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Old 05-08-2013, 8:08 PM
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Default $25 for an 80% receiver?

Rocket Hub has a company looking for funding for 80% AR and 10/22 receivers. 30 bucks for anodized; 25 for in the white IF AND ONLY IF they reach their funding goal. The website is here.
There is a risk, but it is a small amount to risk.
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Is it plastic??
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Is it plastic??
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Is it plastic??
The website says 6061 T6 aluminum. If they exceed their goal enough they might go with 7075 T6.
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This was posted a couple weeks ago. Good luck. Not getting a cent from me.
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This was posted a couple weeks ago. Good luck. Not getting a cent from me.
Sorry about the dupe post. I tried a search and didn't see it.

I just want to ask (seriously, just asking for information) why you seem to dislike this idea so much. Am I reading too much into your post? If so, I'm sorry. I really am just curious.
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Ahahahha i didnt read beyond the title. Been seeing alot of these lately.
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Having extensive knowledge and background in this specific area of manufacture, $25 for an 80% lower out of actual 6061 or 7075 aluminum is virtually impossible. The 6061 blank alone is more than half of that cost, approx. $17, so you are leaving yourself $8 to cover all of the overhead?

- tool cost / replacement / general maintenance of tools and machine
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- coolant and other consumables
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And so on. $25 is a pipe dream IMO, buyer beware.
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Trust me, as someone that preordered one of those Red Rock Ord BCGs don't do it. They have the tooling in already and they are having trouble getting **** out. Stick to known companies and you won't get burnt.
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I think that rockethub stuff is the new scams r us...
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Having extensive knowledge and background in this specific area of manufacture, $25 for an 80% lower out of actual 6061 or 7075 aluminum is virtually impossible. The 6061 blank alone is more than half of that cost, approx. $17, so you are leaving yourself $8 to cover all of the overhead?

- tool cost / replacement / general maintenance of tools and machine
- electricity (CNCs use a lot of it)
- rent
- staffing / programmer / machinist etc
- coolant and other consumables
- insurance costs

And so on. $25 is a pipe dream IMO, buyer beware.
Yeah, $25 is basically impossible... Now, if were more like $50, I'd be like... Ehh, Okay... Maybe...
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Having extensive knowledge and background in this specific area of manufacture, $25 for an 80% lower out of actual 6061 or 7075 aluminum is virtually impossible. The 6061 blank alone is more than half of that cost, approx. $17, so you are leaving yourself $8 to cover all of the overhead?

- tool cost / replacement / general maintenance of tools and machine
- electricity (CNCs use a lot of it)
- rent
- staffing / programmer / machinist etc
- coolant and other consumables
- insurance costs

And so on. $25 is a pipe dream IMO, buyer beware.

^ +1

the time and material needed to make theses cost more than what they are selling them for. If they are in the business to lose money, that's fine but to me this is as fishy as eating 1 week old egg baked in the sun.

and so far i haven't heard anything from anyone saying they got their lower from these startup websites yet.
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Run away from this. This is not the way to start a business.
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yea...this does look like a scam, but I think Rguns has some 50% for $20.
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yea...this does look like a scam, but I think Rguns has some 50% for $20.
Nope.

Rguns has raw forgings for $20 aka "0% receivers". No machining operations have been performed. There's much less metal than there would be in box containing the finished dimensions (all of which you loose when making the finished product) so the forging can cost less than the rectangular block of aluminum which would become a billet receiver.

Here's what you get (clamping pads not included):


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Does it cost more to get this 0% machined?
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A LOT more work than an 80%
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if this was true .Id buy 40 80%'s
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Sent an email to Art.....no response.

Even at 95% scam level, with an email response I may have bought one.
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Does it cost more to get this 0% machined?
Yeah like way more
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Scamming or bad business men either way they won't be around for long.
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Rocket Hub has a company looking for funding for 80% AR and 10/22 receivers. 30 bucks for anodized; 25 for in the white IF AND ONLY IF they reach their funding goal.

There is a risk, but it is a small amount to risk.
Normally, when I invest in a company I read the company's business plan and the principal(s)' resumes before money flows out of my pocket.

I also take a look at the nature of the business, reasonable longevity of the business, competition, and sales projections.

I'm not seeing anything about the business, nor info on the 2 principals.

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Does it cost more to get this 0% machined?
Realistically it's unlikely to get finished unless you have access (as in you can spend days there unsupervised, not pay $60 for a 10 minute build party slot) to a machine shop and want to spend some quality time there or sell it off to some one who does. You only want to buy some if you're looking for a fun metal working project or paperweights for your desk.



$300 is reasonable for OK high speed steel tooling you'll be unlikely to use on other projects when you use long tools to cut the magazine well from one side (instead of sending it out to be cut with a $10,000 broach or EDM; you can probably do either for $50-$75) and do the buffer tower on a mill (other than a nice CNC setup with a thread mill), although you can subtract $70-$80 if you cut the buffer thread on a lathe instead of tapping it. Like I said it's a fun project and the results take up much less space than other things I build like cars, stereo speakers, other furniture - you don't do it to save money.

Without a 4th (A) axis you're looking at 11-13 setups versus 2 for a receiver just shy of the ATF "readily converted to a firearm" line and marketed as 80 or 95% depending on who's selling it.

With it's still three setups and probably 5-8 times the machine time (it's hard to separate out milling time from setup after the fact).

Guys doing build parties might do OK financially on 0% receivers at $300-$400 a slot which is obviously not viable given the cost of mass-produced "80%" parts (a bunch can be fastened to pallets for one step which get swapped automatically without operator intervention). As a one off exercise I suspect you could break four figures.

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So this is $25 for 0% receiver

Or

$25 donations


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This is $25 for a donation for a chance that hey get enough money to meet their goals. I am not sure that they are commited to follow through if they do not make their goals. Many companies have used rockethub and kickstarter to start their companies sucessfully. The initial batches sometimes will be inferior and the company may break even or lose money. All of them do gain experience and knowledge, along with tooling, from the initial investment to make a gen2 product that they charge more for. It is very possible that they make their goal, though with 15 days left is unlikely, and these people will see a lower. It is also possible that they get nothing or crap. You decide if you want the gamble.
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I ordered four from this rockethub project. They will ship even if they don't reach the fund raising goal.

http://www.rockethub.com/25415



"05/07/13: We will be using 6061 T6 Aluminum, there is a possibility that we will able to offer 7075 T6 if we exceed our goal significantly and can make an even larger purchase of Aluminum. Keep in mind the strength needed for the use of a receiver 6061 T6 far exceeds, and overall strength of 7075 T6 is higher but most significant is the corrosion resistance not the overall strength, MilSpec Type 3 Hard Coat anodizing will resolve any corrosion differences between 6061 and 7075. Thank you for your support please let us know if you have any questions".

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I have over 40k in a Cnc machine and tooling. There is no possible way of selling 80% forgings for 25 bucks and being able to cover my costs, unless I make a hundred thousand of them. Electricity ain't free! With the time to complete 0-80% I could make other parts that yield much more profit. If it sounds too good to be true....
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I have over 40k in a Cnc machine and tooling. There is no possible way of selling 80% forgings for 25 bucks and being able to cover my costs, unless I make a hundred thousand of them. Electricity ain't free! With the time to complete 0-80% I could make other parts that yield much more profit. If it sounds too good to be true....
Who said forgings?
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Who said forgings?
Forged receivers cost less than billet in terms of raw materials (you pay for every piece of swarf removed profiling a billet receiver, but nothing outside a forged shape), machine time (there's no profiling), and tool wear.

If it can't be done economically starting with a forging a billet metal (plastic or wood might work) receiver is more out of the question.

FWIW the AR15 pictures for the "billet" Rockethub offering you linked appear to have started life as forgings due to details which are impossible to mill commercially (much more cutting time and wear with small tools than big ones) or at all. The anodized/not anodized versions of the "products" also appear to be photo shopped given the identical lighting.

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The price for 0% forgings used to be $25. I can't find anyone that offers
it at that price anymore. No way anyone is going to get 80% for $25.
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We shall see the point is they raise the money to buy bulk materials.
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Who said forgings?

Well it's cheaper than a billet in terms of time and over all cost. Go price a 7075 block vs a forging. My reasoning consists of a $13 forging when you buy 1000 of them from the forging company. There is a reason I'm not on the band wagon. If you want a nice 80 look at the cnc80 billet lowers. Tough to beat in a pre panic market.
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I ordered four from this rockethub project. They will ship even if they don't reach the fund raising goal.
How do you know for sure? I read it top to bottom and don't see this guarantee/promise.
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I was looking to do this one for $100 for 4 80%, and another $50 for the jig...
http://www.rockethub.com/24272

I guess not now...
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I'm glad to see people aren't falling for this....
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We shall see the point is they raise the money to buy bulk materials.
The real point of this kickstart is to scam you guys out of money, $10k is not enough to buy "bulk materials" at a level to get even remotely close to the price they are attempting to sell these lowers at.

I have been through this personally, I have manufactured 80% lowers in bulk (from billet), I have gone through every aspect of this process from start to finish, and the ONLY way this is possible is if they plan on losing a minimum of $25 per part.

Any of you that want to ignore the FACTS that I am laying out about this "deal", well, you have been warned repeatedly, so I hope we don't hear you piss and moan later when this company fails miserably with your cash.
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I have no no idea whether this company is an actual scam or not but, at that price, it seems to me he must be making them overseas, probably in Asia, and shipping them here. $25 for some milled 6061 from China, especially in bulk, seems totally doable. It's not that it's impossible to make them at that price, just that Americans can't compete with the manufacturing juggernaut nation. I say this knowing nothing about this company -- just speculation based on the OP.
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