Flattop side feed

[Freerider_79]

Looks so much better. If anyone is interested in trying this feel free to hit me up for info and more pictures.

[autococker04]

I like to imagine that's how you mounted it in the lathe for this work. Looks awesome!

[russc]

What tool would you use to pull the feedneck?

[Freerider_79]

That’s what I said. Nobody wants to give me an answer on that. The only way I see it, the feed neck get damaged pulling it and gets equally damaged if you press it back in.
if you asked me the proper way to seat ANY kind of tube is with a tube expander not a press..... even putting the body in an oven is better than a press. Just my opinion

[Grendel]

Cautionary note I am not a machinist actually my trained background is in Electronic and Mechanical Failure analysis (jack of all trades master of none ) but this has worked for me:

They are pressed in with red Locktite or equivalent (more adhered then pressure fit for strength IMO so if you break the adhesive they come out easily). I've pulled damaged ones before using a torch and a small strap wrench. Heat it up to breakdown the Locktite bond, stuff it with a piece of hardwood dowel turned down to a tad under 18mm to provide support and the use a small strap wrench to twist/rock the feed neck until it breaks the bond then you can work the neck out of the body a little at a time. Once broken loose I us a set of soft jawed clamping pliers to work it out.

Even if you destroy the neck it really is not a big deal it can be remade from standard 22mm OD/18mm ID aluminum tubing. I use my router table to do the cutout for the Bolts bore. Then to align it while pressing (I tap it in with a wood block and deadblow hammer) back in; I turned down a piece of waxed hardwood dowel to fill the bore/align the cut end of the tube.

[Freerider_79]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge grendel. Without having parts I was willing to scrap, I just couldn’t justify the risk of learning.
I’m a boilermaker/tig welder by trade.... pulling tubes is pretty much always demolition work for me. There’s a variety of simple tube expanders we use that would work really good for the refit.
one of the first things I learned doing hobby machine projects is that a guy can spend way more time making tools and jigs then actually doing a job.
I know I’m probably only ever going to do this once or twice in a lifetime and this needed it to be an evening project. No special tool.... no extra parts.
lots of guys have mini lathes or mills, might be thinking about getting one..... I want to show that with some basic equipment and basic tools good results can be achieved.

[Grendel]

Fully understand, a lot can be done with little if you think it through and take your time. I just got done "milling" out a relief on my Duckslide Project using a drill press and good files. Normally I would have used a manual mill at work, but with my recent position change that does not allow me to go into the lab anymore it was not an option. I'm in the process of making a jig so I can use an old contractors table saw with a carbide blade to cut off part of an extruded sight rail for my Mag project (safely). People need to remember the modern tools today started out by someone making machines by hand.

[Freerider_79]

Finished the second one last night but I can’t post the pictures for some reason

[NONOBLITUS]

Looks cool like that , nicely done.

[latches109]

reminds me of the CCM Series 5. I like it

[Freerider_79.1]

Here’s the 2k

[lew]

Man, I really like the look of that.

[Freerider_79.1]

Thanks lew.... they both turned out really good, all things considered. I picked them both up off the local buy/sell and neither were functional. Was a real mash up of junk and the best parts were the stock wgp parts that were removed. Made the 98 pretty much all wgp except for the trigger. Treated myself to some inception parts for the 2k, plus a bunch of homemade stuff. Not sure there’s much more to do with either.
been looking into making an anodizing setup but there’s some really interesting bake on ceramic stuff that might work. Got a shotgun project on the go and the ceramic would be best for that... just have to finish up the barrel