Posted: 2/14/2005 6:38:12 AM EDT
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anyone know where I can find a 1911 frame forging (0 to 80%)at a reasonable price. around $100 or so. I have found them from $180 to $350 and thats too much for me. At those prices I'll just buy a Chip McCormick or RRA. I really want to build from the ground up. any help will be appreciated. |
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http://www.dlask.com/ They also sell a "60%" reciever that to me, is not worth it. They do all the easy stuff, like trueing up the sides and undersize drilling holes. I ruined two of my good endmills on hardspots on one of their 0 percent forgings.  I would look really hard at buying a 80% frame from the Tannery shop before going this route. If you are in it for the money, buy a Caspian or Essex reciever and be done with it. My tooling costs for maybe finishing a reciever from barstock is getting really high. It is not worth doing it for the money. I could have bought an Essex receiver for less than my screwed up barstock/forging attempts so far. |
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Pogo, Are you burning up solid carbide end mills using a flood system? If so, what flood agent are you using that is allowing such heat and tool break down? As for HSS end mills, even with a flood system, harden steel is out of the question. As for the set of HSS end mills I have, the are collecting dust (4 flute center cut) since about the only thing that I would trust them on would be brass, and even then I would still use a air cool jet to keep the heat down on the end mill. |
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Nope, burned up HSS on ONE of the two forgings I bought. I was careful with that second endmill but that stuff was hard... I don't have a flood system on my 60's vintage Bridgeport, just oil from an old cachup bottle or water based coolant from a squirt bottle. I had good luck with the one forging I started on till I screwed up some of the dimensions. These forgings are not supposed to be *that* hard. I cut mostly iron castings and aluminum, so carbide is not too important to me. Besides, HSS in new condition is pretty cheap on Ebay. |