Precision Processes at Vudoo Gun Works

hey folks i'm greg from voodoo gun works we're up here in the machining area of the shop and we want to give you a little more in-depth look at how exactly your voodoo is going to be put together this process is the same whether you're john q customer that we've never met before or you're one of our team shooters all of us here use the same barrels the same processes and the same level of tolerances and everything is done right here with the exception of one of our team shooters because he's sponsored by another barrel maker but everybody's gun including mine is done right here so let's show you how it works so the very first thing we're going to do is our machinist is going to go ahead and take up a group of parts uh so he's going to figure out what your order calls for in this case we have a 22 magnum receiver and he's gone ahead and found a bolt body and a bolt nose together so what he's going to do is he's going to go ahead and start measuring everything here so during the manufacturing processes there are a little bit of tolerances allowed in each one of these parts and since those tolerances can stack one way or the other what we're going to do is go ahead and do a rough assembly here so we'll put the bolt together the bolts going to go into the receiver itself and then he's going to actually go ahead and measure from the face of the action all the way down to the bolt head so the face of the bolt so that measurement is going to go ahead and get plugged into the lathe program and that's going to ensure that your barrel gets cut exactly to your group of parts so behind me to my left uh you can see our big stack of barrels here so part of this uh parts selection process involves grabbing the right contour and the right length of barrel and the right manufacturer if you specify your barrel manufacturer so our barrel manufacturers send us our blanks they come to us just like this so this is a profile blank so this one right here uh by the color of the barrel sleeve this is an ace barrel and this one is uh this is a kukri contour barrel uh so we have the the re taper blank and this is how it's going to go through the manufacturing process from us so let's put this away i'll show you the next step so behind you uh to my left is our manual lathe so this is the very first step in the process we're gonna take that barrel blank and we're gonna go ahead and part off both ends and give it kind of a fresh cut just like a fresh cut onto christmas tree and then we're going to go ahead and cut it to length this ensures that everything in there is is nice and fresh before it goes into the cnc so next step if we come back here we'll show you where the real magic happens so uh to my left here is one of our two paws tl1 lathe so you guys can take a peek in here and see exactly where all the magic happens so the very first step in the process uh our machinists are going to go ahead and actually set the barrel up in the chuck and our chuck is adjustable it is adjustable this way and this way so they're going to take a very finely fitted pin and go ahead and stick it in the in the barrel itself the pin does not have any play to it and they're going to take our feeler gauge right here and they're going to run this feeler gauge up and down that pin and keep adjusting that chuck until there is no run out all the way up and down that feeler gauge this gauge is a 10 000 feeler gauge so we know that when we start making the cuts on your barrel on your breach end and your muzzle end everything is done to be perfectly aligned with the actual interior bore dimensions so we've learned that during the manufacturing process of the barrels there can be a little bit of a curvature to most barrels out there and this way we're compensating for that uh headspace is going to be set here again that measurement that we took off of the receiver and the bolt combo of parts is plugged into the computer and all that is done off of your combination of parts so everything's gonna be matched to your rifle so the breach ends are done on this end and to my right is where we do the muzzle ends so this is mikael one of our machinists he's working hard on a muzzle of a barrel here and the next step we're gonna step back over here and this is where we start prepping the barrel to go into the mill so over here we have our barrel vise uh this is to my left here so the very first thing we do over here is we take that receiver and we take that barrel and we torque them together to 70 foot-pounds uh during that process uh we're going to go ahead and mark the bottom dead center of that barrel so how we do it we'll take this barrel there's a customer's gun right here to my my left on each gun is a very small mark that is on the recoil lug and it marks the bottom dead center of the action so after that barrel is torqued onto the receiver we do a little stake mark into the bottom of that action or sorry the bottom of the barrel and that's going to mark the bottom dead center of the barrel as it is torqued into the action at proper torque so once we go ahead and mark it uh we'll check the headspace of course one more time so headspace is checked in the lathe and then it's also checked here at final torque as well uh the barrel is going to come back off and then it's going to go into our haas tm2p uh mill over here that's to my right so let's take a look this way uh we're not working on this currently but uh another really fun machine so we'll go ahead in here this is where we cut the extractor grooves uh for each and every barrel so what the machinist is going to do he's going to take that barrel blank that he marked the bottom dead center and install it into the special fixture here aligned off of that bottom mark then we're going to take a slitter saw and precisely cut in those extractor grooves so those extractor grooves are a very vital part in the voodoo system so you guys all know that the voodoo is a controlled round feed so what we do during the feeding process how about we step back here we can hear a little better during the feeding process with your rifle the round is going to get picked up by the bolt it's going to slide up underneath the extractors and then go forward as it goes uh the last push into the chamber those extractor hooks are going to mate up with those grooves that we cut in this machine and they're actually going to let go of the cartridge during that final push this allows that cartridge to find its natural home in the chamber which we've spent so much time to make sure is absolutely dead nuts perfect with the bore of the rifle once the cartridge is fired the bolt comes back and those extractors gonna go ahead and come back together and grab that cartridge and then go ahead and extract so uh once we come back out of here uh again the barrel is gonna get re-torqued back onto the receiver and if it's going to be a cerakoted gun that's the final process that barrel is on for the life of the gun and it's going to go in and get paint prepped before everything leaves this area the last machine is back here behind me this is our laser engraver that bolt body and bolt nose are going to get the serial number of your rifle engraved into them and therefore throughout the rest of the process they're going to come back together they're not going to get separated so when that rifle gets all put together packed up and leaves we know your bolt your bolt nose and your receiver are all matched to your barrel tenon that's a good note to realize that our barrel tendons are going to be a little bit different from gun to gun because again we're going to allow for those tolerances to stack a little bit one way or the other and we know everything is dead nuts perfect another quick note headspace so what i have here is a this is a 22 magnum uh this is a no-go gauge so we actually change these out pretty regularly a headspace gauge is actually a consumable item uh and we'll change these out on a regular basis we have a schedule for it and we've seen some people out there checking headspace where they take a no-go gauge and you can see where it almost wants to close and they'll force it closed well they don't realize that head space gauge is no longer accurate at that point we check these as they come in from the manufacturer we check them periodically throughout the process and we change them out on a regular basis to make sure that your rifle whether it's yours a team shooter my rifle or any employees rifle here we make sure they're perfect that's pretty much it in a nutshell i hope you enjoyed taking a good look at our machining the next process we go through to cerakote prep and then cerakote and then we go through a final assembly and testing process not out the door to you thanks so much guys been my pleasure we'll see you next time

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Length: 8min 34sec (514 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 15 2022