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Once again time has gotten away from me. We are in the shop 7 days a week working on the projects and stuff actually gets accomplished. The updates this week will show the good and the bad that we have had in the last couple of weeks. First will be the really bad and that […] With this video we will take you through the machining process for making the FG-42 first model female buttstock stamping die. This is the first of a three part pressing die set for making just one side of the buttstock. The total number of dies to make the buttstock will be 8 to 10 dies […] With the first stamping completed on the Gerat 05 receiver it is now time to complete the second stamping. As you could see in the photos there were a couple of items that needed to be corrected. With the second set of dies we press in the correct angle for the magazine housing, both in […] In this video you will be watching us press the e receiver . We took vidoes from around the die. As you are watching it you can see the movement of the metal in the die. This is the first stamping. To finish the parts a second stamping will be performed. That will be in […] You can see the new video here. In this video you will see the cnc machining process to making the male stamping die. If the flats come in this week I hope to be pressing them this weekend. In the last post I showed you some of the parts that had been made for the 06, this time we will chat about the o5 and do a little more detail about the making of it. The life of the 05 starts out like any other pressing as a water jet cut flat. The […] Today is pressing day. We received the flats back from the water jet people and they look great. A second picture of the pile. So out to work to get this project back on schedule. The first package is complete and on to the rest. The second package is now complete. It takes 5 hits […] Now that the male die is complete, with only de-burring left to do, it is time to start on the female dies. As with the male die it starts out as a large block of steel. With this die we made it in three parts. This allowed us to machine areas that would be very […] Sunday night and the shop is shutdown, the machines are cleaned and the computers are off. Not a bad weekend. My next door neighbor with the help of my son finished his program and got his parts made on the webb.He completed 6 of these. David finally got the bugs worked out of his program […] In our last post I showed you the bottom plate of the pressing plates. This is the completed top plate of that matching set. This first picture is with the top plate completed spot drilled. After spot drilling the pin holes where drilled and reamed. Then the cap screws were drilled. And finally […] |
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