Milling
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Topic: Milling
Posted By: knukclez
Subject: Milling
Date Posted: 30 April 2006 at 10:59am
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I'm about to throw some paint onto my gun and wanted to mill my letters off my custom pro before i do so. how would i go about getting them off? dremmel? i kno it problably sounds like a stupid question but ive seen a lot of nice work done on their guns and i would like some good advice thanks @! ------------- Tippmann Custom Pro-E Polished Internals Custom Mill/Paint Job 16" Rifeled SP Barrel A-6 Stock QEV Cyclone Feed System Chroned at 18 Balls a Second |
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Posted By: iceman1186
Date Posted: 30 April 2006 at 1:14pm
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Dremmel would be your best bet. Search around on here, Im sure that there is a few post that would give you more information. ------------- 
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Posted By: GThomas
Date Posted: 30 April 2006 at 1:53pm
| Don't use a dremmel unless you're very good with a dremmel. I would suggest just using a file. It takes a little time but you will get good results. I have seen so many kids mess up their guns because they don't know how to use a dremmel. |
Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 6:01am
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I agree with GThomas. Dremel is a poor choice for work of that kind. Wayyyy too easy to lose control of the tool and gouge a nice big chunk out of your reciever. Start with a large grain hand file, that will take off the majority of the letters in short order, stop short of all the way off. Drop down to a fine grain file to clean it up, just take it slow, remember you cant put metal back if you remove too much. Once you get it smoothed down and approximately round with the file, go at it with some steel wool. Start with a high grade steel wool, and drop down to really fine grain like #000, packs of steel wool are like $1.50 at Ace Hardware so you might as well do it up right. ------------- 
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Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 6:40pm
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Or you could put it on a mill, but that's a little advanced. I'd stick with the file/steel wool suggestion. |
Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 12:56am
Even with a mill you still need to work it by hand. I used my machine to rough off the letters and velocity screw flare, but the curved surfaces mean you cant just do it all on a mill. -------------
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hybrid-sniper wrote:Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 12:59am
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Yeah, that is true. Sigh. |
Posted By: OOshanis
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 1:22pm
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yea...when i first started with my dremmel on my gun i gouged it in a few places... now im trying to level it all out and i really regret not working slower. if you do work with a dremmel be sure to go slow, and be careful ------------- 
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