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Originally Posted by DonVoigt
Can you imagine machining first, and then trying to "bend" around the mandrel to a close tolerance? I can't.
I can easily imagine the use of shaped miling cutters for each side; milling the the width of a side; the back and/or the curve of the front by milling or grinding.
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My vote is with machining/grinding after forming. I can envision a hot forged piece, which could potentially add forge welding to the mix, as well as form the lips. Wait...basically this same mag was made post-war, right? So maybe we don't need the machinist to be quite that old. So much of this stuff gets lost...
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