real Name: Dan
Tom slicked up the trigger on my Rem700 .223 quite awhile back and it's the standard by which I judge rifle triggers now. Did you have to remove the barrel extension to chuck the barrel in the lathe?
Sat Jan 09, 2016 8:09 am
MadPick
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Real Name: Steve
Not true. Machinists dont know anything about guns or metalworking........Sorry, offered advice here a while ago and was summarily told machinists are dumb dumbs and gunsmiths are gods. But wait......
Anyway, great thread. Tom is a hell of a smith from everything I have seen. From a personal standpoint, I can also say he's a damn good machinist. Well, with a lathe anyway...
Thanks man, but I'm really a mill guy. I'm running a Mori Seiki 2-pallet horizontal at work, and I have lots of time on vertical mills too. If we get slow at work I tell the guys I'm not a lathe guy.
I refuse to admit that I have any understanding of lathes. I enjoy my milling machine cycle times. They allow me to catch up on my reading and look at porn.
Are you still at Tyee?
Sat Jan 09, 2016 9:19 am
rayjax82
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Real Name: Chris
Not true. Machinists dont know anything about guns or metalworking........Sorry, offered advice here a while ago and was summarily told machinists are dumb dumbs and gunsmiths are gods. But wait......
Anyway, great thread. Tom is a hell of a smith from everything I have seen. From a personal standpoint, I can also say he's a damn good machinist. Well, with a lathe anyway...
Who the hell told you that?
Sat Jan 09, 2016 9:21 am
usrifle
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I was going to start a new thread, but I did a search first and this one came up, so I figured I'd revive it.
Just wanted to give a shout out to Tom (tpryder) for threading my stainless 10/22 barrel and for helping me with another unrelated machining project. You won't find a nicer guy, and his work is top notch, too. He definitely knows what he's doing, and as you can tell from Steve's video in the OP, he's happy to share the knowledge to guys who are curious, like me. In fact, the last time I dropped by I was treated to a free lesson on how to properly bed a rifle stock.
He's not just a gunsmith, either. He can handle your online purchases/out-of-state FFL transfers. Tom is a pleasure to work with - don't hesitate to deal with him.
Sat Feb 17, 2018 8:48 pm
TINCANBANDIT
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Not true. Machinists dont know anything about guns or metalworking........Sorry, offered advice here a while ago and was summarily told machinists are dumb dumbs and gunsmiths are gods. But wait......
Anyway, great thread. Tom is a hell of a smith from everything I have seen. From a personal standpoint, I can also say he's a damn good machinist. Well, with a lathe anyway...
Gunsmiths are machinists who work on guns.....that is why I call myself a Gun Mechanic...
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Not true. Machinists dont know anything about guns or metalworking........Sorry, offered advice here a while ago and was summarily told machinists are dumb dumbs and gunsmiths are gods. But wait......
Anyway, great thread. Tom is a hell of a smith from everything I have seen. From a personal standpoint, I can also say he's a damn good machinist. Well, with a lathe anyway...
Gunsmiths are machinists who work on guns.....that is why I call myself a Gun Mechanic...
Yes, this.
There are plenty of machinists who have no business working on guns (but think they do anyway), so it's true that a lot of machinists are terrible gunsmiths. But being a good machinist is part of being a good gunsmith.
Sun Feb 18, 2018 1:08 pm
Pablo
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I understand why he didn't mind going under size by 0.001" or so, and he missed by 0.002". This becomes the thread major diameter, probably doesn't matter too much. Cutting threads fascinates me. Repeated passes following the previous cut, very cool. Nice he made a good chamfer and starting thread with reduced major.
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Sun Feb 18, 2018 1:31 pm
tpryder
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Location: Lake Forest Park Joined: Tue Mar 22, 2011 Posts: 211
Real Name: Tom
I was going to start a new thread, but I did a search first and this one came up, so I figured I'd revive it.
Just wanted to give a shout out to Tom (tpryder) for threading my stainless 10/22 barrel and for helping me with another unrelated machining project. You won't find a nicer guy, and his work is top notch, too. He definitely knows what he's doing, and as you can tell from Steve's video in the OP, he's happy to share the knowledge to guys who are curious, like me. In fact, the last time I dropped by I was treated to a free lesson on how to properly bed a rifle stock.
He's not just a gunsmith, either. He can handle your online purchases/out-of-state FFL transfers. Tom is a pleasure to work with - don't hesitate to deal with him.
Thanks for coming by. I have my FFL for the gun work, but I am open to do machining and welding projects. I need to take more pictures of the jobs I do, but I usually forget until the job is done.
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