We’re moving along on the CS12-80 project, this time with the Lower Receivers. Setup 1 on the lowers is underway and moving pretty quickly for a change. Here are a few pictures of the proving[…]

At long last, the Upper Receivers for the CS12-80 project are finished.   Here are a few pictures of Combined Setup 4/5:   First two are of the softjaws for setup 5 where I inserted[…]

CS12-80 Production Upper Setup 3 is done.  Has been for about a week and a half actually.   Found a way to combine setups 4 & 5, but I had to buy some tools and[…]

Got setup two done week before last.  The first pic in this gallery is from the final day of that setup. Last week I programmed and built up the setup, and then on Sunday I[…]

That there was quite this much metal to come off in the second setup, but boy howdy was there. Just look at the piles of swarf from just one day:     The last three[…]

Once that first monster setup, which took forever (just over three weeks, by my count) was done, I could move on to the next setup, which wouldn’t take very long at all.   Before I[…]

There it is, the one I was looking for this whole time. The LAST virgin bar to be run through setup #1. That was a long slog.  At nearly an hour a piece, this setup[…]

At 47 minutes for each cycle, it’s amazing how much time is contained in that little pile there. CS12-80 Uppers are progressing, albeit slowly.  This first setup is a damned long one.  The next four[…]

We’re doing 99% of the deburring on these parts inside the VMC, it’s a major process improvement that is working very well so far. While I was taking pictures on Monday I happened to catch[…]

Having finally gotten over the mild case of death I contracted week before last, I’m finally back on CS12-80 production, specifically the upper receivers. My philosophy is to always start with the most difficult parts[…]