Disturbing posts!

I would like to be JohnKSa who has never made a mistake, but alas, I am a mere human.
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Although I don't claim to be a "mere human", I can assure you that I've made lots of mistakes. :D

I always hope I can help others to avoid making the same ones I have. Not everyone HAS to learn from experience.
People getting all righteous and trying to tell others what to do with their own property.
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I believe if you reread the thread, no one is telling anyone what to do, there have been some good suggestions made and some good advice given, however.
 
If it weren't for the Dremel folks I wouldn't be able to buy some of those "it won't work now for some reason" guns at unreal low prices!!!!! Dremels rule FOREVER!!!!!!!
 
i dont know, i know a handfull of gunsmiths that have a Dremel at their bench...

anyway, i way please keep hacking away at your own guns without the knowledge, then if you jack it up bring it on down to the smithy, we'll be happy to fix it for you! hurray for job security!
 
"Last I checked I live in America and if I want to go out and purchase a brand new $100,000 H&H or first run Colt 1911 Army and whip out my Dremel to practice my gunsmithing on it, by God I will!"

Please be sure to come back and tell us about it after you complete the job. I can't wait, it'll be so much fun. You haven't seen a rant yet that'll compare to what you'll hear then. Hot dang. I'm starting to laugh at you already.
 
I was once working on something (I now forget what) with a Dremel tool and a friend who was watching remarked that "you use that Dremel like an artist uses a brush." I pointed out that there was a difference - if I made a mistake, I couldn't just paint over it.

Jim
 
first run Colt 1911 Army and whip out my Dremel to practice my gunsmithing on it, by God I will!
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I cried a little inside thinking of the prospect of that :(... I don't really care about the H&H, it's a rich man's toy and rich people can do weird things with money. But that colt is a piece of history.
 
Foredoms can take off a LOT more metal than a dremel... Can't put it back tho...

I'm now basically a 50 year old apprentice in a high-precision CNC machine shop...

Now, I spent 15 years doing computer graphics in a Fortune 100 outfit, got an A in Autocad class a while back (I had a "manager" who thought that since I drew stuff on computers that I needed to know CAD...), and the boss isn't letting me touch the CAD/CAM computer stuff yet.

I'm cleaning stuff. And my next task is to get a mothballed Shizouka AN-S mill going.

(but tonight I'm making more 20mm Vulcan bottle openers - yay!)
 
and the sake of future collectors..Please don't try out ...
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Why should I care one iota about the sake of future collectors? I am not buying the gun for them. If my concern was collectability, then I would buy a gun and never shoot it.

Just about every gun I own has some sort of personal custom modification. Some are better than others, but all are to suit the gun to better meet my intent and needs.
 
well, every gun that's bought is not and will not be acollector's item. I understand the OP's anquish at seeing a nice gun hacked up, but I encourage it..go for it. Then I will have more business than I can handle.
 
Bubba does not need a Dremel tool to work on a firearm, just ill fitting screwdrivers from Home Depot or Lowes will work for him just fine.

Bought a nice Ithaca pump -- had to replace every screw on the reciever because of bubba.
 
I like the OP's post if for nothing more than the reason that knowledge and skills are being lost with the advancement of technology. I am not making any value judgements, just noting that the world is diminished when these skills and knowledge are gone.
 
OT maybe, but in the same vein.
Years ago, singer Bob Welch ("Sentimental Lady") and a friend were drunk. Friend convinced Bob to alter his Gibson ES-345 with a Dremel. (For those not familiar: If God owned a guitar, it would likely be the Gibson ES-345.) To say the least of it, Mr. Welch regretted that decision for many years.

This link from Bob Welch's website has the whole story:

http://www.bobwelch.com/DON'T DRINK AND DREMEL.htm
 
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