**FINISHED milling my first paperweight!**

[spyde12]

Dang those are clean, great work! I've only made one so far, and I thought it came out pretty clean, but it's nowhere near THAT clean. I need to figure out how to fix the wobble in my old 1960's drill press chuck before I attempt to make another.

Thanks dude!

Believe it or not, the endmill is still good to go, as long as I stick to 6061. It's too dull to use on 7075s now. I've used the same one for both my 308 and AR15 jig. That's a mixture of 7075s and 6061s...over 10 lowers.

I've just recently switched to 6061s and the duration of the project is night and day. My process went from a little over 3 hours (dryvac/cleanup included) to an hour and 15 minutes.

This is why I recommend using 6061s. The passes from my own experience is a 3:1 or 2:1 hash mark ratio vs. 7075s YMMV.

Cutting fluid, technique and patience is key.

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[Exdc]

Bought my first paperweight (:

I believe (though I have no way of knowing for sure) that my blemished lower is 6061. The 7075 is on back order, so I'm assuming what I have is the one that's in stock. That sound be nice due to the corrosion resistance, and the milling ease. And it sounds like the end mill will last longer.

Just ordered the cutting fluid. Thanks again for the link and suggestion!


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[spyde12]

I believe (though I have no way of knowing for sure) that my blemished lower is 6061. The 7075 is on back order, so I'm assuming what I have is the one that's in stock. That sound be nice due to the corrosion resistance, and the milling ease. And it sounds like the end mill will last longer.


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From experience, you'll know

The first hash mark is a shallow pass. With that said:

If you go to the first hash mark to connect the holes with the endmill; if it cuts with little effort, then you've got a 6061. If you have to go slower to minimize chatter, then you've got a 7075.

Regardless of the aluminum, keep a firm hold on the router

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[Kwikvette]

I'll be popping my 80% cherry soon, after this memorial day weekend is over.

[Exdc]

Looking forward to seeing the results Kwikvette!

[Exdc]

Bought the lower kit.

You didn't factor in the price of the router/jig/tooling to complete the paperweight, and possibly a second 80% in case the 1st one gets borked up. Best of luck, keep this thread updated.

I went shopping, and it hurt the pocket book. See first post for update. Fortunately I can resell the jig at about 88% of what I payed for it. And I will probably get lots of use out of it. I also have some stripped lowers in case I bork anything up too terribly. xD

[dourk]

| carbon fiber hand guard (I have one like it and it's great) for $62

Where did you get one of these?

[dourk]

a carbon fiber hand guard (I have one like it and it's great) for $62.

Where did you get one of these?

[Exdc]

Where did you get one of these?

http://www.deltateamtactical.com/Carbon-Fiber-Long-Length-15-Free-FloatQuad-Rail-Handguard-End-Cap-with-Nut_p_4719.html

There are also different lengths.

[Exdc]

I'm probably going to go with the LUTH-AR stock, but I would like feedback (:


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[jimbo74]

I like the look of the A2 stock better.....
but it's your gun

any pics of the cuts?

[Exdc]

Bought my first paperweight (:

No cuts yet, I'll probably build this one on the Anderson and then another on the 80 shortly. either way, one is getting the LUTH-AR, and one is getting the A2


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[CandG]

Sweet can

[Exdc]

Bought my first paperweight (:

Sweet can

Thanks I had to borrow the buffer tube for a barrel cause I don't have the cash to drop on the 6.8 yet :b


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[jeffrice6]

Bought my first paperweight

Make sure you only use 10 paper clips or less!