I'm more than a little envious. I very much hope to have a stretch of land in future where i can do the same. 

Baie dankie - watter afstande kan julle aanbeveel? Ek het gedink om met 2 x 5m-bane te begin. Op een baan naby ons staan die trokbande op hulle eie, m...

I helped out on one once. Main elements were rebar pins spaced so that the tyres were held in place and soil to fill the tyres. They were built in sol...

Yip. I have one that went from captured to received at licensing section in less than two weeks and has now been sitting there for 7 weeks.

Sounds like a winner. Bigger and heavier wins in presses every time.

While restoring old vehicles I've dabbled with casting things like unobtainable lenses for old car lights and replacement sections for bakelite e...

Another option if there is some clearance on the inside of the wooden forend is to directly reinforce it with fibreglass to prevent it cracking in the...

I'd suggest making a mould and then making the part from fibreglass

I also size last. Quench from the powder oven and then size. The pc is slick enough that I don't lube bullets for sizing any longer.

Something that integrates into the fore end like a Steyr Scout would be quite a trick. I'm sure there'd be a way to do it if it hasn't ...

You can make chamber casts from flowers of sulphur. Thanks what most smiths used in the olden days. It stinks to hell but I've seen casts made us...

I understand that the primers are 'set' on seating, i.e. they get slightly compressed so the compound is close enough to the firing pin and ...

Got to fire one of these once as a young man and remember thinking that my CZ75 had a trigger so much better that I pittied the krauts who had to wiel...

My experience is that I require slightly less propellant to achieve book velocities for cast when powder coating. Have to assume the stuff is slidier ...

Thanks, most interesting. If my toy budget was in better shape or had realistic prospects of improvement collecting would be something I'd love t...