https://gunlab.net Adventures in gun building! Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:06:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 https://gunlab.net/cnc-machines-are-not-magic/ https://gunlab.net/cnc-machines-are-not-magic/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:27:09 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=24 Today we’re taking a look at what is required to use a modern CNC machining center to reproduce a part designed for factory production on a bank of horizontal milling machines. It’s not as trivial as many people think – CNC has some definite limitations. The part is from an RP46 top cover, a conversion [...]]]> Today we’re taking a look at what is required to use a modern CNC machining center to reproduce a part designed for factory production on a bank of horizontal milling machines. It’s not as trivial as many people think –  CNC has some definite limitations. The part is from an RP46 top cover, a conversion to made the DP28/DPM light machine gun into a belt-fed weapon instead of using pan magazines.

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