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    How To Make A WTF-9 Firing Pin

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    This document provides instructions for making a WTF-9 firing pin using common tools and materials. The process involves: 1. Brazing a 1/4" diameter W1 drill rod bushing to a 3mm diameter HSS steel rod to form the base. 2. Sanding the bushing to shape using a belt sander while frequently cooling to avoid discoloring the metal. 3. Trimming the firing pin to 57mm in length using a cutoff wheel and shaping the tip with a belt sander and sandpaper. 4. Cleaning up the finished firing pin using sandpaper.

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    How To Make A WTF-9 Firing Pin

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    This document provides instructions for making a WTF-9 firing pin using common tools and materials. The process involves: 1. Brazing a 1/4" diameter W1 drill rod bushing to a 3mm diameter HSS steel rod to form the base. 2. Sanding the bushing to shape using a belt sander while frequently cooling to avoid discoloring the metal. 3. Trimming the firing pin to 57mm in length using a cutoff wheel and shaping the tip with a belt sander and sandpaper. 4. Cleaning up the finished firing pin using sandpaper.

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    This document provides instructions for making a WTF-9 firing pin using common tools and materials. The process involves: 1. Brazing a 1/4" diameter W1 drill rod bushing to a 3mm diameter HSS steel rod to form the base. 2. Sanding the bushing to shape using a belt sander while frequently cooling to avoid discoloring the metal. 3. Trimming the firing pin to 57mm in length using a cutoff wheel and shaping the tip with a belt sander and sandpaper. 4. Cleaning up the finished firing pin using sandpaper.

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    How To Make A WTF-9 Firing Pin

    Uploaded by

    Alexis Boulangeot
    This document provides instructions for making a WTF-9 firing pin using common tools and materials. The process involves: 1. Brazing a 1/4" diameter W1 drill rod bushing to a 3mm diameter HSS steel rod to form the base. 2. Sanding the bushing to shape using a belt sander while frequently cooling to avoid discoloring the metal. 3. Trimming the firing pin to 57mm in length using a cutoff wheel and shaping the tip with a belt sander and sandpaper. 4. Cleaning up the finished firing pin using sandpaper.

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    How to Make a WTF-9 Firing Pin

    Materials and tools


     Round Steel Rod, 3mm HSS Lathe Bar Stock Tool 100mm Long
    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KY8GK5W/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=
    UTF8&psc=1
     ¼” diameter W1 drill rod
    https://www.amazon.com/Water-Hard-Drill-Rod-0-
    25/dp/B00V4L1EEA/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=w1+drill+rod+1%2F4%22&qid=159329430
    0&s=industrial&sr=1-2
     1/8” drill bit
     Center drill
     Chamfer bit
     Cutting fluid or motor oil
     Lathe (if you don’t have a lathe skip step 1 and buy a drill bushing from McMaster Carr
    https://www.mcmaster.com/8486A25)
     MAP gas and torch
     Brass braze rod
     Sand paper 220 and 400 grit
     Metal file
     Vice
     Dremmel with cutoff wheel
     Belt sander
     Sharpie
     Digital calipers
    Process
    1. Make a bushing out of the W1 drill rod.
    If you don’t have a lathe, buy a drill bushing and skip this step, see parts list.
     Set speed to 1200RPM
     Drill a 1/8” hole 15mm deep in the ¼” drill rod
     Cut to 10.25mm with a parting tool
     If you don’t have a lathe you can buy a drill bushing https://www.mcmaster.com/8486A25
    2. Braze the HSS and W1 together
     Lightly clamp the HSS rod in the vice so that about 2mm extends past the W1 bushing
     Place the bushing on to the HSS rod

     Heat the bushing with the map gas until it glows red while preheating the brass rod
     Touch the brass rod to the assembly and heat it until it wets

     Let it cool down for a min then cool it down in water


    3. Sand the bushing to shape
     Using the belt sander, sand the back to shape
     I found holding the firing pin with pliers near the bushing and using my other hand to
    hold the tip of the firing pin worked really well

     Frequently cool by dipping the firing pin in water. You don’t want the metal to change
    color
     As you sand away the W1 bushing, look for a vein of brass. That way you know the 2
    pieces were successfully brazed
    4. Trim to length and shape the firing pin
     Measure 57mm with a pair of calipers and cut the firing pin with a cutoff wheel. Make
    sure to go slow to keep the metal from changing colors
     Sand the tip of the firing pin on the belt sander. Cool the tip with water and check the
    length frequently
     Sand the chamfer in the tip
    5. Clean up the firing pin with sandpaper
     Using sandpaper clean off the carbon buildup on the firing pin with sand paper

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