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Posted: 1/31/2011 10:43:29 AM EDT
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I have no source for a stainless lower but what kinda toy would require the strength of a Stainless Steel lower?
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Posted: 1/31/2011 10:50:23 AM EDT
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This could be intresting... especially after seing some of their past "projects"
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Posted: 1/31/2011 11:04:00 AM EDT
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I have no source for a stainless lower but what kinda toy would require the strength of a Stainless Steel lower? Not so much the strength as the ease of alteration 
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Posted: 1/31/2011 11:24:36 AM EDT
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I sitting here thinking...what's he planning on tigging to the side of a lower
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Posted: 1/31/2011 11:38:06 AM EDT
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I sitting here thinking...what's he planning on tigging to the side of a lower You're pretty close...a bit of tig welding is definitely one of the steps in the alteration |
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Posted: 1/31/2011 11:41:32 AM EDT
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DPMS used to have them but they've been discontinued. Sun Devil had them at one time, I think, they may still make one for you. This company sells complete rifles with lowers but I didn't see just a lower on their web site. http://www.accuracysystemsinc.com/ar15_conversion.php
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Posted: 1/31/2011 12:11:55 PM EDT
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i am not a welder, but is there a reason that whatever you have in mind can't be done to an aluminum lower? welding aluminum is pretty straightforward...
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Posted: 1/31/2011 12:34:29 PM EDT
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i am not a welder, but is there a reason that whatever you have in mind can't be done to an aluminum lower? welding aluminum is pretty straightforward... I weld aluminum too, but the only uniform refinish option is a coating (paint)...Stainless is much more flexible regarding finish options after welding |
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Posted: 1/31/2011 1:13:42 PM EDT
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Whenever you're done with this project.
PLEASE POST SOME PHOTOS!!! |
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Posted: 1/31/2011 1:25:51 PM EDT
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This post is such a TEASE.
I cant wait to see what the mad genius is cooking up |
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Posted: 1/31/2011 2:17:10 PM EDT
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Whenever you're done with this project. PLEASE POST SOME PHOTOS!!! will do 
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This post is such a TEASE. I cant wait to see what the mad genius is cooking up you crack me up but thank you anyway
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Posted: 1/31/2011 3:02:59 PM EDT
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i am not a welder, but is there a reason that whatever you have in mind can't be done to an aluminum lower? welding aluminum is pretty straightforward... I weld aluminum too, but the only uniform refinish option is a coating (paint)...Stainless is much more flexible regarding finish options after welding Yeah, anodizing across tig welds is a PITA. All the heated/annealed areas of the weld won't take it worth a crap. You can blacken stainless with certain oxidizers, and there is some success with aggressive bluing salts. Those are the only chemical conversion finishes I know of on SS (other than surface texturizing) that don't require some form of plating or PVD. Please explain, as you have piqued my interest. 
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Posted: 2/1/2011 9:29:53 AM EDT
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DPMS used to have them but they've been discontinued. Sun Devil had them at one time, I think, they may still make one for you. This company sells complete rifles with lowers but I didn't see just a lower on their web site. http://www.accuracysystemsinc.com/ar15_conversion.php These folks said they don't offer stainless anymore. They told me the ones they have now are nickel plated. I will keep looking...I'm sure one will turn up somewhere |
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Posted: 2/1/2011 10:55:15 AM EDT
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The answer to this is so obvious and simple I cannot believe no one has suggested it yet. You just need to find a used Group Industries stainless steel lower. This is the joking face =
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Posted: 2/1/2011 11:00:04 AM EDT
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There is a DPMS stainless lower for sale on GB. The guy has it listed for $1899.95.
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