Free American Gunsmithing Inst. videos @ NRA

[g.willikers]

There's a page full of useful and entertaining videos from the American Gunsmithing Institute at the American Rifleman web site.
While they're hardly a substitute for their full length instructional videos, they are definitely worth while to look at.
http://www.americanrifleman.org/gunsmithing/

 

[Dixie Gunsmithing]

They've got Headspace, part 1, but not part 2.

I get these sent to me by AGI, via e-mail, with links to YouTube, when they're produced. I posted both parts of headspace before, but they may not be good links now. It's a shame they didn't have part 2 there, as it is educational.

 

[4V50 Gary]

Thanks. I wanted to watch yesterday but had house guests. Mebbe I'll learn something for a change.

In the following two minute video, Bob Dunlap talks about making a starter punch for stubborn pins. http://www.gunsandgunsmiths.com/?p=3265 He suggests laying the object against a lead block, but since lead is so expensive nowadays, you might as well use gold instead. Bob Dunlap hasn't lost his sense of humor.

I learned that lesson years ago at Lassen College when Bob was teaching there.

 

[Dixie Gunsmithing]

Yup, Garry, even lead vise jaws are getting expensive.

I use hard rubber bench blocks, or two of them, to keep from marring parts, and they are stiff enough, that you can drive a tough pin out.

Rubber Bench Block:

http://www.jewelrysupply.com/Rubber-Block_p_11878.html