https://gunlab.net/part-2-of-pressing-the-gerat-05-receiver/ Adventures in gun building! Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:49:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 https://gunlab.net/part-2-of-pressing-the-gerat-05-receiver/#comment-9906 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 23:05:38 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=709#comment-9906 Don’t worry about the size of your press. When I saw that Machine Gun Mike Brown was fabricating an UZI entire receiver on a 20 ton press I nearly crapped in my pants! As a GE tool and diemaker I wouldn’t have tried that feat with anything less then a 150 ton press!

]]> https://gunlab.net/part-2-of-pressing-the-gerat-05-receiver/#comment-620 Mon, 07 Jul 2014 13:49:14 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=709#comment-620 The bigger press that I have is rated for just under a 100 tons. WE are using 16 gauge for the receivers.

]]> https://gunlab.net/part-2-of-pressing-the-gerat-05-receiver/#comment-590 Fri, 09 May 2014 17:46:09 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=709#comment-590 Fantastic project, very nice to see people producing things like that
How much tons are required to press things like that ? What is the thickness of the metal plates ?

]]> https://gunlab.net/part-2-of-pressing-the-gerat-05-receiver/#comment-558 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 13:55:11 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=709#comment-558 Chuck, I’m loving the updates. Keep them coming. Very interesting project. I’m adventuresome in some of my building/designing projects but I wouldn’t tackle this in my little gun shop.

]]> https://gunlab.net/part-2-of-pressing-the-gerat-05-receiver/#comment-554 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 02:43:35 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=709#comment-554 On the 05 and 06 rifles we are using 16 gauge for the receivers.

]]> https://gunlab.net/part-2-of-pressing-the-gerat-05-receiver/#comment-553 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 02:42:20 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=709#comment-553 Thanks Harry. And no people have no clue.
One of my closest friends and my mentor, John, in weapons design and building always has this to say. “It is just stampings.” What he is saying is that people have no idea what it takes to make stampings. The hours of work and the number of bad pressings are enormous.

]]> https://gunlab.net/part-2-of-pressing-the-gerat-05-receiver/#comment-552 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 01:05:09 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=709#comment-552 I may have missed if it was stated earlier, but what material and thickness are you using for the receiver pressings? Pete in St. Louis

]]> https://gunlab.net/part-2-of-pressing-the-gerat-05-receiver/#comment-551 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 18:11:29 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=709#comment-551 I hope folks who look at your photographs understand how much hard work and time went into those stampings. They are looking very good. Harry

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