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LCP slide: machining the clearance for barrel tilt (forum.guncadindex.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/general@forum.guncadindex.com
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Still can’t get over how much this machine fucks. Running a test cut for this op at what I thought were probably too conservative of feeds and speeds. I stopped it when it seemed like it was too quiet, UGS said 20 hours to complete. Nope. 20 minutes, and I had already cut quite a bit.

Unfortunately… Im an idiot and I fucked up my spring guide hole on the drill press (thin drill wandered quite a bit off centerline at depth). I’ll continue machining this one as I think I can fix it and use it for fitment test, and there will probably be more lessons learned along the way (MAKE SURE YOUR TABLE IS LOCKED SQUARE and you only drill small diameter holes as deep as you absolutely have to).

Ordered more material for take 2 just in case.

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[–] 3 points 7 months ago* (4 children)

Looks great, but are you really making an LCP slide from scratch?

I mean that's super ambitious, do you plan to make the whole gun?

Do you have blueprints / CAD files for that?

I'm asking because I'm interested in making a reliable pistol with a CNC machine.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago*

    Full slide yes, I want a Holosun on a mouse gun that sits not retardedly high lol and we’ll see if a slide comp makes it a little less snappy.

    I did some test cuts with a t slot cutter the right size for the rail slots, as long as I drill the firing pin hole properly and it doesn’t warp when milling out the main pocket for the barrel, we’re good to go. I have a kiln I can use for heat treat, 17-4 heat treat is not complicated.

    Not the whole gun, though, and no blueprints, just measuring and an understanding of tolerances

    After this I am building a machine that is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.

    And then I will make a fully DIY 9mm pistol because we really need one. Originally it was going to be a remix I made of the musgres, but it used welding or hard soldering and I’m not sure that’s the way to go if you can just mill rails super easy now.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I also really want to show how easy it is to make a super safety but don’t want to go anywhere near a legal battle or the atf so if anyone wants to host the files I can show how to mill some similar features, way easier to show it than explain.

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