So having some casual metal working experience in forming aluminum sign parts, and not much to do being a Comp NEET, I bought some tools. This big dome and channel set for $60, one ton arbor press, small bending brake, nice tap and die set, air brush... etc accessories.So what weapons related things have I unlocked on my personal tech tree? It's prime purpose is sheet metal yard stuff; tables and trellises and gay butterflies and shit welded to a rod. Definitely brackets (I motherfucking L-O-V-E brackets).Idk can I bend receiver flats? Forge cannons? What?Also- tools & workshop thread.
>>65465552>>>/diy/
Make sure to lubricate the big ones before insertion
>>65465749It's not DIY if you use the tap and die to mount optics dingus.
>>65465759I'm going to abuse scrap for a while for feel. And to get smooth shaping. I'm definitely interested in reproducing the NHM-91 chinese upper handguard for AK pattern rifles.
>>65465552>What can I do with some simple toolsYou can become an amusing newspaper article when you realize (maintaining) metallurgical quality is critical in making the difference between a homemade barrel and a homemade grenade.Stick to bladesmithing.
Not coming from a /diy/ background, but you do a lot of shit you wouldn't expect in a highway department so there was a ton of fabricating. The catch was I could radio ahead and the shit would be next to the shop press. I've never owned and maintained this shit.Motherfucker... one 2mm by 6mm punch and die (they have the gall to sell this separately too) is $200 fucking dollars shipped.That's a useful gun shape, hell that's awesome for slot and tab (tab punch and die 2-in-one is $480 fuck you).
>>65465906I think I can manage a rifle rest though. A custom cleaning bench with bore rod guide. No I'm not imagining making a full gun by any means.
I wish there were good drawings of various underfolders and shit. A magazine would be a pain in the ass.Also the welder is only a 110v wire fed mig box. That's a limiter.
>>65465938Huh, god deleted the sentence about having a tiny shit press. Oh well. For me it presses stamps in flimsy metal. Some sheet steel isn't bad with a breaker bar.
Tabletop shit I have covered. Mini table saw and dremel? Check. Mini belt sander with side wheels? Yup. Mini lathe? Of course.I should be able to ghetto a fair amount of usefully satisfything things to bolt to my guns.
Here's a good one, scale model metal tank treads. That sounds doable.And it's for my own satisfaction, not sales.
>>65465552Akbuilder has(had?) the receiver bend jigs, at least back when I was first starting out. He had the flat bending jig, the rivet press, the hole drilling templates, and all of that. They were pricey but you really got what you paid for.
>>65466699Nice dubs satan.Exactly this, you'll spend a lot of time making good jigs anyway. Measure once, drill 4 times - measure twice drill once. It saves mangled shit.The real bitch is every time I have questions there is always this "Oh well it wouldn't be worth it to get an expendive tool and die set for..."No fuck you, I want it. I don't have to sell 300 units to recoup cost. I recoup cost when I get a raging boner. I guess like someone who's into reproductions at home, if there is a word for it.. Besides, product sales is a pain in the asshole.Mess kit utensils look fun. I could see whipping off some of those if I can find correct drawings.
>>65466699https://ak-builder.com/index1.php?dispatch=categories.view&category_id=281All you mentioned plus assembled tooling for a couple steps at once. NICE. I assumed he sort of just disappeared.
Anyone got a place to find stuff to make picatinny and Weaver or even dovetail mounts? Sections of 1913 rail can't be too bad to make.
>>65465897>reproducing the NHM-91 chinese upper handguard for AK pattern rifles?If you think an after market cheese grater is somehow exclusive or even really belongs to the NHM-91, you need to read more.This is an NHM-91 upper hg.
>>65466969You mean getting rails machined? That's CNC work unless you've got some really good tools in your garage
>>65467165And this is the original chinese cheese grater, I'm assuming you're going for.I's permanently attached to the gas tube, unlike the current production ones.>Sorry, it's was tweaking my AK tism.
>>65465967>dremelYou should add one of these to your tabletop toolbench. Could really help expand the use of your dremel.
>>65467170Yes but all the considerations of things like "well you need to make 4 thousand to break even!" are not a thing. I simply want to craft shit that makes me happy.I want to make things in my garage and listen to synthwave.>>65467169I have a dektop Genmitsu Pro+, it's not going to carve through over 1/16th of an inch sheet. But for that little, it absolutely does something.Now it's much much better in aluminium albeit with many passes.But why is this about my bullshit cottage craft, what about your shit?
>>65467180I can find a used drill press for the same price that does more. I like Dremel brand though, they're very fucking helpful eager souls.Now this $500 hobber I'm splitting with a friend, I may be able to cut rail with it, idk. The issue is will it channel flats.
>>65465552Big dewalt guys, batteries seem to last. Also 20 gauge mogs 12 gauge for every single hunting application other than high-altitude waterfowl
>>65467183>I simply want to craft shit that makes me happy.>I want to make things in my garage and listen to synthwave.Oh I wasn't disparaging you or trying to dissuade you, just pointing out that cheesegrater ≠ NHM-91 hg.Sounds like a peaceful good time, although I'm not into synthwave.Have an $11k AK armorer kit for your tool thread. I've been trying to figure out a solution to a mag mandrel for a few months now. I've got 2 mags to fix that were $5, so blowing like $500+ on the real mandrel seems retarded.>inb4 someone thinks it's to pop dents from the sides, and to just use a 13mm socket and breaker barIt's a spine dent, and normal techniques don't work. I need something I think ~55mm wide with the correct curve to fix these.
>>65467212I would use a brake with a roller mechanism, but it may end up being a hand made one. It would be close to like a sheet metal gutter forming machine. It might need a two part drawing die but I myself am not there yet.For practice I'm rebuilding a smoker from the sheet shell. TONS of shapes in that shit for bar and flat stock.I'd love to resin cast some out of print tank kits too. I'm doing this rare buick model tuesday. Resin casting will definitely be a useful skill.
>>65467212OH. Um... I see why it's $500. Could you lock together several contour gauges made of something real tough with locking pins? My head is going to investment casting or sand casting the tool or something.
Wow kek. I bought a harbor freight grade drill press on marketplace and the guy wants me to just take his 6 ton chest high floor model. He hates using a stool for it. I'm um, pretty sure I can live with a floor model for free.Bros, can the golden era of cheapshit tools get better?
>>65465967>dremelafter being a part time jewelerfag I can't go back to dremels. they're fine if you need portability, but a proper flexshaft rotary tool absolutely mogs them for benchtop use
>>65465552You’re gonna want some actual tools like a mig welder, tig welder, drill press, hydraulic press, welding table, lathe, bench grinders of different sizes and wheels, air compressor, solid table with a solid vise, oxy acetylene torch and a bunch of other stuff
>>65467212Make the mandrel out of multiple pieces of sheet metal, design it in solid works and then send the dxf to send cut send and bolt or weld them together when you get the parts, should only cost around 30 or 40 bucks for the entire thing
>>65467725I bought the drill press. I have the large press now and I've had a mig machine forever.I have a mini bench grinder/bandsaw combo and a mini table saw and a mini lathe.Also a desktop CNC and 20w creality laser.
I have generally... shit. In the garage is a similar area of automotive related shit. And slot car making shit which is automotive but fucking tiny.
>>65467730Will they make a press jig for AK barrels and triunions too?
>>65467764The cabinet has every screw driver, file, extension, blade, just all that shit elbow deep and nearly organized in trays.Same for the auto area.I could invest in sane storage but you're asking a lot.
>tfw no garagefeels bad man
>>65467769They will as long as you’re capable of making it on a computer
>>65467825I can use technical drawing software but it takes forever and I'm not talented. So many years ago I could freehand faster, but it was a college elective.
This is the auto stuff, most useful for guns. I managed a sandbag rest with three positions for a sidewall creating "firmness" settings. That was wood and long channel bolts. Ups to my tapping and threading sheapshit from Harbor Freight (is that princess in canada, same people?).
>>65467867goddamn phonepostingAnyhow I hit send before finishing. The drawers are socket and drivers, wrenches, air tool stuff, and misc.
