I am doing two things I haven't done on this blog before. I am following the directions for a produced product, and I am working with firearms. I am putting this on my blog for a couple of reasons, not just keeping it behind the scenes while working on more exciting projects. I have spent a significant amount of time, and secondly, because I allocate chunks of each day to projects, work, relaxing, eating, and exercising. If I expend my project energies on other things, I neglect everything else. I don't have much of a back-burner, and I don't multi-task well, so I focus on one project until it is a success or failure.
My goal is not to show what a cool gun I am building. I want to show the process of turning an eighty percent lower receiver into a functional part. If all goes well, I may photograph some used targets or the completed rifle.
Enough background.
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The problem with the drill press was that it was smaller than necessary. The table could not lower far enough to install an X-Y slide clamp, and the base stand was too far away from the drill chuck. My solution was to add a riser on top of the base and elevate the clamp. In this case, I used a mahogany 1x4 and held it in place with 5/16" bolts. It was less than ideal, and if I knew all the trouble it was going to cause, I would have bought a taller drill press.
I aligned the clamp with the drill base as best as possible, but it was likely inaccurate. I tried to go easy on my first pass, but I drilled too deep and not close enough to the edges. In other words, I took plastic out in the wrong areas. Part of the problem was unclear instructions, and part was because I didn't understand the directions thoroughly. It should still be possible to make a working receiver with this part.
The rest of the posts for this project have been arranged by date. First time here?
Completed projects from year 1
Completed projects from year 2
Completed projects from year 3
Completed projects from year 4
Completed projects from year 5
Completed projects from year 6
Completed projects from year 7
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2020-10-04
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