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[John E. Williams]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Might Tony be using it to matt the ribs for the $50K Remington Parkers?

As a tool and die maker, I would absolutely LOVE to see that machine being set up and then cutting a rib!

[B. Dudley]

And only a dozen of those new Parkers have been built and only about half of them actually sold.

I with someone would get that machine going again or come up with another way to re-matte Parker ribs. That would be an invaluable thing these days.

Our best hope at this point is John Hosford, who is currently able to matte Fox ribs. He can matte any rib really, but it would look like a fox pattern. I am hoping thag he adjusts his operation some in the future to allow for other makers to be done.

Besides, if you want to be 100% correct about things, a CNC matted rib woild just not have the right look. But i guess beggers cant be choosers. But now i am off topic, talking about rib matting and all.

[Hammer Gun]

I guess by all the talk the drug dealers and dope heads have taken over the block, I would like to get up to Meriden and see that building before i leave here, I bet you can feel "feel" the presence of the old guys who worked there! Well guess I will not be giving up a Parker for the building raffle, by the way here is the gun I was thinking about offering, Gary

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by Gary Carmichael Sr

I guess by all the talk the drug dealers and dope heads have taken over the block, I would like to get up to Meriden and see that building before i leave here, I bet you can feel "feel" the presence of the old guys who worked there! Well guess I will not be giving up a Parker for the building raffle, by the way here is the gun I was thinking about offering, Gary

[Double Play]

Originally Posted by Gary Carmichael Sr

I would like to get up to Meriden and see that building before i leave here, I bet you can feel "feel" the presence of the old guys who worked there! Gary

Gary,
If your ever traveling through the area give me a call and I will take you over there. Last year Dave and I took founding member Fred Stump and his wife to view the Parker grave sites, the Meriden Historical Society, and the old PB factory site. I'm not sure the neighbors have figured out why people would stop on a dead end street to pick up old bricks.

[Garth Gustafson]

We do have an alternative to a bricks & mortar museum. A Parker film documentary on the history of PB, the factory, people and grades would be relatively inexpensive to produce. No travel required and it would reach a broader audience. Much of the material has already been researched, collected and published. I'll bet the membership has even more to contribute too.

Wouldn't it be terrific to watch a PB historical documentary and learn about the manufacturing process along with photos and maybe even some early film footage? What a great way to educate folks about Parker and preserve a proud piece of American gun manufacturing

[Dean Romig]

Dave submitted an article for publication in Parker Pages on Parker Bros machinery a couple of years ago and the rib-matting machine was featured in it.





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[Fishtail]

A CNC machine, as noted by Brian, would never be able to replicate the rib matting used by Parker. A a mill cuts metal whereas the ribs were rolled, giving a very different appearance.

[B. Dudley]

Hey... At this point, i would take someone who could re-matte a rib by CNC.

I was just mentioning that it would habe a different look of you are talking about being completely correct.

[Fishtail]

I know. I was just commenting that CNC is not gonna 'cut it' for this type of operation.