Possible book project

[ddp]

Brian , put me down too.......
like someone mentioned earlier...i would throw a few hundred in to help it get published.
if it does good , great , money back , if not , sign me a copy & i'll have a collectors item.

ddp

[Dean Freeman]

Whether or not you think people should be tinkering with their guns isn't the point here. Brian's book idea would be a fantastic compendium of knowledge that we would all be the better for having access to. Bodgesmiths, garage gunsmith's, and the like will screw up what they're going to screw up, whether there's a book to guide them along or not. For those who are competent enough to use such a book, or for those who would simply have it for their gun library, we'll all be the better for having such a resource available.
I want three... One to replace the original after its pages are so smudged and torn that it is no longer of use, and the third to sell so I can pay for the first two, once it becomes a collector and you can't find it any more!

[B. Dudley]

Well, this book project is going to take me a while to put together, but I am working on it.

I wanted to share what I am doing as a starting point.

What I wish to be able to do with this book is have a be all/end all when it comes to parts diagrams/lists for Parker guns. I would hope that one day it could become the standard that people refer to by way of diagrams. I plan on doing this by making sure that EVERYTHING is in one place, simply shown and easy to follow. Yet, be comprehensive in covering every variation of part over the whole span of manufacturing. I plan to cover all action types (hammer/hammerless/SBT), ejector system and likely single triggers as well.

The first thing I am having to do in this process is
create electronic vector drawings of each individual part. Then the parts can be arranged how I wish to show them in the diagrams.

Here is an example of my vector drawings for a hammerless trigger plate assembly (early style).

Hammerless Trigger Plate Assembly Old Sample.jpg

[OH Osthaus]

ambitious, can't wait to see where you go with it

[charlie cleveland]

me too....charlie

[Andy Humphriss]

Brian I would buy your book. It would be a great companion to the tps set. Good luck and let us know how it is progressing.

[Bill Murphy]

I have damaged the first two Parkers I tried to disassemble, one about forty years ago, one about ten years ago. The sear removal and replacement needs to be explained better than it has been explained in the past, especially to Parker owners with just two hands.

[chris dawe]

I like how you you put your name and date on the diagram ,the "do not duplicate" is a nice touch too....without something like that anyone could use it without your permission ,at least with that on there even if it was copied people would know it was you.

[OH Osthaus]

Brian puts a lot of work into his efforts, and had a photo copied once from here before.

[chris dawe]

Mr.Losey ,I think you may have misunderstood me ...my remark wasn't a result of me thinking his diagram should have been devoid of ownership ,I have no need to reproduce his work for the benefit of myself ,I have no trouble picking a Parker or any other gun apart or putting them back together ,been doing it since I was 15...it was plain and simple a statement saying there's a right and wrong way to do things ,either protect your efforts or don't ...but if you don't ,don't ever believe another's good conscience will stop them from using your efforts without permission or implied recognition .

Other than that read into it what you will,I will truthfully say however and rest assured no gall intended ...I wonder why someone like Mr. DelGrego or Mr.Bachelder haven't offered something like this,their knowledge of all things Parker must be staggering.