Humvee (HMMWV) Turret - full rotation with gun mount

[MinnesotaDave]

Really nice work ! Cool project

Thanks!

you mean you made that out of regular steel and not high strength AR plate?

Very cool job... I suppose the main bonus for you is that whenever someone asks the gunshop "who built that for you?" they'll point them straight to your door... indirect advertising

Thanks!
Yeah, budget wasn't there to go with any armor - maybe later...and power rotation too

Very cool! Hope that knee gets better.

Thanks!
Me too - it hurts more than listening to Justin Beaber....lol

[MinnesotaDave]

Cool build. Nice to see another person on the site that just goes with it too many times things get over thought and over complicated when all you need to do is start building

Thanks!

Like a lot of the things I make or fix, just getting started as soon as possible is the biggest time saver.

[scsmith42]

Thanks! VA doctor said to give it a few months and see if it heals naturally. Surgery is an option after that.
I actually tore it the day before I started the build...although I have no idea how. Just woke up that way.
She said it wouldn't take much with my poor knee condition.




Thanks! He seemed pretty pleased
I have not ordered a new cam lock yet. Still not caught up....as usual




Thanks! It turned out pretty good.
Every part was a one-time, one-off, has to work to stay on schedule, design as you build, type thing.

I'll try and convince him that I should be able to shoot it for free for a few rounds

He also has a Browning 1919 that uses the same 6 degree taper mount

1919's are fun. I sold this one just a few months back.

[docwelder]

very professional build dave. excellent pictures too. when firing the M.G. at the range will the ejected brass clear the mount?

[MinnesotaDave]

1919's are fun. I sold this one just a few months back.

That looks like a bunch o fun

very professional build dave. excellent pictures too. when firing the M.G. at the range will the ejected brass clear the mount?

Thanks!

I don't forsee problems?
What part are you concerned about?

[OPUS FERRO]

MinnesotaDave

. . . All completely designed on the fly, as I built, no plans . . .

And it shows - Preston Tucker - is rolling in his grave . . .


Opus


ps -

"Tucker's patent and royalty rights were confiscated by the US" . . .




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[Munkul]

[insert usual itallic'ed nonsense here]

do you have nothing nice or helpful to say to anyone? I mean, it's ok if you have positive criticism, but there was nothing constructive in that post whatsoever... so why on earth do you bother to reply at all? Is it just to practice your BB fonts, colours and itallics?

Let's see your humvee turret... oh yeah, forgot, you haven't made one

[MinnesotaDave]

MinnesotaDave



And it shows - Preston Tucker - is rolling in his grave . . .


Opus


ps -

"Tucker's patent and royalty rights were confiscated by the US" . . .

Yes, Tucker was quite an innovator in my opinion.

No, my redneck caricature of a real turret, made solely to advertise his business, does not live up to his standards.

The real challenge here was to make a functional and aesthetically similar turret, with a larger diameter than the real one (better for "play time"), with no plans to guide me, in a short time frame.

Every one-off part had to fit the first time to make deadline. Using a mix of welding and machining with no do-overs.

Most fabricators can appreciate what kind of effort that takes.

[docwelder]

That looks like a bunch o fun



Thanks!

I don't forsee problems?
What part are you concerned about?

dave; you really knocked it out of the ballpark with your on the fly engineering. i was thinking the flying brass would eventually find its way into the vehicle or land on personnel. hot brass down the collar would spoil the festivities for someone.

[MinnesotaDave]

dave; you really knocked it out of the ballpark with your on the fly engineering. i was thinking the flying brass would eventually find its way into the vehicle or land on personnel. hot brass down the collar would spoil the festivities for someone.

Thanks It was an interesting build. Learned a bunch on it.

Hot brass flying should cost extra for participants - $1 per burn