1917 DWM Artillery Luger Restoration-BAD BAD DOG-YIKES!!

Hawkeye · 12-11-2009, 03:23 AM

Sorry MFC , i just got back on line because of a job i was on.
I called the owner of the machine shop and asked him about the cost on one of the Machines he had . He said that the one he has is to large to be doing a firearm and the guy who did the rifle had it turned all the way down.
His cost his shop $12,000.00 , it was built in Germany by Vorden Industries and it will do any metal you needed to do including Brass, but not Aluminum.
He called it a" Plasma Core Arch Metalizer " and it payed for itself the first week he had it.
Miller is supposed to be building one if they haven't already , and their smaller one is recommended for Guns and small Projects, and its supposed to come in at $1,100.00.
The bad part is that Two pounds of the Powered Metal and Flux mix cost $350.00 , but a pistol like a luger wouldn't need all that much to repair i wouldn't think.
The Machinist also told me he used it on a 1911 that some clown sand blasted with a grit so course it looked like it melted the metal.
The little parts were toast ,but he saved the slide and the receiver ,but he had to use emery cloth on it where the Ser # was . He thought it was illegal to weld over that number and then try to build it into a working fire arm again.
It wasn't perfect but it did look pretty good after that.

12-11-2009, 03:23 AM	#30
Hawkeye User Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Sorry MFC , i just got back on line because of a job i was on. I called the owner of the machine shop and asked him about the cost on one of the Machines he had . He said that the one he has is to large to be doing a firearm and the guy who did the rifle had it turned all the way down. His cost his shop $12,000.00 , it was built in Germany by Vorden Industries and it will do any metal you needed to do including Brass, but not Aluminum. He called it a" Plasma Core Arch Metalizer " and it payed for itself the first week he had it. Miller is supposed to be building one if they haven't already , and their smaller one is recommended for Guns and small Projects, and its supposed to come in at $1,100.00. The bad part is that Two pounds of the Powered Metal and Flux mix cost $350.00 , but a pistol like a luger wouldn't need all that much to repair i wouldn't think. The Machinist also told me he used it on a 1911 that some clown sand blasted with a grit so course it looked like it melted the metal. The little parts were toast ,but he saved the slide and the receiver ,but he had to use emery cloth on it where the Ser # was . He thought it was illegal to weld over that number and then try to build it into a working fire arm again. It wasn't perfect but it did look pretty good after that.