It's great to know when I go to the woods with my Southern mountain rifle to deerhunt. It was made with quality machinery that I can count love your videals. They're very interesting. I ordered a Southern mountain rifle in 45 caliber, and 2024 cant wait to get it. Thanks again.
Hi, Nice to see your shop.. The screw assembly on the back end of the spindle to hold the barrel stable is called a " spider ".. Keep up the excellent work..
Very interesting video. I have a good friend who started making muzzleloaders as a teen in the 1940s (hobby only, not commercially). At the time there were no parts suppliers so he repurposed locks and trigger sets from junk rifles and made his own barrels and stocks. I'm going to show him this video the next time that I visit him. Using books from the library for reference he made a manual rifling jig like the ones used in the late 1700s/ early 1800s. It takes about 300 passes per groove; six grooves total so 32 passes is a great improvement. I am fortunate to have one of his rifles and it is a tack driver.
One day, I'm going to win the lottery and set up a home machine shop. I hope by then, you have patented this and are selling your tech to the public. I've watched many videos of the different rifling processes and this is absolutely phenomenonal ‼️ I would do this in a heartbeat if I could. Thank you so much ‼️
Your ingenuity and expertise is remarkable and your compassion with Little Dog shows. You would make a great employer or friend. I'm 83 not looking for job. Just totally impressed by you and your presentation. Bless you young man!
@@kiblerjim Hi there, I saw your design for this knife last year, and it’s truly amazing! I haven’t had the time to pursue my hobby, so I haven’t been able to make it yet. I really love this design-it’s unique and innovative-and I’ve always dreamed of making such a knife myself. Is there any chance I could get the design drawings from you? I have great respect for your work, and I’m happy to comply with any conditions or costs. I hope to hear back from you! Thank you, and best wishes! 😊
I was a toolmaker for 20 yrs and as such I’m impressed as hell . I did most of my work on conventional machines .I would have done things like making the rifling cutter . I have even setup and run gun drilling machines . I enjoyed this presentation immensely. Keep up the good work. Your attention to detail is the reason I ordered one of your kits . I knew it would be done right .
My Dad worked at Ingersoll Milling Machine co. for , about 32 years. Some of the things that transpired in the tool room, are the things of dreams! He started me out with a hacksaw and a file, as one must. It worked wonders!
Wow. I just received a 1943 9" South Bend lathe with a 4.5' bed that my grandfather used to make barrels on. Huge difference from then and now. I also received a ton of tools and bits that I struggle to understand what they do but I know there were a lot more tools needed back then they do now. Cool stuff
@@rufustoad1 I understand… I thought you might have a channel. I have my eye on an old South Bend that’s been sitting in shop for about 25 years, waiting for the guy to decide to let it go… It has some different tooling I’ve never seen before. I think this lathe may have been used to make barrels. He has a number of sine bars, and the ratchet mechanism as well as the rack. I too am wondering what the rest of the tooling looks like so I can determine if it’s all there.
Great work. Magnificent design and toolmaking. Does make one appreciate the work done in the past in designing such a machine to work entirely mechanically - and to do all the design on a drawing board and notepad!
You really nailed that rifling process using the CNC lathe. I’m a hobby machinist and have seen the single point rifling machines, located North of Milwaukee.. They pretty much do the same process. I learned machining by watching YT video’s. 👍
Very clever process you created, I'm impressed. It's great that with that lathe you have control over the C axis. I had no idea that was a feature on that model lathe. Thanks for sharing and posting the video.
Back in the mid eighties I drove the Blue Ridge Parkway. There was a small building that housed a early rifling machine. Almost all of it was built out of wood. The technology is almost identical except for the accuracy and automation.
Greetings Jim, Dave P here. A modern Innovative approach to a centuries old process, good on ye sir. Very interesting video demonstration to boot, enjoyed it. I hope your family, and business, are fairing well during this world wide pandemic.
This falls back to a design I saw in print that Pope used 50 - 60 years ago - but your re-engineering is just plain fantastic. I have an old rifle - and the only repair - is to roll the barrel from 0.312 to a standard 0.358 rifling. Thank you Sir - cheers
Just a thought, instead of plugging the oil pump in, rig a switch neat the control box for easier operator access. If you trust relays, you could automate the oil pump from input from the control box. It depends on how much damage ensues from running the cutter dry. Thanks for showing us this fascinating process!
Great explanation and demonstration video. Thank you! I just saw a video with Brux Barrels. They are using Pratt & Whitney machines and their cycle time is around 30 minutes for a "standard" blank, 27"-ish? I'd say in your case using an adapted machine and blanks that are 30% longer, your cycle times are acceptable. The best barrels are lapped after rifling. You could consider lead lapping your barrels for an even more uniform finish. Great job!
This is a older video I know , just not long ago lost my dog Sassy of 15 years. They are joy in this old world and we are their whole world . Cherish thier time with us!
i didn't realize you were doing this,,, Great for you (and your customers)!! lots of benchrest smiths call that (cats paw) and outboard spider..probably a much more cost effective set up than purchase of a rifling machine??? indeed a very clever program/setup!! I have noticed quite a bit of difference in the quality of the finish inside different barrel manufacturers products... some look like railroad tracks,, some very slickly lapped..(competetion barrels being slickest) looked like it was cutting very smooth with no chatter!! from what one can see here,, yours looks great! you should get one of those cheap bore scope attachments to show the grooves up close (much cheaper than my hawkeye bore scope) . Good Job!!!
I would seek to add a multi point tool that free spins on the draw rod. This would be pulled through as a final stroke to remove the burr at each edge of both sides of each groove, and polish that corner uniformly. Of course, a couple rounds of hard lead ball would largely accomplish the same thing.... The tool could easily be created in a sintered metal process. Very cool process that can easily be changed for things like gain-twist rifling, 5R, etc... Awesome fix!
About the only Change I'd make is indicating the muzzle end using the spider adjusting screws. When I'm chambering I indicate both ends within .001. Excellent job. I think the z axis feed is fast enough, I might take a little shallower cut per pass. I put the indicator needle right into the muzzle.
Amazing work, The only thing I don't like about the extreme care you put into your rifles. Is that it really makes me want to purchase one of your rifle kits. Boy this precision barrel work, along with some of that extra fancy Maple. Sure would be fun to finish up here in my shop. Just what I need. Another project. Cars and guns. That is where all my money seems to go. Keep up the great work. Hope you have a great Christmas. Hope your dog is still doing okay.
Muy interesante su explicación de cómo funciona el mecanismo del estriado y todo su proceso soy cubano y esto para mi es algo desconocido ni sabía que esto se pudiera publicar ❤
There are different ways to rifle a barrel. Cut riffling being one of the oldest. I don’t like button because the control of the lead is often a chicken and egg problem. The sexiest riffing machine has to be the Pratt Whitney model A sine bar. The model B got rid of the sine bar and has two gangs to speed things up. The hydraulics on the B are a nightmare as many specialized parts are obsolete. The model A downside is that uses turn of the century machine technology and was originally line shaft drive. Other makers of sine bars are basically copies of the Pratt Whitney. What you have done here is really impressive. Quality barrels are cut riffle barrels. I am not a fan of hammered barrels… originally designed for the German MG42 machine gun. It solves a problem unique to the MG42 but not on the radar for muzzleloaders. Marlins micro groove is a joke. I think fewer deeper lands are the way to go for long term reliability. While it would be nice to improve cycle time, you run the risk of breaking tooling and reducing quality. Cut riffling has always been time consuming. Personally I would accept it as a necessary evil and focus on quality. One of the proverbs from Solomon on haste comes to mind. I have searched for a model A for 20 years. After WE1, the anti gun mentality saw many scrapped and many exported to the Slavic countries. Model Bs were also scrapped in number after WW2. I have tinkered with idea of building a model A from scratch. The pattern work is insane and the bed casting is no easy machine problem requiring sending the bed around the country to get planed and ground. Older model As will likely need to be sent to Wisconsin for grinding as well. So what you have done is an impressive solution to a vexing problem. My hat is off to you on this one.
Olá sou português adoro trabalhar com metais e não sei porque razão, mas desde uns anos para cá, que eu tenho acompanhado tudo sobre fabricação e reparação de armas. E é a primeira vez que vejo isso, é espetacular parabéns excelente idéia por essa ferramenta. Desejo muito sucesso para vocês. E eu adorava trabalhar numa fafrica assim. Um grande abraço de Portugal felicidades.
It's great to know when I go to the woods with my Southern mountain rifle to deerhunt. It was made with quality machinery that I can count love your videals. They're very interesting. I ordered a Southern mountain rifle in 45 caliber, and 2024 cant wait to get it. Thanks again.
Thank you very much! We appreciate your business!
Hi, Nice to see your shop.. The screw assembly on the back end of the spindle to hold the barrel stable is called a " spider ".. Keep up the excellent work..
Thank you! I'm happy to hear you enjoyed the video!
Precision is a drug you can`t quench. You can only be satisfied knowing you did your best.
Yeah..........Well said....." Precision is a drug you can`t quench "
Very interesting video. I have a good friend who started making muzzleloaders as a teen in the 1940s (hobby only, not commercially). At the time there were no parts suppliers so he repurposed locks and trigger sets from junk rifles and made his own barrels and stocks. I'm going to show him this video the next time that I visit him. Using books from the library for reference he made a manual rifling jig like the ones used in the late 1700s/ early 1800s. It takes about 300 passes per groove; six grooves total so 32 passes is a great improvement. I am fortunate to have one of his rifles and it is a tack driver.
It's all impressive, but the automatic cutter adjustment is very clever! Kudos!
Thank you very much.
Impressed. You have given away secretes.
glad you enjoyed.
As a guy that ran CNC lathes for almost 20 yrs, I found this very ingenious. Well done, sir. Thanks for posting this.
Thank you very much.
Really nice you have figured that all out as a small company. Congrats on such fine work.
Thanks for the kind comment
I liked the slow pace of the video and how all operation was explained in details, no rush. Good job!!
Thanks Jim, that's very ingenious what you've designed there. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for the compliment Bob! We appreciate you watching our video!
He who knows his art explains it to the point that at the end, all questions are answered without being asked! Excellent presentation.
Thank you for the compliment!
But what about the angles and specs!
Inquiring minds need to know!
One day, I'm going to win the lottery and set up a home machine shop. I hope by then, you have patented this and are selling your tech to the public. I've watched many videos of the different rifling processes and this is absolutely phenomenonal ‼️ I would do this in a heartbeat if I could. Thank you so much ‼️
Outstanding. I love it when 32 years working I learn something new. Tip of my hat to you sir 😉
Thanks 👍
That adjustment method is very clever, very cool ! 26:40
Thanks!
Love the pup, and the riffling
Got the best dogs
People that love dogs are my kind of people!
dogs are the best!
Your ingenuity and expertise is remarkable and your compassion with Little Dog shows. You would make a great employer or friend. I'm 83 not looking for job. Just totally impressed by you and your presentation. Bless you young man!
Very impressive what you have been able to come up with. Thank you for sharing!
So nice of you, thanks!
Wow, this is the most perfect river knife I have ever seen. I really want this set of knife drawings to complete my toy.
thanks
@@kiblerjim Hi there,
I saw your design for this knife last year, and it’s truly amazing! I haven’t had the time to pursue my hobby, so I haven’t been able to make it yet. I really love this design-it’s unique and innovative-and I’ve always dreamed of making such a knife myself.
Is there any chance I could get the design drawings from you? I have great respect for your work, and I’m happy to comply with any conditions or costs. I hope to hear back from you!
Thank you, and best wishes! 😊
that is indeed clever... fantastic bit of work; thanks for sharing it.
Thank you very much! Happy to hear you enjoyed the video!
Best video on how rifling is done.
As a professional quarter back arm chair critic, I say....."outstanding work!"
thanks!
Absolutely brilliant process and a great presentation. Thank you for sharing your craft.
Thank you for watching our video! We appreciate your interest!
This world would be a worse place without our puppies. What a sweet kiddo.
I was a toolmaker for 20 yrs and as such I’m impressed as hell . I did most of my work on conventional machines .I would have done things like making the rifling cutter . I have even setup and run gun drilling machines . I enjoyed this presentation immensely. Keep up the good work. Your attention to detail is the reason I ordered one of your kits . I knew it would be done right .
My Dad worked at Ingersoll Milling Machine co. for , about 32 years.
Some of the things that transpired in the tool room, are the things of dreams!
He started me out with a hacksaw and a file, as one must.
It worked wonders!
I like how the cutter depth isn’t on its own axis, but is still controlled automatically
Awesome modern technology take on an old process...well done!
Thanks!
i love gunsmith channel
Pretty sweet setup you got there. Great to see there is still ingenuity in this world, we may not be doomed after all. 😆😂
🤣 thanks
Incredibly clever setup and tooling design.
thank you very much, glad you like it!
Wow. I just received a 1943 9" South Bend lathe with a 4.5' bed that my grandfather used to make barrels on. Huge difference from then and now. I also received a ton of tools and bits that I struggle to understand what they do but I know there were a lot more tools needed back then they do now. Cool stuff
Is there any way you could post a video of this lathe?
@@trevorjarvis3050 Hi, I don't do UA-cam but if you have a way I can take a video and send it to you
@@rufustoad1 I understand… I thought you might have a channel. I have my eye on an old South Bend that’s been sitting in shop for about 25 years, waiting for the guy to decide to let it go… It has some different tooling I’ve never seen before. I think this lathe may have been used to make barrels. He has a number of sine bars, and the ratchet mechanism as well as the rack. I too am wondering what the rest of the tooling looks like so I can determine if it’s all there.
@@trevorjarvis3050 No worries. This one will also be up for sale soon so if things don't work out let me know.
@@rufustoad1 let me know where you list it and I’ll find it… thanks!
Awesome to see the growth of your company. Love to see anything in metal being manufactured
Thanks for your comment and your business!! It was good to see you at the show.
Great work. Magnificent design and toolmaking. Does make one appreciate the work done in the past in designing such a machine to work entirely mechanically - and to do all the design on a drawing board and notepad!
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed the video.
As a retired toolmaker, I say EXCELLENT !
Thanks!
man that was amazing how you manufactured the cutter in house, good stuff and an enjoyable process to watch too, thanks
That cutter depth adjustment is really clever.
Thank you :)!
I like your cutter, as it has the potential to do squeeze bore rifling and can be set up for polygonal also.
Thank you for watching!
These types of videos helps prove how advanced my rifling knowledge and methods are.
If you have anything useful to share, Jim is open to input as he mentioned
How can I get one of your barrels, thank you for sharing this very explained video
@@CarpinteroJesus Feel free to contact us jim@kiblerslongrifles.com
Im not very interessted in making rifles, but your solution to adjust the cutter automatically through the nc programm is really clever. Respect.
You really nailed that rifling process using the CNC lathe. I’m a hobby machinist and have seen the single point rifling machines, located North of Milwaukee.. They pretty much do the same process. I learned machining by watching YT video’s. 👍
I'm happy to hear you enjoyed the video, thank you for watching!
Thank you for explaining comprehensively and showing the whole process. It is very interesting.
Thanks for watching, glad to hear you enjoyed it.
Great design and process, well thought out down to the smallest detail, very clean. Gerrit
Very clever process you created, I'm impressed. It's great that with that lathe you have control over the C axis. I had no idea that was a feature on that model lathe. Thanks for sharing and posting the video.
That sold me Jim. I'll be talking with you soon. Thanks for sharing 👍
Awesome designed cutter. Kudos to to you sir.
Thanks!
very interesting and thoughtfull process, thanks for shareing
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
Awesome use of Fusion 360
Thank you!
Back in the mid eighties I drove the Blue Ridge Parkway. There was a small building that housed a early rifling machine. Almost all of it was built out of wood. The technology is almost identical except for the accuracy and automation.
very cool!
Brilliant bloody brilliant.....
Greetings Jim, Dave P here. A modern Innovative approach to a centuries old process, good on ye sir. Very interesting video demonstration to boot, enjoyed it. I hope your family, and business, are fairing well during this world wide pandemic.
Very interesting..!!, thanks for sharing..!!
Glad you enjoyed!
The TL-2 is the only Hass machine I've enjoyed being on
Very impressive that you doped this out yourselves!
Sorry to hear about your little dog, it's a shame they don't last longer, mine is getting old also. I hope she had a good life.
Thank you Richard. We really miss her. She did have a good long life.
Thanks for sharing your process.
Thanks for watching!
Outstanding!
thanks!
Super travail merci pour la vidéo (de France)
Thanks for verifying ,what I've never had tools to implement. Bless your all.
ABSOLUTLY!! FASINATING!!!!🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Thanks!
Fascinating and useful video
Fantastic explanation and design for the cutter thanks for the video 🤠👍
Very clever bit of engineering.
Must give that baby Lovins & Skrichens!
They need that critical human contact.
For, they are God's gift !
Good job, exellent idea!
Glad you think so!
very clever, very informative video thank you very much for your presentation
Glad you enjoyed it!
Morning from NZ,well worth the coffee and the growling from the wife.
Awesome!👍🙏💗
Thank you!
This falls back to a design I saw in print that Pope used 50 - 60 years ago - but your re-engineering is just plain fantastic. I have an old rifle - and the only repair - is to roll the barrel from 0.312 to a standard 0.358 rifling. Thank you Sir - cheers
Amazing
thanks!
Nice job!
thanks for watching!
I love your three legged mascot🐕🐶
She was a good dog
👍 brilliant! Sorry about the pup. Hard to watch them get old.
Thank you!
Thanks, that was quite educational. Great Video.
Glad it was helpful!
Just a thought, instead of plugging the oil pump in, rig a switch neat the control box for easier operator access. If you trust relays, you could automate the oil pump from input from the control box. It depends on how much damage ensues from running the cutter dry. Thanks for showing us this fascinating process!
Don't it make you just want to drool, with the possibilities!!!!
Fascinating solution!
very nicely presented video and very informative
Great explanation and demonstration video. Thank you! I just saw a video with Brux Barrels. They are using Pratt & Whitney machines and their cycle time is around 30 minutes for a "standard" blank, 27"-ish? I'd say in your case using an adapted machine and blanks that are 30% longer, your cycle times are acceptable.
The best barrels are lapped after rifling. You could consider lead lapping your barrels for an even more uniform finish.
Great job!
Very impressive, i need one them machines now! 😊😊😂😂
outstanding work.
Very interesting video! Thank you for sharing it!
This is a older video I know , just not long ago lost my dog Sassy of 15 years. They are joy in this old world and we are their whole world . Cherish thier time with us!
Very. interesting. Thanks!
i didn't realize you were doing this,,, Great for you (and your customers)!! lots of benchrest smiths call that (cats paw) and outboard spider..probably a much more cost effective set up than purchase of a rifling machine??? indeed a very clever program/setup!! I have noticed quite a bit of difference in the quality of the finish inside different barrel manufacturers products... some look like railroad tracks,, some very slickly lapped..(competetion barrels being slickest) looked like it was cutting very smooth with no chatter!! from what one can see here,, yours looks great! you should get one of those cheap bore scope attachments to show the grooves up close (much cheaper than my hawkeye bore scope) . Good Job!!!
Thanks. We aren’t doing this anymore. It was too slow for our production needs unfortunately
Amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
I would seek to add a multi point tool that free spins on the draw rod. This would be pulled through as a final stroke to remove the burr at each edge of both sides of each groove, and polish that corner uniformly. Of course, a couple rounds of hard lead ball would largely accomplish the same thing.... The tool could easily be created in a sintered metal process. Very cool process that can easily be changed for things like gain-twist rifling, 5R, etc... Awesome fix!
Snap on makes a bore scope that's not to expensive and is great for looking at the lands and groove.
Thank you for the suggestion Paul!
@@kiblerjim not a snap on dealer.... mechanic. I own one and used it to look over the bore of an 1884 45-70 my son had gotten for me.
About the only Change I'd make is indicating the muzzle end using the spider adjusting screws. When I'm chambering I indicate both ends within .001. Excellent job. I think the z axis feed is fast enough, I might take a little shallower cut per pass. I put the indicator needle right into the muzzle.
Very impressive technology and video.
Great video and with 1 hour of cycle time I now realize the cost of manufacturing.
Amazing work, The only thing I don't like about the extreme care you put into your rifles. Is that it really makes me want to purchase one of your rifle kits. Boy this precision barrel work, along with some of that extra fancy Maple. Sure would be fun to finish up here in my shop. Just what I need. Another project. Cars and guns. That is where all my money seems to go. Keep up the great work. Hope you have a great Christmas. Hope your dog is still doing okay.
Muy interesante su explicación de cómo funciona el mecanismo del estriado y todo su proceso soy cubano y esto para mi es algo desconocido ni sabía que esto se pudiera publicar ❤
fascinating to watch. thanks!
Nice "tiara"!!
Never work without "Safety Tiara" on your head !!
Very cool!
ВОТ ЭТО Я ПОНИМАЮ , ИНСТРУМЕНТ , СТАНОК , И САМ ЦЕХ ПРОСТО НА ВЫСОТЕ ! ВЫСШИЙ КЛАСС ! ОБЗАВИДУЕШСЯ .
There are different ways to rifle a barrel. Cut riffling being one of the oldest. I don’t like button because the control of the lead is often a chicken and egg problem. The sexiest riffing machine has to be the Pratt Whitney model A sine bar. The model B got rid of the sine bar and has two gangs to speed things up. The hydraulics on the B are a nightmare as many specialized parts are obsolete. The model A downside is that uses turn of the century machine technology and was originally line shaft drive. Other makers of sine bars are basically copies of the Pratt
Whitney.
What you have done here is really impressive. Quality barrels are cut riffle barrels. I am not a fan of hammered barrels… originally designed for the German MG42 machine gun. It solves a problem unique to the MG42 but not on the radar for muzzleloaders. Marlins micro groove is a joke. I think fewer deeper lands are the way to go for long term reliability.
While it would be nice to improve cycle time, you run the risk of breaking tooling and reducing quality. Cut riffling has always been time consuming. Personally I would accept it as a necessary evil and focus on quality. One of the proverbs from Solomon on haste comes to mind.
I have searched for a model A for 20 years. After WE1, the anti gun mentality saw many scrapped and many exported to the Slavic countries. Model Bs were also scrapped in number after WW2.
I have tinkered with idea of building a model A from scratch. The pattern work is insane and the bed casting is no easy machine problem requiring sending the bed around the country to get planed and ground. Older model As will likely need to be sent to Wisconsin for grinding as well.
So what you have done is an impressive solution to a vexing problem. My hat is off to you on this one.
And My hat off to you Sir, for offering this excellent background information which I have copied and saved.
My cousin cut the grooves in the .50 caliber sniper rifle barrels in a shop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Olá sou português adoro trabalhar com metais e não sei porque razão, mas desde uns anos para cá, que eu tenho acompanhado tudo sobre fabricação e reparação de armas.
E é a primeira vez que vejo isso, é espetacular parabéns excelente idéia por essa ferramenta.
Desejo muito sucesso para vocês. E eu adorava trabalhar numa fafrica assim.
Um grande abraço de Portugal felicidades.
I wish there was a barrel maker in Canada who made reasonable priced barrels in those lengths
We ship to Canada!
Awesome work.