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tinker
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Re: Just got back from the lab...
06/04/05 09:10 AM

An X-ray machine is basically a film camera.
The processing of the films takes about 10 minutes, and the rig can be reset to focus specifically within it's range of possible depth of field.

We took numerous films of my equipment today, the known flaws in the Tower pistol and the little .410 sxs showed up nicely. The pistol has damaged springs and some Great Salt Lake sized pits in the chamber area, the little double has issues in the chambers.

Cracks and pits are pretty obvious in the images.
So is solder or brazing material in between the ribs or shims from regulation.
Wall thickness can be seen clearly and so can the shape and fitness of the chambers.
I could clearly see all the joints of the dovetailed (circa 1860) lumps of the Mahillon barrels. I'm really looking forward to running that thing now. The barrels look marvelous. The finish and pattern on the two sets of barrels for that gun are just amazing.

On the Tolley barrels I could clearly see the set screw for the rear sight and all it's detail, the platnium wedge, the outlines of the barrel flats and the lumps, extractor, forend loop...
They look good and I'm excited to run some powder and bullets through them.

Real time viewing so to speak isn't available with the x-ray process.
Burn the film and inspect it. The fames come out 1to1 ratio, full life size.
I didn't bother looking into the machine and I wouldn't be concerned about what model x-ray ends up getting used, it's more up to the operator and thier knowlege of the tooling combined with knowing what to look for once the films are made.

I'd say just look in the yellow pages for metallurgy or engineering in your local area and go from there.
The folks I worked with would happily take barrels from anyone and run them, the parts leaving the X-ray machine were ejector seat blowoff gas manifolds, zero tolerance for problems with that kind of stuff.

It's off to the workshop to fireform another batch of brass...

--Tinker

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My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	CFA	31/03/05 03:45 PM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	500grains	04/04/05 11:04 AM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	CFA	04/04/05 12:20 PM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	500grains	04/04/05 12:36 PM
A warranty won't save your life...	tinker	05/04/05 05:08 AM
Re: A warranty won't save your life...	CFA	05/04/05 02:57 PM
Re: A warranty won't save your life...	tinker	05/04/05 04:54 PM
Just got back from the lab...	tinker	06/04/05 06:34 AM
Re: Just got back from the lab...	CFA	06/04/05 07:31 AM
Re: Just got back from the lab...	tinker	06/04/05 09:10 AM
Re: Just got back from the lab...	unspellable	07/04/05 09:19 AM
Re: Just got back from the lab...	NitroX	06/04/05 02:09 PM
Re: Just got back from the lab...	tinker	06/04/05 05:35 PM
Re: Just got back from the lab...	k80	06/04/05 10:21 AM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	tinker	01/04/05 03:44 PM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	unspellable	03/04/05 03:03 AM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	bonanza	02/04/05 12:20 AM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	CFA	01/04/05 05:24 PM
The remains of an old gun...	tinker	01/04/05 06:10 PM
Re: The remains of an old gun...	4seventy	01/04/05 10:06 PM
Re: The remains of an old gun...	CptCurl	01/04/05 09:53 PM
Re: The remains of an old gun...	tinker	02/04/05 03:08 AM
Re: The remains of an old gun...	4seventy	02/04/05 09:06 AM
not case hardening...	tinker	02/04/05 09:17 AM
Re: not case hardening...	4seventy	02/04/05 10:26 AM
paper thin barrels and the sweetness of fu*kall...	tinker	02/04/05 11:10 AM
Re: paper thin barrels and the sweetness of fu*kall...	4seventy	02/04/05 01:41 PM
Re: paper thin barrels and the sweetness of fu*kall...	tinker	02/04/05 02:20 PM
Re: paper thin barrels and the sweetness of fu*kall...	4seventy	02/04/05 02:37 PM
Bees' knees and blown barrels...	tinker	02/04/05 02:43 PM
Re: not case hardening...	NE450No2	02/04/05 11:06 AM
Blown barrel	4seventy	02/04/05 04:02 PM
Re: Blown barrel	DoubleD	03/04/05 12:33 AM
Re: Blown barrel	NitroX	03/04/05 03:07 AM
Re: Blown barrel	DoubleD	03/04/05 10:14 AM
Re: Blown barrel	NitroX	03/04/05 11:52 AM
Re: Blown barrel	NE450No2	03/04/05 03:46 AM
Re: Blown barrel	475Guy	03/04/05 06:34 AM
Re: Blown barrel	tinker	03/04/05 07:07 AM
Re: Blown barrel	CFA	03/04/05 02:43 PM
Re: Blown barrel	unspellable	03/04/05 09:31 AM
Re: Blown barrel	NE450No2	03/04/05 12:02 PM
Wm. Evans	unspellable	04/04/05 04:26 AM
Re: Wm. Evans	NE450No2	04/04/05 05:37 AM
Re: Blown barrel	mickey	03/04/05 12:50 PM
Re: not case hardening...	new_guy	02/04/05 09:42 AM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	SteveH	01/04/05 02:08 PM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	bwanabloke	01/04/05 03:06 PM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	ArnoldB	01/04/05 12:03 PM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	NE450No2	01/04/05 12:20 PM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	mickey	31/03/05 04:42 PM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	NE450No2	31/03/05 06:23 PM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	Bwanaclark	06/06/06 06:23 AM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	400NitroExpress	06/06/06 05:41 PM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	Bwanaclark	07/06/06 05:58 AM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	400NitroExpress	07/06/06 06:28 AM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	armbar	07/06/06 08:51 PM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	armbar	07/06/06 08:57 PM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	400NitroExpress	08/06/06 10:12 AM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	armbar	08/06/06 12:11 PM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	bulldog563	17/06/06 01:49 PM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	NE450No2	17/06/06 06:19 PM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	500grains	07/06/06 11:41 PM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	CFA	06/06/06 02:57 PM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	Bwanaclark	07/06/06 04:20 AM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	NE450No2	06/06/06 04:49 PM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	400NitroExpress	06/06/06 07:04 PM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	4seventy	06/06/06 08:21 PM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	400NitroExpress	07/06/06 12:24 AM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	armbar	06/06/06 08:11 PM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	new_guy	01/04/05 01:16 AM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	mstarling	01/04/05 02:18 AM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	mickey	01/04/05 03:32 AM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	CptCurl	31/03/05 09:52 PM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	CFA	01/04/05 04:40 AM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	NE450No2	01/04/05 07:49 AM
The pressure curve...	tinker	01/04/05 08:58 AM
Re: The pressure curve...	JudgeG	01/04/05 09:32 AM
Re: The pressure curve...	CFA	01/04/05 10:27 AM
Re: The pressure curve...	mickey	01/04/05 12:31 PM
Re: The pressure curve...	Will	02/04/05 10:07 AM
Re: The pressure curve...	CFA	02/04/05 12:24 PM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	CptCurl	01/04/05 08:56 AM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	NE450No2	01/04/05 09:49 AM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	bonanza	01/04/05 07:57 AM
Re: My Holland .500/.465 blew a barrel	NE450No2	01/04/05 08:03 AM
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