{"id":4117,"date":"2011-01-13T12:02:51","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T17:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/?p=4117"},"modified":"2011-01-13T12:02:51","modified_gmt":"2011-01-13T17:02:51","slug":"how-to-make-a-quarter-rib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/?p=4117","title":{"rendered":"How to make a quarter-rib"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the process I used- for anyone who is even mildly interested- in making the sight base. <\/p>\n<p>First I turned a slug so the bore matched the contour of the barrel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image4116\" height=200 alt=cross-section.JPG src=\"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/cross-section.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then I chamfered the slug so it was the correct external profile<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image4118\" height=200 alt=sightbaseround.jpg src=\"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/sightbaseround.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then I cut a 3\/4&#8243; wide slab out of the top<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image4119\" height=200 alt=sightbasecutout.jpg src=\"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/sightbasecutout.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then I drilled and countersank the top to match the barrel, flattened the top, and cut the dovetail.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image4120\" height=200 alt=sightbasedovetail.jpg src=\"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/sightbasedovetail.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is all in SolidWorks, and I hope it translates well in pictures. Next time you wonder to yourself why custom gunsmithing is so expensive, you will understand that it involves a lot more than just buying parts and bolting them together. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the process I used- for anyone who is even mildly interested- in making the sight base. First I turned a slug so the bore matched the contour of the barrel. Then I chamfered the slug so it was the correct external profile then I cut a 3\/4&#8243; wide slab out of the top [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}