Cnc machine for 80% lowers. (Read 1987 times)

onewaymedia

Cnc machine for 80% lowers.
« on: October 02, 2014, 05:22:39 PM »


Sale ends soon for pre-orders

https://ghostgunner.net/preorder.html

BigBlue

Re: Cnc machine for 80% lowers.
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2014, 01:38:52 AM »
Interesting, but at that price you may as well just spend a bit more and get a full blown small-scale CNC mill. It's not like you need granite-frame accuracy for an AR lower. Plus you can make lots of the other small parts.

I guess I just don't understand the use case for a purpose-built mill that takes 80%s. If you are super paranoid and want lots of guns, then just go the mill + lathe route and build virtually everything yourself. I mean if you think the government will ban all guns, why would 80% lowers be safe? Start with raw billet. :popcorn:.

If you're looking to manufacture, then buying 80%s from someone else is unlikely to leave you much margin.

If you just want to produce 80%'s a bit more easily than a drill press, get something like the Easy Jig (uses a router).

http://www.80percentarms.com/products/80-ar-15-easy-jig

Haven't used one myself (and no stake in it), but based on the video it looks to make the process pretty simple. At $150 for the jig and roughly $70/80% lower that's easily a dozen stripped lowers before the ghost mill is even bought. Free country so buy as many guns as you like, but personally I wouldn't know what to do with a dozen lowers.

onewaymedia

Re: Cnc machine for 80% lowers.
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2014, 09:40:25 PM »
A friend sent me the link.  I figured I'd share it.  Seems like a cool device.

But I said the same thing.  For that price you have to make a bunch of lowers to justify the cost/investment, when there are other ways to build one.
« Last Edit: October 05, 2014, 09:10:54 AM by onewaymedia »

sliver

Re: Cnc machine for 80% lowers.
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2014, 03:20:56 AM »
If you just want to produce 80%'s a bit more easily than a drill press, get something like the Easy Jig (uses a router).

http://www.80percentarms.com/products/80-ar-15-easy-jig


that's pretty cool, cheap, effective, and seems like a monkey could do it.