I really need some help here. Does anyone know where I can buy a set
of plans for a rotary gun rack? Saw an ad in Shotgun News, but it
turned out to be discontinued. No luck on ebay, any firearm forum, or
using "ask". Anyone?

cheoreomacv wrote:

I really need some help here. Does anyone know where I can buy a set
of plans for a rotary gun rack? Saw an ad in Shotgun News, but it
turned out to be discontinued. No luck on ebay, any firearm forum, or
using "ask". Anyone?

Like a store display rack? You need plans for one??? Just go to the
store, look at theirs, make some notes and go clone it like Norm would.
It's not brain surgery...

Pete C.

Like a store display rack? You need plans for one??? Just go to the
store, look at theirs, make some notes and go clone it like Norm would.
It's not brain surgery...

That's right. Once you get into the lofty atmosphere of a pro, it's
actually hard to tolerate someone that even needs plans. Plans are for
losers.

So, for all of us losers that need or want them from time to time
whether it be for measurements, design, tips, tricks, material lists,
hardware sources, etc., or anything else that you might WANT plans for
(???) try this:

http://tinyurl.com/ydupdz

Try a google search under "revolving gun rack" and you will find
success.

Robert

wrote:

Like a store display rack? You need plans for one??? Just go to the
store, look at theirs, make some notes and go clone it like Norm would.
It's not brain surgery...

That's right. Once you get into the lofty atmosphere of a pro, it's
actually hard to tolerate someone that even needs plans. Plans are for
losers.

I'm not a "pro", indeed I'm predominantly a metalworker, with wood on
the side. I am however pretty good at adapting and cloning designs from
things I've seen.

In this case I know every Wal Mart, Dick's Sporting Goods, etc. has one
of these revolving display racks which you can readily go see in person,
make a sketch of and in all probability take measurements of to put
together a workable design.


So, for all of us losers that need or want them from time to time
whether it be for measurements, design, tips, tricks, material lists,
hardware sources, etc., or anything else that you might WANT plans for
(???) try this:

http://tinyurl.com/ydupdz

Try a google search under "revolving gun rack" and you will find
success.

Robert

I suppose I'm never interested in plans for an item because I never want
to clone it exactly. I always find something that I want to change or
adjust to better fit my needs, it's half the justification for building
vs. just buying something off the shelf.

Pete C.

In article , Pete C.
wrote:

I suppose I'm never interested in plans for an item because I never want
to clone it exactly. I always find something that I want to change or
adjust to better fit my needs, it's half the justification for building
vs. just buying something off the shelf.

What are these "plans" that I keep reading about?

In article 261220061241086700%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone. ca,
Dave Balderstone wrote:
In article , Pete C.
wrote:

I suppose I'm never interested in plans for an item because I never want
to clone it exactly. I always find something that I want to change or
adjust to better fit my needs, it's half the justification for building
vs. just buying something off the shelf.

What are these "plans" that I keep reading about?


They show what you built was *supposed* to look like. grin

`

Tue, Dec 26, 2006, 5:38pm (EST+5) (Pete*C.) doth
sayeth:
snip I suppose I'm never interested in plans for an item because I
never want to clone it exactly. I always find something that I want to
change or adjust to better fit my needs, it's half the justification for
building vs. just buying something off the shelf.

Yep. Router tables, tool stands, and all that, they're someone
else's ideas, usually not what I need - and/or usually way too pricey
for my means. I'm on about the Mark III or IV version of my router
table. Does just what I want and need, and cost very little. I'd never
have been able to buy one that would work anywhere near as well for me.



JOAT
It's not hard, if you get your mind right.
- Granny Weatherwax

Pete C. wrote:
I'm not a "pro", indeed I'm predominantly a metalworker, with wood on
the side. I am however pretty good at adapting and cloning designs from
things I've seen.

Knife maker?

Chilla wrote:

Pete C. wrote:
I'm not a "pro", indeed I'm predominantly a metalworker, with wood on
the side. I am however pretty good at adapting and cloning designs from
things I've seen.

Knife maker?

"Certified Jack of All Trades", fairly decent at most. See my crappy
site for a look at a few projects I've thrown some stuff up about
http://wpnet.us

Pete C.

On 26 Dec 2006 08:06:46 -0800, wrote:


Like a store display rack? You need plans for one??? Just go to the
store, look at theirs, make some notes and go clone it like Norm would.
It's not brain surgery...

That's right. Once you get into the lofty atmosphere of a pro, it's
actually hard to tolerate someone that even needs plans. Plans are for
losers.

So, for all of us losers that need or want them from time to time
whether it be for measurements, design, tips, tricks, material lists,
hardware sources, etc., or anything else that you might WANT plans for
(???) try this:

http://tinyurl.com/ydupdz

Try a google search under "revolving gun rack" and you will find
success.


Robert makes a good point above, if you are doing a search, sometimes
searching for the item you are after using a synonym will resolve your
problem if you have no luck with your original search criteria (i.e.,
revolving rather than rotary).

Robert


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If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough

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On 26 Dec 2006 08:06:46 -0800, wrote:
That's right. Once you get into the lofty atmosphere of a pro, it's
actually hard to tolerate someone that even needs plans. Plans are for
losers.


I'm not a pro by any stretch of the imagination, but my first half dozen
projects were just from a sketch of an item in the store. Yes, I've use
plans on occasion, but a ruler and note pad can get what you need in many
cases. I've even scaled from magazine photos of products.

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

On 26 Dec 2006 08:06:46 -0800, wrote:
That's right. Once you get into the lofty atmosphere of a pro, it's
actually hard to tolerate someone that even needs plans. Plans are for
losers.

I'm not a pro by any stretch of the imagination, but my first half dozen
projects were just from a sketch of an item in the store. Yes, I've use
plans on occasion, but a ruler and note pad can get what you need in many
cases. I've even scaled from magazine photos of products.

Exactly. I guess people just vary in reverse engineering ability.

Pete C.

"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
news:twdkh.7563$6Z5.1381@trndny01...

| I've even scaled from magazine photos of products.

Geez - I've been stonkered just trying to picture a rotating gun. Are
the magazines stationary or do they rotate too?

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto

Tue, Dec 26, 2006, 8:06am (EST-3) doth burble:
That's right. Once you get into the lofty atmosphere of a pro, it's
actually hard to tolerate someone that even needs plans. Plans are for
losers. snip

My first thought when I read that was, "What a crock". My second
thought when I red that was, "What a crock".

Any time a pro makes a one-off there may, or may not be plans
involved. I'm not a prob, but there seldom are plans involved.
However, there may, or may not be some measurements written down,
usually not. Most of my one-offs I prefer to wing it. More fun that
way.

But any time a pro makes duplicates of something, there are plans
involved. Might just be some measurements written down, maybe a story
stick, but something that will allow making identical copies - which is
what plans are after all. Just because they're no drawings on a piece
of paper, and you can't understand how it's done because of that,
doesn't make it not a plan. Sounds like the pros "do" tolerate people
needing plans after all.

I know of people who are talented enough to about make a scaled
plan of whatever they want to make without even using any drafting
tools. They're skilled enough to use no plans at all if they wanted.
Some of them do make their own detailed plans, and then work from them.
Others work from someone else's plans. They work from plans because
they like to work from plans. Pierod.

Then there's the people who like to work from other people's plans,
but make their own changes.

Then there's the people who like to look at plans, take an idea
from one plan, one from another, and make up their own plans. I'm kinda
in this area because I love to look at plans for inspiration.

Then there's the people who just decide what they want to make, how
they want to make it, or want it to do, and then go ahead and make it.
Maybe some measurements, maybe a rough sketch or two, or maybe just in
their mind. This is basically where I'm at. I've found out I can
pretty much visualize what I want to make, then go thru different
thought processes of how to do it. It may not be pretty, and I'm
inclined to paint some stuff yellow (often just to wind up the too-tight
people), but so far everything pretty much works the way I want it to.
And anytime I want to make dupes of anything I make patterns.

Like the man said, it ain't brain surgery. But personally, I
wouldn't want a rotating gun rack.



JOAT
It's not hard, if you get your mind right.
- Granny Weatherwax

Pete C. wrote:

go clone it like Norm would.

Please, rather better than that I hope! It's a good while since I
needed to tar a piece of good cabinetmaking.

On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:10:48 -0000, lid (cheoreomacv)
wrote:

I really need some help here. Does anyone know where I can buy a set
of plans for a rotary gun rack? Saw an ad in Shotgun News, but it
turned out to be discontinued. No luck on ebay, any firearm forum, or
using "ask". Anyone?


I own a Springfield 1903 A3, a Winchester Model 12, an oldish Ruger
10-22 and a Colt 1911.

If I put them on something that spun around it would confuse the hell
out of me.

Y'all oughta decide what you like to shoot and put them in a decent
gun case.

with a lock




Regards,

Tom Watson

tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)

http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/