damn good work honestly what did you start with as iv got a 4x4 alluminum bar and i just got finished making my front rail but i used a jig i got off the sea the only other jig i can find off the sea is awful so free handing seems crazy from a 4x4 bar only using a file if you give me some tips i'd you'd be saving my life
i literally don’t have any tips at all honestly,i did it all by hand and eye so i can’t help with much plus every one differs slightly from gun to gun so even if i had specs or this or that it prolly wouldn’t be of much help tbh
ahah your right me tryna get tips with my unskilled ass 😭
might see if i can make some straight forward jigs for a locking block if i succeed ill let you know so if you need to make more you don't have to do it off eye cause i can't imagen that wasn't some what stressful
only reason it’s spotty like that is because i tried to blue it and it did not work worth a shit😂😂go figure just wanted to see what it’d do but it ended up corroding some spots,doesn’t seem like it hurt it structurally but i’m prolly gonna end up making another one and just make the full thing together instead of two different parts
I'm curious about your methods. Machining? Investment casting? We all know what a locking block looks like. I'd love to see pictures of your tooling and process.
it all started out with a steel block and a bunch of sawing and filing,i don’t really have any access to cnc machines or lathes or anything of the sort so i just use basic stuff,(hacksaw,chainsaw files,normal files etc) had to start by cutting out the main design and drilling the holes and after that it was just filing and filing and constantly checking to see it if would fit the frame or not overall the whole process took about 3ish hours but it was def worth it for the outcome
4140 steel,im planning on getting the back rail system done then i’m gonna test em out all together and lol it was tedious but you do what you gotta do
Little tip, find a local machine shops and factories, the search the closest scrap yards near them.
Depending on what they primarily make you can usually find good end cuts of any material you want since they scrap stock material under a foot or whatever all the time when they get enough.
One yard near me has a welding and gas supply house next door and a machine across from them always scraps their brass stock there since they make custom manifolds and regulator housings.
I never knew brass came in such cool shapes as raw material.
Another huge yard by me is near the water so I see a lot of brass boat/ship sized brass and whatever.
I did t need an 800 pound brass propeller, but I almost bought it haha.
Significant_Mango355@reddit
did you use and jigs for this as im need to make a locking block but can't seem to find any good files on it and not skilled enough to free hand it
IAMABIGLLLLLLL@reddit (OP)
nah i free handed it,looked at pics online and got the basic design down and just sat and filed and drilled where i needed to until it fit well
Significant_Mango355@reddit
damn good work honestly what did you start with as iv got a 4x4 alluminum bar and i just got finished making my front rail but i used a jig i got off the sea the only other jig i can find off the sea is awful so free handing seems crazy from a 4x4 bar only using a file if you give me some tips i'd you'd be saving my life
IAMABIGLLLLLLL@reddit (OP)
i literally don’t have any tips at all honestly,i did it all by hand and eye so i can’t help with much plus every one differs slightly from gun to gun so even if i had specs or this or that it prolly wouldn’t be of much help tbh
Significant_Mango355@reddit
ahah your right me tryna get tips with my unskilled ass 😭
might see if i can make some straight forward jigs for a locking block if i succeed ill let you know so if you need to make more you don't have to do it off eye cause i can't imagen that wasn't some what stressful
LostPrimer@reddit
Any better pictures? Can't really see any machine marks and it has that orange peel MiM look to it...
IAMABIGLLLLLLL@reddit (OP)
only reason it’s spotty like that is because i tried to blue it and it did not work worth a shit😂😂go figure just wanted to see what it’d do but it ended up corroding some spots,doesn’t seem like it hurt it structurally but i’m prolly gonna end up making another one and just make the full thing together instead of two different parts
Inkw8ll@reddit
I can't tell. Does this have rails? Cause that would really help out the 17 frame/19 slide enthusiasts
IAMABIGLLLLLLL@reddit (OP)
no rails it’s just the locking block for the pins and slide stop the rails are built further fowards on the frame
Dangerous_Spread3510@reddit
waiting for your tutor
alphadom4u@reddit
I'm curious about your methods. Machining? Investment casting? We all know what a locking block looks like. I'd love to see pictures of your tooling and process.
UdenVranks@reddit
Same
IAMABIGLLLLLLL@reddit (OP)
it all started out with a steel block and a bunch of sawing and filing,i don’t really have any access to cnc machines or lathes or anything of the sort so i just use basic stuff,(hacksaw,chainsaw files,normal files etc) had to start by cutting out the main design and drilling the holes and after that it was just filing and filing and constantly checking to see it if would fit the frame or not overall the whole process took about 3ish hours but it was def worth it for the outcome
UdenVranks@reddit
What was your source metal? That’s pretty sick honestly. I want to see it working. Not sure I have the patience for it
IAMABIGLLLLLLL@reddit (OP)
4140 steel,im planning on getting the back rail system done then i’m gonna test em out all together and lol it was tedious but you do what you gotta do
dankhimself@reddit
Little tip, find a local machine shops and factories, the search the closest scrap yards near them.
Depending on what they primarily make you can usually find good end cuts of any material you want since they scrap stock material under a foot or whatever all the time when they get enough.
One yard near me has a welding and gas supply house next door and a machine across from them always scraps their brass stock there since they make custom manifolds and regulator housings.
I never knew brass came in such cool shapes as raw material.
Another huge yard by me is near the water so I see a lot of brass boat/ship sized brass and whatever. I did t need an 800 pound brass propeller, but I almost bought it haha.
pantry-pisser@reddit
That could've been so many 9mm caings...
UdenVranks@reddit
I like your style.
Content-Range-9419@reddit
Nice work I love doing small projects like this