Phil: Mastersmith

[HeavyMetal]

I gotta hand it to this dude, you may have heard of him. He's known only as "PHIL"

Dunno where I'd be without this fucking guy, he makes some crucial shit for the HMC machine. THIS being no exception.

Support bar system for my new 35mm adapter for the XHA1, made from scratch.

These go for like 400 bucks normally, in their most basic form, this one went for free.99

Our subject:





The construction:





other misc steps lead us here:







dont let the simple look deceive you, this is a solid fawkin piece of precisely machined, milled, and lathed goodness, and made the function of this setup MUCH better.


and of course, what would a gunsmith shop project be without GUNS

"The Gates of Gunsmithing Ltd."

[Buffalo Phil]

That brought a tear to my eye.

I'm glad you like that thing. Long live the HMC!

Work started at 7:30 and we finished up at 1:30 in the morning. Lots of Hot Chocolate and Dunkaccinos were consumed.

[ninetysix-ex-jay]

Glad Will got over his dunkacchino fear

[Zullock Holmes]

loooks like a great night in the shop

that thing looks sweeeet mannn i'm tellin ya, full length feature film

[HeavyMetal]

Glad Will got over his dunkacchino fear

i actually made another trip to DD at 11:30 or so and got another

[ninetysix-ex-jay]

i actually made another trip to DD at 11:30 or so and got another

Welcome to the addiction That's what I'm here for though, that and having Phil explain the Mill 4 times a week

[Buffalo Phil]

Welcome to the addiction That's what I'm here for though, that and having Phil explain the Mill 4 times a week

Hey man, you gotta Learn. As long as you remember which way to feed the bit into the part, you're good to go.

[Lawn Guyland]

excuse me jon...i made him taste his first one...so hush.

and awesome work phil

[HitItWithSomeSpeed]

Shits built. Good job Phil!

Also, on a side note... Will, that camera looks like a trans-dimentional projector of some sort. Does it film in 5D?

[CumminsJeep]

very nice phil

[Even]

M200

[Buffalo Phil]

Thanks, everyone.

M200

Yeah, try bunny-hopping with that thing...

[HeavyMetal]

Thanks, everyone.



Yeah, try bunny-hopping with that thing...

i dunno if anyone here has ever held one of those before...but sometimes i dont even take it out at the shop, simply because it is a hassle to hold its fucking HEAVY

BTW phil...the rails make the camera work flawlessly on the slider with the Letus

[Buffalo Phil]

That is excellent news.

[Lawn Guyland]

i dunno if anyone here has ever held one of those before...but sometimes i dont even take it out at the shop, simply because it is a hassle to hold its fucking HEAVY

just to put it into perspective: