I've been uber nerding it up lately

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Very cool! I'm still waiting on prices/tech to drop so I can get one of my mouthpieces CNC'ed in SST. But SST is so hard to work with it's cost prohibitive and is super hard on the tooling... one day though. Acoustical properties for a mpc would be great in SST.

Very cool! I would like to have a similar setup for Plasma cutting sheet metal..

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Originally Posted by BigBear

Very cool! I'm still waiting on prices/tech to drop so I can get one of my mouthpieces CNC'ed in SST. But SST is so hard to work with it's cost prohibitive and is super hard on the tooling... one day though. Acoustical properties for a mpc would be great in SST.

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Do you mean Ti? Stainless is relatively easy to work, any machinist worth their salt would be able to whip one out for you in short order I would think.. You will need some special tooling because of the shape but most larger shops will have some of that stuff laying around.

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Originally Posted by Colorado_Outback

Do you mean Ti? Stainless is relatively easy to work, any machinist worth their salt would be able to whip one out for you in short order I would think.. You will need some special tooling because of the shape but most larger shops will have some of that stuff laying around.

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No sir, SST= Surgical Stainless Steel. Everyone I've talked to said it's hard on the tooling... or they are just too lazy to actually do it, lol. Got any names of shops I can talk to?

Thanks

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No sir, SST= Surgical Stainless Steel. Everyone I've talked to said it's hard on the tooling... or they are just too lazy to actually do it, lol. Got any names of shops I can talk to?

Thanks

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Hmm, I'm not familiar with Surgical Stainless Steel. Do you know what alloy SST normally is? 4140, 4130, 416, 316L, 420, etc.. Once you know the alloy the hardness of the material is easy to figure out.
CNC tooling has come a long way since High Speed Steel was the standard.
Shoot skullybones a PM, he is a machinist. Not sure what his work load looks like but at the very least he will be able to give you some good advice and set you in the right direction.

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Originally Posted by Danimal

There is a guy on one of the other forums that made one, and they made a lazer cutter that works great. They make the stainless steel v-wheels and stainless v channel to run a stouter setup that would plasma cut anything. Mostly the ventilation requirements and catching the slag have stopped me from going down that road for now.

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Very cool. my man cave is in my garage so those wouldn't be issues for me.
Ill shoot you a PM after work, I would like to read more about that.

Think you could finish 80% receivers with that setup?

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Originally Posted by Colorado_Outback

Hmm, I'm not familiar with Surgical Stainless Steel. Do you know what alloy SST normally is? 4140, 4130, 416, 316L, 420, etc.. Once you know the alloy the hardness of the material is easy to figure out.
CNC tooling has come a long way since High Speed Steel was the standard.
Shoot skullybones a PM, he is a machinist. Not sure what his work load looks like but at the very least he will be able to give you some good advice and set you in the right direction.

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I have no clue... Will do at some point. Thanks