Attempts at amateur gunsmithing, citizenship, and other skilled trades
I found this old Dake Model X arbor press online.
I hoped to use it as a pistol sight pusher in addition to the press/stamp/rivet operations it was actually designed for.
Some quick research revealed that these Dake presses last forever and are easy to refurbish, so I took the plunge.
Continue reading*First appeared in Air Force Times, fall 2000
This week* we celebrate the 46th anniversary of the Cessna T-37, which first flew on 12 October, 1954. Nearly 1300 “Tweets” were manufactured before the production line closed in 1977: this number includes the trainer, attack (A-37) and Forward Air Control, or FAC (OA-37) versions.
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