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Deadeye Bly
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Extractor cutting
Jan 11th, 2026 at 10:26am
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This is my set up to cut the extractor notch in a liner in a Ball & Williams Ballard. This set up is not for the faint of heart. It is not very rigid and light cuts must be taken or the job will be ruined. If I had a Bridgeport I would hang the barrel off the side of the table and swing the head to the side to make the cut. My Rockwell mill won't swing to the side so I have to do it this way.
  
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Re: Extractor cutting
Reply #1 - Jan 11th, 2026 at 10:29am
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For those of you not familiar with the Ball & Williams Ballard, here is a picture of the finished job. It was lined by Bob Hoyt and I chambered it in 44 S&W Special.
  
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Reply #2 - Jan 11th, 2026 at 2:07pm
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very nice job, definitely not for the faint of heart for sure. However, we just do what we can with what we have. 
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Re: Extractor cutting
Reply #3 - Jan 11th, 2026 at 4:44pm
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Nice job.  I’m afraid to make cuts like that on my lathe.   

Instead of hanging the barrel off my mill table, I use a cutter that looks like a big, oversized key seat cutter.  The hardest part is indexing the end of the barrel for multiple passes if it won’t fit through the hole of either a spindexer or my rotary table.  If it does fit through the hole of the rotary table, the job is super easy.
  
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Re: Extractor cutting
Reply #4 - Jan 11th, 2026 at 6:32pm
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Nothing wrong with that. Sometimes you do with what you have. Good job.



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Re: Extractor cutting
Reply #5 - Jan 13th, 2026 at 7:21am
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More than one way to Skin a Cat!  My old Boss, Mentor and Friend would say that!  I've been holding the Barrel with a Steady Rest and using a Foredoom Handpiece held in my Milling Attachment using 1/8" Carbide Burrs.
  
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