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All Springer/NP/PCP Air Gun Discussion General => Machine Shop Talk & AG Parts Machining => Show us your Custom Airgun Parts (TRICKS-N-TIPS) => Topic started by: Motorhead on March 11, 2025, 08:48:41 PM
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Seeing Donny FL sells one for $60 + postage :-\ figured that $$ was better spent on event entry or pellets etc, being I'm retired and fun projects keep the O'ld mind working.
Dug out a piece of 6061-T6 aluminum solid rectangle in .500" x .625" and got after it. The foot that slides in IS-NOT a taper / dovetail but a flat side shape with a small amount of flair / wedge at the bottom. How friggen odd !!
No matter as duplicating this profile just took a ball end mill set to be just shy of flat facing leaving a small bit of roll out / wedge on each side. Bit of fiddling to get the profile correct we get a firm slide in fit to the SKOUT skeleton butt pad.
* Where the Donny is a slip fit using 2 grub screws ( The FX design in general is majorly lame IMO ) I opted to make fit a snug Tap it together fit thats not coming apart or going to wiggle ;D
From there the aluminum gets torch heated up and wailed on by a big sledge while held in a vise making a Banana'ish profile. Some milling cuts to even up the sweep and belt sander profiling it starts to look like a bag rider.
Drill some lightening & bling holes down its length it takes on a less Ghetto look :o Some sanding and scotch bright pad buff and we have it done.
Total time invested less than 2 hours and was kinda fun to fabricate and certainly happy with the result.