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04-07-2017, 11:26 AM | #21 |
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As with all my posts/threads, ALL wags/experiences/mistakes are welcomed! Even if they are wrong/outdated/completely off-topic, they can stimulate me to explore avenues of thought I might not otherwise have considered. Others have even admitted to learning something new. <gasp!>
Pressing the staple in seems most likely. Staking, peening, welding are possible but would they bother with a part intended to only hold a pound of weight (if it hung from the lanyard)??? Probably not. The press fit would suffice. That the area around the 'legs' is machined or finished after the pressing is curious. My 1900AE clearly shows grinding after the area was milled and then the staple pressed in. But my S/42 only shows the mill tool marks, which would seem to indicate that Mauser at least switched the finishing operations around. All good stuff. But I'm still not sure if the loop itself will withstand repeated firings with a relatively heavy object hanging off of it...Or clamped to it... Ed seems interested in removing his staple from that sawed-off frame. Hopefully he can add his experience to Bill's. Yes, I also think that. Like the stock lug, the jigs and fixtures for those two appendages probably were used to locate or suspend the frame for further operations, and rather than design/manufacture new jigs, the various companies just used the old fixtures. They still served a purpose, even if not the original one. Why re-invent the wheel???
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Here is an original lanyard loop. I think they were pressed in and then the protruding ends ground or machined off. I removed one years ago just as stated by GT, with a small punch. . Inserting was more difficult because of the tight fit. I used a small nylon hammer and slowly tapped both sides in. Bill
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OHO!!! Now that is priceless! It is a 3mm rod with shoulders/ends turned down to 2.5mm, as on the P38 loops that Olle did.
Thanks Bill! Armed with this knowledge, I searched TBLAP and found the blueprint measurements for it...1900, P04, and P08...All interesting...It seems to have 'evolved'...
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What is TBLAP?
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John, I think I recall seeing a pic of a Luger [1900? P08?] with a Borchardt-style stock hanging off the lanyard loop/frame 'staple'. I don't remember how it attached, but I think it was detachable...
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Here's an interesting observation...Although the late P08 frame notch (the cut for the lanyard loop) is the same as the early [P04, 1900] frames @ 1.8mm, the P08 has longer staple 'legs'...8mm, as opposed to 6mm...Was the frame made thicker???
And the shoulder-to-bend measurement for the loop was increased from 3.5mm to 5mm... It wasn't intended to be used, so they made the notch wider???
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Referring to this study, you'll see that the ends of the loop were sometimes milled away in final shaping...
http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthread.php?t=24367 The end of the loop can be seen in some of the photos. It's possible that it was peened and flattened to fix the loop into the frame, and then the milling done to smooth the entire area.
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I just ordered this book. I don't know if it's the green or red one, the info page didn't clarify. It cost me $225 plus shipping. I understand they are heavy books. Should be good reading for years to come.
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There is a 3-4 page thread on this here somewhere, I'll try to find it. Here is the short thread on the controversy surrounding the two editions (on page 3) - http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthread.php?t=29036 Ordering instructions for the DVD are in there too, in case your set (whichever it is) doesn't have the CDs/DVD...
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Hi Tom,
I own both sets, here is my take. You can't go wrong with either set, they are both superb, indispensable reference works for the serious collector. If you are a book kind of guy, as I am, you will like the green set better. If you want to pull out a single volume you can do so without having to lift the whole case out of the shelf, which you have to do with the poorly designed slip case of the red set. When you open a green book it stays open and lays flat, not so with a red book. The green books are printed on better paper and have larger and clearer illustrations. The red books are said to have many updates and additions, in two years I have only found one, an added photo spread. The big plus with the red set is the searchable DVD which comes with it. If you are a computer kind of guy you will love it. The photos come in loud and clear and you can zoom in. However, since the DVD is available separately for about $40.00, it's not all that big a plus. Norm |
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From what I have seen, loops like that are normally staked from the back. I know for sure that the P.38 and Nambu T14 loops are done like that, and I would say the Luger loops are staked as well. If the holes in a Luger are visible from behind, they are more than likely staked as this makes it much stronger. Knowing how anal the Germans were, I'm guessing that they staked it and then ground it flush on the inside. It could also be that they were swaged, which would leave a neater surface that would be easy to hide by grinding it a bit.
Of course: A press fit is possible, but may not be very practical on a small part made of wire. I'm not sure if I would trust that arrangement either, considering what the loop was intended for. |
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I agree with Norm. I also have both sets and prefer the green set for a printed reference. I appreciate the fact that photo credits are given...they are totally absent in the red set. The red set does have a little bit of updated material but the real plus is the CD with its high resolution photos. The details are highly educational and invaluable for sorting out fakes.
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Many of the images are in the 3,000 x 2,192 pixel size...And obviously show great care in lighting and backdrops...
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As a side bar, can someone please enlighten me regarding the differences between the terms "press fit" and "staked"? Thank you.
To me "staking" is what I needed to do as a boy scout when pitching a tent. As for "press fit", that is how my stomach feels in my jeans after an evening grazing at the local $10.95 all you can eat buffet.
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Press fit (or "interference fit") is what the name implies: You press it in and the part is held in place by friction. This requires a more precise fit (IIRC the total tolerance needs to be within 1/1000") so you would normally have to ream the holes to an exact dimension instead of just drilling them. In the case of the loop you'll also need a press tool that fits snugly on the loop, or else it will be deformed when you press it in. |
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Swaging is best done with a rotating concave tool to heat up the pin end by friction while pressing down with your arbor or press. This makes a nice rounded dome that overlaps the sides of the hole. My vote for the Luger loop is peened in place. A special holding fixture for the frame, stick the loop in the frame and place it in the fixture, lower a ram to touch the ends of the loop (inside the frame) then whack the ram with a BMFH... Simple enough for slave labor and not time or machine intensive. I use this method for re-assembling Buck 110 and 112 folding knives after I swap blades in them...
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And just to argue with you: I just looked at some of the pictures, and looking at how smooth the frame is inside I would guess they are swaged. Staking will often leave marks deep enough to remain after you grind it flush, especially if you use the specialized gun manufacturing tool you recommend. Even a highly skilled BMFH operator would have this problem, so I'm voting for swaged. I know that many wartime guns were simplified to cut production time and allow for unskilled labor (which, unfortunately, is the way most guns are made nowadays as well...), but I don't know if any changes like that were ever made to the Lugers. I can't recall ever seeing a "last ditch" variation, but they may be out there? |
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Ed had said that he wanted to press/punch the loop out of his junk Luger gripframe. I would be interested in seeing the inside of the frame where the loop holes come through. Just to see if the holes were chamfered. That would eliminate the need to swage the ends. They could even be slightly loose in the hole and still not come out, if they were peened or even just hammer-pressed in place and then the ends ground or milled.
Someone (might have been Ed again) said that they had observed loose lanyard loops. That they hadn't fallen out leads to belief that the inner ends were bigger than the holes. We need pics.
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I repeat what I said in post #15.
We have come full circle during this thread, and all said the same thing at least twice. Bottom line is no one "knows" for sure; but I saw the countersink with my own eyes, so I'm convinced on at least one luger the staple ends were peened and then ground smooth.
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