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Posted: 9/26/2008 1:43:46 PM EDT
[#1]
Looks pretty cool though!!!!
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Posted: 9/26/2008 2:49:32 PM EDT
[#2]
Very nice!
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Posted: 9/26/2008 3:06:03 PM EDT
[#3]
Far out! How's it shoot?
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Posted: 9/26/2008 3:06:07 PM EDT
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Actually, I'm kind of disappointed...after all the sandblasting, degreasing, GunKoteing, and Parkerizing, it's all...black...
 I liked the shiny aluminum parts... 
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Posted: 9/26/2008 3:22:51 PM EDT
[#5]
Beautiful !.........................needs a waffle.
Hal |
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Posted: 9/26/2008 3:27:41 PM EDT
[#6]
 That's beautiful... I've got to have one. How hard was the front sight post to find? GREAT JOB
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Posted: 9/26/2008 3:31:19 PM EDT
[#7]
very sweet
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Posted: 9/26/2008 3:44:45 PM EDT
[#8]
Nice build!
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Posted: 9/26/2008 3:44:45 PM EDT
[#9]
Oops.
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Posted: 9/26/2008 4:20:32 PM EDT
[#11]
Ye old XM177 experimental slip ring......it does look good for that build.
 Hal |
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Posted: 9/26/2008 4:21:43 PM EDT
[#12]
Dood that is kule!
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Posted: 9/26/2008 4:30:44 PM EDT
[#13]
Postino, where did you get the stock extension? I have a large friend that could use one of those.
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Posted: 9/26/2008 5:10:12 PM EDT
[#14]
Very schweeeeet
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Posted: 9/26/2008 5:16:02 PM EDT
[#15]
By golly I like it!
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Posted: 9/26/2008 5:50:08 PM EDT
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Fulton Armory, part # FA-AR-200-185  It only extends the stock 1", not 2"...  I don't have the QD sling swivels; I haven't decided what to do about the holes yet... I also need a .250" front takedown pin w/ball detent lock. I don't need anything from NDS at this time, does anyone know another source for these that also sells AR-15 parts??? |
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Posted: 9/26/2008 5:54:35 PM EDT
[#17]
IM Heatnbeat about the pivot pin. Depending on what other parts you need, he may have something else too. I'm out of town, or I'd send you his e-mail address if you need it. |
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Posted: 9/26/2008 6:02:07 PM EDT
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I have an email from him; he stated ".312 dia 601 style for SP1s"...As it happens, I have a couple of the .312" front ball & spring detent pins; not sure where they came from, but no use for this project... I'll get one eventually from NDS, but at the moment it I don't need anything else from them...
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Posted: 9/26/2008 6:26:01 PM EDT
[#19]
if you can use one like the .312 style,
  only in .250, Fulton has 'em. Front Pivot Pin, w/Detent, f/Colt (Replaces 2 headed Screw), Small Hole |
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Posted: 9/27/2008 2:39:58 AM EDT
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OK, here's the question I have with that...Why does the pin w/detent lock on the outside of the receiver??? My receiver has the rebated hole... I guess what I want is the flat/round headed pin that locks in the rebated receiver hole, not on the outside... I'll probably have to make up something... 
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Posted: 9/27/2008 3:25:08 AM EDT
[#21]
How about a 601 type from heatnbeat? Use as is on a slabside, or grind one edge flat if you're using an A1 or XM lower.
ETA: That FSB is the shiznit! 
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Posted: 9/27/2008 4:44:03 AM EDT
[#22]
+1 I got the pin for my DPMS lower 601 replica from heatnbeat. ETA: 
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Posted: 9/27/2008 6:28:02 AM EDT
[#23]
That's some beautiful work there my friend! Great job. Personally though, I think a carbine version with a 607 stock and CAR or midlenght HGs built like those would be the shit. (just dreaming)
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Posted: 9/27/2008 12:45:11 PM EDT
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Two-piece steel & plastic [like the one above but shorter] carbine or mid length handguard, or all plastic??? I'd have to get another NDS-32 upper... But the barrel for the next one is on the way; the FSB is made; just need to look at handguard pics to decide on what they should look like... (And make up another slip ring)
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Posted: 9/27/2008 3:21:38 PM EDT
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My photo skills suck...so my apologies for the lousy pic... Well, I think that your other skills more than compensate.  Outstanding piece of workmanship! Bravo! I'll give it five out of five dancing bananas. 
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Posted: 9/27/2008 3:33:57 PM EDT
[#26]
Postino that`s great work!
 Think you can make a forearm like that for an ArmaLite AR-10? |
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Posted: 9/27/2008 3:40:59 PM EDT
[#27]
Very nice.
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Posted: 9/27/2008 4:46:02 PM EDT
[#28]
A handguard like this one, you mean???  I suppose I could...but no one could afford it...  Just too many time consuming operations involved...and not enough time for my own projects... Just cutting the slots in the metal vent took a complete evening...  And hollowing out, tapering, cutting slots & fluting the Delrin rod took several evenings...  With the equipment I have, it would just take too long to be profitable... But there are others on this Forum who have *real* machine tools, and the skill (and time) to make stuff like this at a reasonable cost...  |
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Posted: 9/27/2008 9:08:50 PM EDT
[#29]
Your entire handguard assembly really is some nice work regardless of the equipment used.
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Posted: 9/28/2008 4:48:33 AM EDT
[#30]
The effect of using inferior equipment is to lengthen the time required for an operation...I have to take shallow cuts at reduced feed rates...just not enough torque from the cheap Chinese motors...60% of rated HP vs 85% for Yankee motors...and the machine itself is "flimsy" compared to say a Bridgeport...There's a reason the Bridgeport is so massive...It's to reduce flex...Steel and to a lesser degree iron is flexible (that's why springs are made of it) and will deflect under pressure...The massive base of the Bridgeport resists the deflection forces...and dampens the vibrations... I'm used to my old J2 Bridgeport...This little 3in1 job is very unforgiving... (And I'm not the world's most patient man...)  There is no way I could perform any work on this machine and turn a profit on it...I count myself lucky if I can break even... 
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Posted: 9/28/2008 2:35:51 PM EDT
[#31]
I understand completely. I sold my 3 in 1 machine because I found myself taking most of my projects to work so I could fabricate them on the industrial equipment there. I'm looking for the right deal on a Bridgeport for my garage though.
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Posted: 9/28/2008 3:01:22 PM EDT
[#32]
I bought mine for $1800...IIRC, that's what I sold it for, too... You'll need 3-phase power, or a converter. Mine came with a simple mechanical converter, consisting of a 1-phase motor turning a 3-phase motor with a V-belt. You started the 1-phase motor, and when the 3-phase was turning you fed 220v single phase power to it. Then you shut off the 1-phase motor. The 3-phase motor was wired to the Bridgeport motor. Don't ask me how...electricity isn't my specialty...but I never managed to stall it out...or overheat it... I also found I *needed* 200amp service...100 to the house, 100 to the garage... Prior to that, my wife (at that time) was heating dinner in the microwave, and drying her hair, when I turned the Bridgeport on...poof...
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Posted: 9/28/2008 5:46:38 PM EDT
[#33]
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...I think a carbine version with a 607 stock and CAR or midlenght HGs built like those would be the shit. I'm workin' on it...
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Posted: 9/28/2008 8:15:40 PM EDT
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I was thinking of using a handguard from Brownell`s and a carbine cap to utilize as many production parts as possible. It was just be the front sight block and the ventilated rails that would need to be fabricated. |
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Posted: 9/29/2008 2:36:49 AM EDT
[#35]
Which one??? Got a link???
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Posted: 9/29/2008 7:12:43 AM EDT
[#36]
Postino
You my friend, are an artist! I've always thought that people with your talents were the true artists of America. To turn raw metal into that gorgeous weapon to me is truly amazing. Ouststanding job. I just wish you had access to a CNC mill, so you could turn out several (hundred?) "kits" I bet you could sell them to all of us AR "junkies". I guarantee that will turn heads when you pull it out at the range! When you get her out to the range, get us some pictures, and a report of how she does. Again, Outstanding job.....Mongo impressed! Semper Fi Az Deuce |
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Posted: 9/29/2008 12:56:48 PM EDT
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Mike & Harlan at NDS have a shop with CNC mills and lathes on call... I would have bet that they had some idea of producing a "proto-clone" of ArmaLite #000001...  They're probably just waiting to see how many emails they get requesting a complete prototype upper...to match their lower...
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Posted: 10/1/2008 2:53:33 PM EDT
[#38]
Brownell`s part # 100-002-896ED |
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Posted: 10/1/2008 7:15:23 PM EDT
[#39]
Another great project - congrats. How about a close-up of the "flash hider"? Are the slots at 3,9,12 o'clock?
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Posted: 10/2/2008 2:37:42 AM EDT
[#40]
Uh, no...12, 4, and 8 o'clock...every 120º...  In the foreground is an original Portuguese AR10 barrel extension. FH is integral. (The Portuguese mount the bayonet lug on top, so it is rightside-up.) At the present time, my FH is 12/4/8...but you can see that the Portuguese is 2/6/10...Still every 120º, but one slot exhausts directly down... I'll have to experiment and see which way I like it... The Portuguese barrel extension also has an internal thread at the outer end of the FH...I have no idea why... The extension pins on to the barrel from the FSB forward... There are pics on the Dutch AR10 Site...
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Posted: 10/2/2008 5:59:30 PM EDT
[#41]
Beautiful build, Mr. Postino! By the way, I think that the threads are for the Blank Firing Adaptor. There's one on Gunbroker now, #111377598. I don't know how to make it HOT, can anybody show it? Of course it's .308-size, right, just a curiosity.
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Posted: 10/2/2008 6:09:47 PM EDT
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Linky for AR10 BFA Interesting...I've only seen a couple BFA's... But the question is: Would a Main Battle Rifle have a feature designed and machined specifically to fire blanks??? I'm doubtful of that...I'm sure that this BFA does fit the FH thread and functions perfectly satisfactorily, but I don't think that is what the thread in the FH is primarily designed to do... The barrel extension has a circlip (not on that extension in the pic) which I think is to hold a rifle grenade on so it won't just fall off...but I can't think of anything that would screw into the FH... |
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Posted: 10/3/2008 8:33:45 AM EDT
[#43]
i totally agree. i am just finishing up my 000001 clone. it doesnt look like i did anything to it now. everything is so nicely finished it almost looks like i bought it off the shelf. i miss the shinny metal parts. |
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Posted: 10/3/2008 8:42:40 AM EDT
[#44]
The Belgian FAL has threads in the FH specifically to take the Blank Firing Adapter. |
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Posted: 10/3/2008 1:09:46 PM EDT
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Hmmmm...Belgium, Dutch, Sudanese, Portuguese...Were there ever any *Yankee* AR10's??? These Portuguese parts are Metric; the thread in the extension/FH is *almost* 1/2" x 28tpi...I can screw an AR-15 barrel stub (with FH thread) in the Portuguese FH about .100"; the thread goes in for .590"... Makes me wonder why the AR-15 wasn't threaded for an internal BFA... |
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Posted: 10/9/2008 4:50:26 AM EDT
[#46]
I was browsing through the Grainger catalog and saw an intriguing entry...
Rod, Acetal, Brown, 2 In Dia x 1 Ft L Acetal is another name for Delrin...and it's brown!!! Bad news...1 ft is $85.55... And I can only get one handguard out of a foot... I really want a brown handguard for this fantasy AR...but if I make one, I'd still need a brown buttstock and grip... Delrin is pretty much impossible to paint...the impregnated rod is the best bet... Edit: Got a quote from Boedeker Plastics for Brown Acetal = $21.34 per foot/$50 min. I'm thinking real hard on ordering three feet... ...After the motor repair shop replaces the burned out "run" capacitor on my lathe motor... Edit2: Added a couple pics to first page |
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Posted: 10/27/2008 10:59:21 AM EDT
[#47]
Quoted:...I think a carbine version with a 607 stock and CAR or midlenght HGs built like those would be the shit. (just dreaming)
I've started on that...
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Posted: 10/27/2008 11:42:48 AM EDT
[#48]
That's the shiznit! Can't wait to see it finished!
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Posted: 1/4/2009 11:01:16 AM EDT
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...Personally though, I think a carbine version with a 607 stock and CAR or midlenght HGs built like those would be the shit. (just dreaming) Still workin' on it, dawg...Just waitin' for some small parts from Del-Ton...
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Posted: 1/4/2009 11:04:20 AM EDT
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Wow, that's impressive, Postino. I guess Del-Ton didn't have the parts in stock, I didn't get me LPK yet, and I usually get stuff I've ordered from them in a few days.
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