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Weekend update for 6-7-15

Most of the day Saturday was spent making parts for the AR-180b. The last op on the selector lever was completed,a post is coming up. The pivot buttons were almost completed, one more bar to finish. I spent a great deal of time with the Japax wire edm getting it up and running a post, […]

June 9th, 2015 | Category: AR=180, CNC machining, Fab shop, Gun Lab, Japax wire edm, metal casting area | One comment

Part Two of the Japax wire EDM

Today after making parts for the Ar-180B was completed I started back trying to get the Japax wire edm to work. When 9pm came about I finally stopped. A great deal was accomplished today. Starting with getting the upper head to move to being able to write, post and run a basic program. This post […]

June 8th, 2015 | Category: CNC machining, EDM, Gun Lab, Japax wire edm, machine shop, Uncategorized | One comment

Weekend update 5-31-15

Now as much to chat about this weekend. Spent most of Saturday machining the AR-180B selector second op. The second op is now complete and we will be setting up the Sharps for the third op. The material and tooling is in to start on the safety shaft on the lathe then the pivot button […]

June 2nd, 2015 | Category: AR=180, equipment, Fab shop, Gun Lab, Japax wire edm, machine shop, metal casting area, Parts fabrication, shop tools, Spot Welder, weekend update | Leave a comment

Japax wire edm

I am going to start a series of posts on the Japax wire edm. I am doing this for a variety of reasons. The first is that it is an easy way for me to show Brett, by the way who is a great guy, at McWilliams sales and service , http://www.mcwilliamsedm.com/index.html, what is going […]

June 1st, 2015 | Category: CNC machining, EDM, Gun Lab, Japax wire edm, Parts fabrication, shop tools, video | 32 comments
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