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DonVoigt · 05-12-2016, 10:31 PM

I "removed" the rings from a mec-gar mag the day GT posted this idea.
Used my drill press and a "normal" 5/8" drill; works fine.

You guys that have equipment and knowledge of how to run them are spoiled!

Us poor farm boys know how to make do.

No need to take a picture, it was easy. I'm going to buy a ball mill so the cut will be round and smoother, instead of kind of conical.

I run my press slow, and with the geared feed on the "press" it is pretty easy to move the bit down
slowly enough, if I set the stop, cut, reset, I can get a nice job.

My press is probably 50 or 60 years old and a little heavier than some.

05-12-2016, 10:31 PM	#27
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,443 Thanked 4,354 Times in 2,041 Posts	I "removed" the rings from a mec-gar mag the day GT posted this idea. Used my drill press and a "normal" 5/8" drill; works fine. You guys that have equipment and knowledge of how to run them are spoiled! Us poor farm boys know how to make do. No need to take a picture, it was easy. I'm going to buy a ball mill so the cut will be round and smoother, instead of kind of conical. I run my press slow, and with the geared feed on the "press" it is pretty easy to move the bit down slowly enough, if I set the stop, cut, reset, I can get a nice job. My press is probably 50 or 60 years old and a little heavier than some. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie