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fluted my own bolt...finally.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gene Poole</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What tooling did you use?</div></div>

dremel...
 
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I used a high precision dremel called a Haas vertical mill with a 4th axis attachment and a ball endmill.If you look at my profile you will figure it out. Regards, Paul.
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wow! seriously? That's awesome. How did you keep the lines so consistent? Did you mount the dremel to something?
 
Re: fluted my own bolt...finally.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: PPR</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Google "Haas TM1" and that is the machine I used. Paul.
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I don't think 'dremel' and 'haas' should be used in the same sentence.
 
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That turned out very very nice! impressive!

Paulus
 
Re: fluted my own bolt...finally.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: PPR</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I used a high precision dremel called a Haas vertical mill with a 4th axis attachment and a ball endmill.If you look at my profile you will figure it out. Regards, Paul.
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I had hope that i might be able to do something like this, then Google smashed my dreams to pieces!
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Good work by the way!
 
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ppr, please pm me with information regarding this. I looked all over in gunsmithing then range reports to find this before it I realised it wasnt there. I feel like a dummy! But seriously...pm me