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Posted: 11/21/2005 10:14:26 PM EDT
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With Christmas coming up I've been looking at presents for my dad. He's really had a lot of fun plinking with my AR when I'm home from college. He got laid of a while ago and is finally getting back on his feet after getting a college degree. I want to get him something special and personal. I'm thinking of buying a lower reciever and putting it together myself with a parts kit. I want to engrave the lower, however, to make it a little more special. Now being in college, I can't exactly afford to send a lower off to be specially engraved by ADCO or something. Is there anyway I can bring a lower to a jewelry store and have them engrave it and then have it sent of for |
I *think* you can legally have non-gunsmiths work on it as long as you stay with it -- you can't drop it off and go back and pick it up though. If the engravng machine can engrave aluminum, you should be good to go. Just FYI - AR lowers aren't parkerized -- they're aluminum, and parkerising is a process for steel - the lowers are anodized. |
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I understand if your own a budget, but $30-$40 to have it engraved by some one who knows exactly what they are doing isn't so bad. Especially when you are talking about the overall price of an AR. I still say contact Steve Sawyer at Tom Sawyer Manufacturing, usernam likemopar here on the board, and see what he can do for you. If nothing else he can answer these questions you have. I'd just hate to see you screw up a nice new lower receiver if you don't have to. Just my $0.02. 
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Good question. Have not encountered any of the above in mine or clients lowers. My first lower is as crisp as the first day. |
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I don't want to HiJack the thread, but I have a question for LikeMopar (Tom Sawyer) LikeMopar, Hypothetically, if I were to send you an 80% Receiver, and asked you to engrave the HK Style Pictograms for the safety markings, and with all items Centered (to look nice) Registered Pistol For Civilian Use Only on the Right Side of the Magwell, and on the Left Side something like M-4 Pistol Cal. -multi Ser. xxxxxx And above the hamme pin hole, someting like; Renegade AR Somewhere, USA Could you do this as asked?? Would you be able to do this, without adding anything else? And how much would it cost???? Thanks, Chief |
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Hmmm...... rollin_hot Just tried to IM you and your account is not accepting IM's Only work I received on the 28th from AZ is for "Mike" in Phoenix. Work completed and shipped out the 29th, currently tracks "in Phoenix". but not delivered Phone number given is "not a working number" when I try to contact. Contact me for a tracking number and lets get to the bottom of this ASAP. Here's my email: [email protected] or phone 651-357-0678 |
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Steve.....Thanks for the info. I will give you a call tomorrow for the tracking number. Not sure why I am not getting IM's, and the number I left on your voice mail is cuurrent.....no biggie though, I just needed to know when to expect it. Thanks in advance....It is greatly appreciated. Mike from Phoenix i.e. "rollin_hot" |
likemopar, What do you use to refinish (in black) the areas you engrave? |
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Engraving is bags of fun. Seems the trophy engravers are using lasers, and on a low setting it is like a laser show, painting the design or text on the item to allow adjusting the scale and position before the final burn. Very hard to screw things up with this method. Also, the laser goes right through the anodizing. We can cut text etc with our CNC mill, but for lowers we use a WWII vintage Gorton panto mill. This is a milling head on a pantograph. Text characters are set up with moveable type and graphics are done with custom templates. Custom templates are easily made. Get 1/8" thick UHMW sheet from MSC. Print out your design about 4X bigger. Tape the print-out to the plastic and with an Exacto knife schrimshaw through the design into the plastic. Remove the paper and rub with black shoe polish to bring up the lines. Then use a viening tool to groove along the lines and you have a custom template. Because of the size reduction when engraving, any errors are reduced!  Regards, Ray |
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