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Attaching a scope rail?
Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 11:16 pm
by mopherman
how do you guys think I could attach a scope rail to a 1 inch steel tee? I would like to stay away from jb weld and other adheasives. Thanks!
Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 11:42 pm
by super spuder
thoes metal zip tie things....ummm..cant think of the name right now.
Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 11:44 pm
by Velocity
Hose clamps?
Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 11:46 pm
by homedepotpro
hose clamps super spudder. i would try to get some cheap scope mounts sorta like these
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... S:official
and attach the rail that, that way you can remove it
Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 11:47 pm
by super spuder
yea, thats them, sorry, it is really late here, and i cant remember crap.
Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 11:49 pm
by mopherman
i guess im just gonna have to settle for hose clamps. oh well
Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 12:00 am
by From_Hamsterdam
duck tape, what cant it do :love4:
Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 1:19 am
by frankrede
Is the t going to take any form of pressure?
Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 10:23 am
by mopherman
yes. the tee is part of my chamber
Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 6:26 pm
by boilingleadbath
In firearms, scope rails are generally attached with (short) screws, and I've done the same thing myself.
(though I have seen mounts machined into the barrel)
<i>Much</i> less ugly than hose clamps.
Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 6:50 pm
by iknowmy3tables
Hey those scope mounts aren't for attaching rails to your gun, they are not for attaching the rail to the gun they are for attaching scopes to the rail
I just don't want anyone make a pointless buy,
BLB: I don't think most of us feel safe screwing into the chamber although they are short screws, and it doesn't sound easy with steel
Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 7:45 pm
by boilingleadbath
If 1" steel pipe was to be rated by it's burst pressure in the same way as PVC, it'd be reasonable to expect a rating of 2000 PSI or so.
Perhaps you don't <i>feel</i> safe doing it, but such emotions are probably borderline phobia.
Not <i>easy</i>... but it's not hard-tempered, nor an exotic (or even stainless) alloy, so (provided you have a tap) it's not exactly difficult.
You just have to be careful and paitient - but that's the case with anything, even aluminum.
(As an anecdote, one of my friends knows someone who snapped off a decent-sized tap in aluminum... as I said, patience is often a virtue when tapping.)
Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 8:17 pm
by iknowmy3tables
I've never seen taps so tiny, but mainly I'd just be worried about leaks
Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 7:56 pm
by mopherman
I would also be worried about leaks. ill go w/ camps
Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 8:22 pm
by boilingleadbath
Perhaps you could put a gasket between the rail and the fitting?
Such practices seem to work ok in diaphragm construction.