Crazy video of making a pistol slide (India/Asia?)

[ErichKeane]

First, notice the homemade face mill! It looks like they braised some inserts to a shop made tool! Also, the lathe chuck instead of a collet is something!

The mill itself is pretty cool, looks like they have a horizontal/vertical combo, and they have a shaping-attachment (~8:30) for it! That looks like a clever/simple (perhaps shop made?) attachment.

In the end, it is a quite impressive looking slide. I don't really know what pistol it is to, but I was expecting "Hi-Point" level, but some of the finish work is actually making it look like something decent.

 

[pontiac428]

Those poor files... well, now I know how eBay Glock slides are made! Probably the same shop the inernet vendors buy AR parts from, by the look of it!

 

[GunsOfNavarone]

Yeah, I'm impressed, but precision?...probably not. Chip clearing off vices not to mention cutters is about non existent. Indicating for jaw lift? I'm guessing the guys at Sig, Springfield and the likes are a lot more tighter how hey do things. Those guys are pumping it out though! Maybe it Taurus?

 

[higgite]

On the opening screen, notice how the slide progresses from unfinished, to finished to a totally different slide on the pistol. That there’s some magical machining.

Tom

 

[Mike23]

Makes me wonder how the FAT is gonna get all our guns if some of us can just keep on a making them????

 

[Ridetoeat]

I am vise shopping/researching this weekend for my home mill hobby and then I see this guy. Looks like he'd kill for my old Bridgeport vise I am wanting to park on the shelf.