The Sherline Miniature Machinist's Newsletter
Number 11,
Customer Projects
Roger Ronnie goes from engraving guns to
making miniature versions of them
Roger holds the completed miniature 1896
Bergmann pistol. He restored the original and then made a duplicate at half
size.
Roger’s second gun project was this half size 1910 Lefever “$1000 Grade”
shotgun. It is shown with a miniature brass shotgun shell and reproductions of
the original paperwork. An example of some of the extremely fine engraving and
gold inlay work is shown on the trigger guard.
Roger Ronnie has been an engraver for over 30 years. His early training
included gunsmithing school so he would know how to
disassemble and repair the guns he would be engraving. However, he had never
built a complete weapon from scratch until he took on the project to restore an
1896 Bergmann 6.5 mm pistol for a famous author. While he had the pistol apart
he decided to duplicate every part at ˝ size using his Sherline lathe and mill.
Even the checkering on the grip is scaled down to half size and hand cut with a
small file.
The Bergmann came out so nice he decided to attempt a more challenging
project by building a ˝ size version of a very rare 1910 Lefever “$1000 Grade”
shotgun. For this project he had only photos that he had taken many years ago
to work from. The ornate engraving of the original was quite a work of art at
full size, but reproducing it at half size was extraordinarily difficult. As
you can see, Roger did a masterful job. His latest project is now a Sharps
Borchard rifle. More on Roger’s work can be seen at www.CraftsmanshipMuseum.com/Ronnie.htm.
Shop Tip of the month:
Tailstock
gib quick adjustment screws and locking lever by Brian James
Knurled adjustment screws and a shortened hex key make quick work of
tailstock adjustment. (Click on photo for larger image)
Brian James of
CLICK HERE
for a dimensioned drawing of the special knurled screws and shortened hex key. (Drawing: Brian James)
This and other handy tips can be
found on the TIPS page at www.sherline.com/tips.htm.
Product Spotlight
Extended travel 15" mill column and
18" table
Photos show the longer P/N 45260 mill column (left) and P/N 54182 table
(right) with a typical accompanying leadscrew. Leadscrews are purchased
separately based on your application (inch or metric, manual or CNC). (Call or
see the replacement parts list
for part numbers.)
Sherline customers often ask how they can
increase the capacity of their milling machines. This year we introduced two
new replacement parts that make it possible to add 4" to
the Z-axis travel of any Sherline mill and 5" to the length and
travel of the mill table.
P/N 45260 15" mill
column bed ($90.00). Leadscrews are
$18.00 each and are available in inch or metric, manual or CNC versions.
P/N 54182 18" mill
table ($185.00). Leadscrews are $40
each and are available in inch or metric, manual or CNC versions.
New machines can also be special ordered with
these parts already installed. The additional cost is $90.00 for the 15"
column bed and $185.00 for the 18" table. The appropriate
leadscrews are included at no extra charge when ordered as part of a new mill.
Call Sherline direct at (800) 541-0735 to order these as factory installed
options, or the parts themselves are available at www.SherlineDirect.com.
Did you know?
• Sherline manufactures the most complete line of machine tools and
accessories in the world, regardless of size. Some companies make larger
equipment, and others make more of it, but they generally depend on other
manufacturers to provide the accessories and tooling for their machines.
Sherline not only offers several models of lathes and mills, they also offer a
huge line featuring hundreds of accessories specifically designed to work with
the machines. The advantage to you is that you can be assured if it comes from
Sherline it will work with your machine and will be of the high quality you
have come to expect from Sherline tools.
• To make things easier for our on-line customers, cutting tools and a
larger number of spare parts can now be ordered through Sherline’s e-commerce
site at www.SherlineDirect.com.
• You can save up to $173.00 on this month’s Internet Special. What is it? See www.sherline.com/special.htm to
find out.
Upcoming
Shows
• NAWCC (National Assn. of Watch
and Clock Collectors) Regional,
• Cabin Fever Expo,
• NAMES (North American Model
Engineering Society) Expo,
Joe Martin
Craftsmanship Foundation News
• A new YouTube video has just been created that takes you on a tour of
the museum in
• The newest addition to the on-line museum is boat builder Fred Heim of