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solid fixture here in the forum
They are $69.95 each and have the rails welded in and are already heat treated. First I've seen come like this as all the ones I've bought earlier were plain and had to install rails and then heat treat. Kits can be bought for as little as $239.00 and just add the receiver and rivets which some kits come with.
I had bought all equipment to build the AK and AR platform rifles and it aint cheap. My next project will be the PPs 43s kits I had bought.
I love building guns and making one off pistols. Just expensive.
I had bought all equipment to build the AK and AR platform rifles and it aint cheap. My next project will be the PPs 43s kits I had bought.
I love building guns and making one off pistols. Just expensive.
yeah, the tools, set-up jigs, and major tooling accessories,
like precision adjustable angle vises and gauges ,cutters, drill bits etc required
adds up faster than most people can even believe, but on the plus side having the tooling,
and being forced to learn how too use the tools, makes this and many hobbies much more cost effective than having to buy everything
having access to decent tools and having acquired the skills to use them is a huge advantage,, if you don,t have what you need its easily fabricated,
opens up a huge increase in your ability and vastly increases your skills.
just yesterday I found that one of the guys I'd loaned a valve adjustment valve cover too,
had failed to return it...so I grabbed a tall cast valve cover that was in less than pristine condition
and milled a 2" wide 90% of its length open access slot out of the upper surface on my mill,
vaguely similar the the picture posted below of a stamped valve cover
so that valve adjustments are far less messy/ something that is far harder to accomplish with hand tools.
so I now have two if the original valve covers ever returned as promised..
http://www.grizzly.com/outlet/Shop-Fox-Vertical-Mill-9-x-49-/T20828
I purchased a fox milling machine several years ago when I got frustrated at local shops absurdly over billing me for darn simple milling machine work, I may or may not have made the smartest financial move as the cost of the mill is only a small part as you need rather extensive accessories and tooling before the machines useful and I'll admit I was not expecting those components to cost almost as much as the mill.
http://www.grizzly.com/outlet/Shop-Fox- ... 49-/T20828
SHOPFOX MILL
http://cdn0.grizzly.com/manuals/t20828_m.pdf
like precision adjustable angle vises and gauges ,cutters, drill bits etc required
adds up faster than most people can even believe, but on the plus side having the tooling,
and being forced to learn how too use the tools, makes this and many hobbies much more cost effective than having to buy everything
having access to decent tools and having acquired the skills to use them is a huge advantage,, if you don,t have what you need its easily fabricated,
opens up a huge increase in your ability and vastly increases your skills.
just yesterday I found that one of the guys I'd loaned a valve adjustment valve cover too,
had failed to return it...so I grabbed a tall cast valve cover that was in less than pristine condition
and milled a 2" wide 90% of its length open access slot out of the upper surface on my mill,
vaguely similar the the picture posted below of a stamped valve cover
so that valve adjustments are far less messy/ something that is far harder to accomplish with hand tools.
so I now have two if the original valve covers ever returned as promised..
http://www.grizzly.com/outlet/Shop-Fox-Vertical-Mill-9-x-49-/T20828
I purchased a fox milling machine several years ago when I got frustrated at local shops absurdly over billing me for darn simple milling machine work, I may or may not have made the smartest financial move as the cost of the mill is only a small part as you need rather extensive accessories and tooling before the machines useful and I'll admit I was not expecting those components to cost almost as much as the mill.
Weighing in at over 2400 lbs of cast iron and hardened precision ground steel, Model M1003 has the size and stability to handle the toughest jobs. With a 2 HP motor driving 8 speeds from 78 to 2400 RPM, 3 speed quill feed with a micrometer depth stop and auto reverse, and a variable speed longitudinal power feed, this machine has the ability to do the most complex and precise jobs. This brute has both power and finesse!- One-shot pump lubrication
- Auto down feed
- Quill feeds/spindle rev.: .0019", .0035", .0058" Auto stop with micro adjustable stop
- R-8 spindle Longitudinal power feed
- Hardened and ground table surface Chrome plated, precision-ground quill
- Adjustable micrometer quill depth stop
- Motor: 2 HP, 110V/220V, single-phase, TEFC, prewired to 220V
- Spindle travel: 5"
- Table size: 9" x 49"
- Table travel (longitudinal): 27"
- Table travel (cross): 12"
- Max. dist. spindle to table: 18-3/4"
- Max. dist. spindle to column: 18-1/2"
- Knee travel: 16"
- Head tilt: 45° both ways
- Head swivel: 90° both ways
- T-slots: 3 on 2-1/2" centers, 1/2" studs
- Speeds: 8 Range of speeds: 78, 98, 197, 278, 670, 850, 1700 and 2400 RPM
- Approximate shipping weight: 2405 lbs.
http://www.grizzly.com/outlet/Shop-Fox- ... 49-/T20828
SHOPFOX MILL
http://cdn0.grizzly.com/manuals/t20828_m.pdf
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T-Test
solid fixture here in the forum
I spent over $10,000.00 a few years ago to build most any gun. A cheap router and kinda expensive jig with the bushings for reusing that came with bits and end mills made the best receivers for an AR 15 and AR10 in less than half the time spent on the milling machine.
larger tool, wish list
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