80% milled complete

funnsun34 · Jul 19, 2015

Well, what a long ordeal. Started 5pm Friday and finished Saturday 7pm.
-10" Skill drill press
-bits
-end mills
-press vice
-clamps
-couple beers

So this was my first one and of course I'm a noob. I just heard of 80% lowers 3 weeks ago from my brother.

Bought the lowers and jig from Daytona Tactical. Wilson Arms complete upper, Anderson trigger and generic Mil-Spec butt from JSE Surplus. I went a cheap since this was my first one.

It will be awhile until I build another. Fingers, hands and forearms are worn out fighting the end mill bits.

As for the jig, I don't think it was the best idea. After the fact I saw youtube Broken Arms. A lot more jig parts but it looks like a better jig, of course at lot more $$

I think I'm going to try 80% G150 P2 Polymer in a 300 BLK config.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/133142702@N04/shares/eP72gQ

https://www.flickr.com/photos/133142702@N04/shares/H3267e

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protegeV · Jul 19, 2015

WheelHead · Jul 19, 2015

What is a good price for an anodized 80% lower?
http://www.shoretactical.com/product_info.php/ar15-lower-receiver-p-423

foodpoison · Jul 19, 2015

protegeV said:

Yeah

funnsun34 · Jul 19, 2015

WheelHead said:
What is a good price for an anodized 80% lower?
http://www.shoretactical.com/product_info.php/ar15-lower-receiver-p-423

Check out http://daytonatactical.com

funnsun34 · Jul 19, 2015

protegeV said:

I would of but this site doesn't have a way to upload. I have some other site to post them and then link them. God, this is 2015, MDShooters needs forum website that is coded at least after 1999.

CSHS · Jul 19, 2015

Good price on lowers: http://www.tacticalmachining.com/80-products/80-ar15-lower-receivers.html

The Broken Armory jig works great

foodpoison · Jul 19, 2015

funnsun34 said:
I would of but this site doesn't have a way to upload. I have some other site to post them and then link them. God, this is 2015, MDShooters needs forum website that is coded at least after 1999.

You can upload pics. I have done it before but it takes me a half hour or so. I am a tech idiot

outrider58 · Jul 19, 2015

funnsun34 said:
I would of but this site doesn't have a way to upload. I have some other site to post them and then link them. God, this is 2015, MDShooters needs forum website that is coded at least after 1999.

foodpoison said:
You can upload pics. I have done it before but it takes me a half hour or so. I am a tech idiot

So am I and I figured it out(took me days!)
First, upload your own picks to your comp. either via email(from an Iphone camera etc) or from a pic card into your photo gallery.
Next, when starting a thread or posting on another's, scroll down to where it says- Manage Attachments- click on that. A screen will pop up and ask you to browse-click on that and your comp. should bring up your photo album, downloads etc- click on the one containing your pic and open it. 'open' the pic you want, then got to back to the management screen- next to where it said 'browse' it will say 'upload'- click that and you're done. Preview your post to double check- your text and pick should be there. It takes me less than a minute.

baltech · Jul 19, 2015

outrider58 said:
So am I and I figured it out(took me days!)
First, upload your own picks to your comp. eithTer via email(from an Iphone camera etc) or from a pic card into your photo gallery.
Next, when starting a thread or posting on another's, scroll down to where it says- Manage Attachments- click on that. A screen will pop up and ask you to browse-click on that and your comp. should bring up your photo album, downloads etc- click on the one containing your pic and open it. 'open' the pic you want, then got to back to the management screen- next to where it said 'browse' it will say 'upload'- click that and you're done. Preview your post to double check- your text and pick should be there. It takes me less than a minute.

This should be a sticky. Always takes me awhile to upload pics. Sometimes I just give up.

WheelHead · Jul 19, 2015

funnsun34 said:
Check out http://daytonatactical.com

Still seems a bit pricey....I can't get a blem for what I purchased mine for.....
I asked and they said they will also have HBAR upper for sub 350 in a few weeks....going to see what that looks like.

funnsun34 · Jul 19, 2015

WheelHead said:
Still seems a bit pricey....I can't get a blem for what I purchased mine for.....
I asked and they said they will also have HBAR upper for sub 350 in a few weeks....going to see what that looks like.

I didn't get the upper from Daytona.

funnsun34 · Jul 19, 2015

Thanks for the picture post info. It still seem a bit archaic .

I'll post again once I build a 80% polymer. I ordered 2 today from http://aresarmor.com/ They were $5 cheaper per lower then the
manufactures web site.

protegeV · Jul 19, 2015

seriously, it's ridiculously easy to upload pics here. Like this one from my phone. Took 5 seconds.

Arcamm · Jul 20, 2015

protegeV said:
seriously, it's ridiculously easy to upload pics here. Like this one from my phone. Took 5 seconds.

Hey that's cool! That's one of those CX-3423 cyper-drones. Looks just like a real fly. The FBI just bought a bunch for spying on known radicals. I thought they were still classified?

Hey, that wasn't in your house, was it?

null · Jul 20, 2015

Does anyone have a scanner I could borrow? I want to upload the polaroids from my latest musket build.

pwoolford · Jul 20, 2015

null said:
Does anyone have a scanner I could borrow? I want to upload the polaroids from my latest musket build.

As long as we can upload them with a 9600 baud modem.

protegeV · Jul 20, 2015

null said:
Does anyone have a scanner I could borrow? I want to upload the polaroids from my latest musket build.

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