Vee Twin Autococker

[Chuck E Ducky]

Yeah I think I have enough parts to mock it up.

[DocsMachine]

Words cannot describe how excited I am to build this thing! Thank you Doc for making this happen!

-Glad you like it, Ducks! I can't wait to start seeing some of these finished!

And as I said a few pages back- if there's any issues, like something doesn't fit quite right, or I managed to forget something (yes, even I make mistakes ) let me know and I'll do what I can to fix it.

Doc.

[DocsMachine]

Thanks Woofs! I was getting worried there, for a bit. I assume you were off, like, being knighted or at least on a date with Keira Knightly, and not, say, getting audited or having a thumb reattached or something.

Might have a moment to drop it off Saturday, but chances are it'll be Tuesday at this point.

Doc.

[woouulf]

And Wooooulf's is ready to head out the door!



The pump is 'unmilled' as Wooly is having another shop make a custom pump grip for it. Can't wait to see it!



-So why don't you have it together already?!?

Doc.

Thanks Doc, Sent you a PM for total and with address

[SETHZILLA!]

Words cannot describe how excited I am to build this thing! Thank you Doc for making this happen!

Pictures don’t do this thing justice it’s Cool! The pump handle feels perfect to love it! Flows really good with the lines.

Can you throw it together with a frame and barrels and just take a pic of it assembled? I gotta see how the pump looks under the barrels and with a frame mounted! Getting really excited to see the sneak peak of mine once he starts on it. 😎

[Chuck E Ducky]

I haven’t decided yet. Sill tossing around ideas. I will know it when I see it.

[Meleager7]

Which anno are you going with?

[Chuck E Ducky]

Words cannot describe how excited I am to build this thing! Thank you Doc for making this happen!

Pictures don’t do this thing justice it’s Cool! The pump handle feels perfect to love it! Flows really good with the lines.

[DocsMachine]

It's also worth noting I have heaps of scrap and offcut aluminum, and I'm always rooting through the pile to find a piece that's close to what I need, rather than bandsawing a fresh chunk off a big bar, or something.

Doc.

[DocsMachine]

There's all sorts of things one can do with the spare metal. Though the shape is a bit wonky, and thankfully, even as expensive as aluminum is these days, it's still fairly cheap compared with the time you'd spend trying to shape it.

In this case, anyway, the main savings is in time, and at the scrap yard, solid aluminum is worth a bit more per pound than chips and swarf.

Doc.

[Meleager7]

is there anything useful to be made from the pie removed sections? Do I see enough material in there for aluminum cocker bolts?

[Lt. head-shot]

Correct, pump only. I figure its already unfair having two barrels... adding semi to it? Well that's just too easy.

[DocsMachine]

An interesting little update.

I'd originally set out to make eight of these, including the four "blank" bodies I'd had from several years ago. I thought I'd sold seven, and could keep the eighth for myself, but I screwed up- what else is new? - and managed to sell all eight.

I of course want one for myself, and have at least two high-probables for the next batch, so several weeks ago, I bought more material.

I was not, however, looking forward to the rather considerable amount of time and labor to rough these down into "blanks". Over the weekend, I had a bit of a brainstorm- one of those "no duh!" type moments, and after I got everything off into the mail today, I figured I'd take a moment and give it a try.

Basically, pick a thin slitting saw out of my collection, dig out an arbor that would clear the top of the vise, and saw "pie wedges" out of the block:





Took maybe about 30 minutes, but the old way with the 90-degree endmill probably took two hours, maybe closer to three. And, those two bars would have ended up as loose chips, so there's also the saved time having a lot less to sweep and vacuum up.

Not a huge time savings in the course of doing the overall body, but still certainly worthwhile.

Doc.

[DocsMachine]

Ducks: On it's way!

Shot-in-the-head: Can do, and I have most of the parts made already. Just to double-check what I have written down- you only wanted the pump? Or did you want a semi front block to go with it?

Doc.

[Lt. head-shot]

Dye UL was my original choice but the Niche was gloss black and will fit better since I was able to source all gloss black parts to match. The reg is an Inception so I can turn up the pressure. UL is now going on a black magic that will be my "back up" for this beast! I absolutely love that frame but I did end up thinking it would fit better on a "light" gun