Updates for 11-4-2019

It’s Monday, and it’s November. Hopefully no one is too shaken by the time change. Most of the US gains an hour in the fall, and loses one in the spring. I do appreciate the extra hour of sleep in the fall.

We kicked off this past week with continuing to look at the subject of variation. Specifically how to measure variation and its effects on production.

When is Variation a Problem?

Despite the record setting cold here in Utah I was out in the shop and continued to work on several of the projects. The VZ-58 build is now ready for test firing. We’ll have a few write ups on that coming up this week. For now here’s the last few things we had to do to get ready.

VZ-58: Trigger Guard, Stock, & Fire Control Group

VZ-58: Barrel Pin Install

I totally messed up single point cutting the threads on the Draw Die Housing, I ended up having to restart the whole project, but I learned a few things. Everything is written up here.

Bullet Swaging: Draw Die Housing Part 2

The 3D Printer build goes strong. Parts are on order, I’ve been itching to finish the design to the point where I can begin to really get into fabrication. Here’s the little I’ve been able to do so far.

3D Printer: Y-Axis Rods Fabrication

Seems like for every hour of fab there is at least three hours of design work that design work that goes into it.

3D Printer: Designing the Drive Train

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Happy Shooting!

Jay Andrew

Updates for 10-14-2019

Happy Monday everyone!

The Ballistic Assistant has surpassed 1100 views! Last week I was just excited to get past 500. Thank you to everyone who’s been reading an enjoying the content. I hope it has been insightful and useful to you.

A few things of note;

I removed the Consulting Page from the site in order to not run afoul of a few forum rules that do not allow for commercial advertisement. Right now I feel it’s more important to build content and let people know of the website then to try and generate income.

I began EMT Classes to get my EMT Basic License. Here in Milford, Utah we have an all volunteer service. This service is paid, and while it’s not much, the pay I receive will be dedicated to maintaining the website, and funding the projects.

At the request of one of our readers I published a write up on how to use QuickLOAD for load development. If you want to see how close QuickLOAD is to real world testing, I’ve included the data in the write up.

QuickLOAD as a Tool for Load Development

We also made some progress on the VZ-58 Build this week.

VZ-58: Barrel Block Construction

VZ-58: Muzzle Brake and Barrel Extension Install

We are about 1/2 through the VZ-58 Build. At this point I am beginning to look forward to see what the next firearm build is going to be. I am considering an Israeli FAL, or a AR 45 PCC. Is there a build you’d like to see? Let me know!

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Updates for 10-1-2019

I’ve been working on several updates to the site. There is a new Facebook Group that is dedicated to the website. Please check it out here.

The VZ-58 Build has a couple new updates check those out below:

VZ-58: Purchasing the Parts Kit and Receiver

VZ-58: Disassembly of the Receiver Stub

VZ-58: Making the Barrel Legal

We’ve added the “What’s New Page” for posting of website updates so returning visitors can find the new stuff faster.

Updated the website header with some new photos of high speed stop action photography. New every time someone visits they should be greeted with a new photo.

Worked on adding menus to the site. Tried to better organize the Ballistic Write Ups by Topic.

Added a website emblem so and figured out how to get rid of the temp URL.

Continuing to learn WordPress and trying to figure out this Online Stuff.