Check this out (luger frame blank)

sheepherder · 05-23-2011, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Vlim

They are Mauser's interpretation of the Swiss 06/29 machine steps...The cut along the receiver rail is the one that went wrong...

There's a list of steps somewhere???

Shoot!!! I wish I'd known that when I started this...

nukem556 · 05-23-2011, 10:57 PM

Yow! you makin' a Borchardt??

G.T. · 05-23-2011, 11:49 PM

Great start, let me know when you're ready for some mag bottoms... Best to you Rich, til...lat'r...GT BTW, did you broach the mag well... ?? inquiring minds want to know!!!

sheepherder · 05-24-2011, 12:22 AM

...Huh???...What???...

Wrong guy...You want Tennbill2...

(Them 6" long end mills are murder)...

G.T. · 05-24-2011, 12:49 AM

Ookee Dokee Rich, thought it was you?? But, anyway, nice job, and I hope you have continued success on your project! Pretty neat, best to you, til...lat'r...GT

G.T. · 05-24-2011, 03:16 AM

You would think with todays alloys and automated casting processes, they could cast a 95% to 98% near net completed P.08 frame.. I really don't see the need for a forged starting blank, unless cheaper?? ...

....Toss up probably, CNC's getting to be old school now... best to all, til...lat'r...GT

nukem556 · 05-24-2011, 04:24 PM

nooo Post...you switched the pic on me! I can swear there was a Borchardt frame there when you first posted!

05-23-2011, 11:49 PM	#3
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,541 Thanks: 1,342 Thanked 3,742 Times in 1,020 Posts	look'en good Bud!!! Great start, let me know when you're ready for some mag bottoms... Best to you Rich, til...lat'r...GT BTW, did you broach the mag well... ?? inquiring minds want to know!!!

05-24-2011, 12:22 AM	#4
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,208 Thanks: 1,425 Thanked 4,474 Times in 2,343 Posts	...Huh???...What???... Wrong guy...You want Tennbill2... (Them 6" long end mills are murder)... __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

05-24-2011, 12:49 AM	#5
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,541 Thanks: 1,342 Thanked 3,742 Times in 1,020 Posts	Ookee Dokee, Ookee Dokee Rich, thought it was you?? But, anyway, nice job, and I hope you have continued success on your project! Pretty neat, best to you, til...lat'r...GT

05-24-2011, 03:16 AM	#6
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,541 Thanks: 1,342 Thanked 3,742 Times in 1,020 Posts	frame forging.. You would think with todays alloys and automated casting processes, they could cast a 95% to 98% near net completed P.08 frame.. I really don't see the need for a forged starting blank, unless cheaper?? .......Toss up probably, CNC's getting to be old school now... best to all, til...lat'r...GT

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05-23-2011, 10:57 PM	#2
nukem556 User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Irmo, SC Posts: 625 Thanks: 35 Thanked 168 Times in 107 Posts	Yow! you makin' a Borchardt??

05-24-2011, 04:24 PM	#7
nukem556 User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Irmo, SC Posts: 625 Thanks: 35 Thanked 168 Times in 107 Posts	nooo Post...you switched the pic on me! I can swear there was a Borchardt frame there when you first posted!