Does anyone have any experience with 80% lowers?

[Sharpienads]

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Has anyone finished an 80% lower at home with a drill press or router? How did it turn out?

[Great-Kazoo]

Bump.

Has anyone finished an 80% lower at home with a drill press or router? How did it turn out?

Routers rpm's are too high for cutting metal. Unless you don't care about your hands, eyes, item you're working on. I'm also not a fan of using an end mill in a drill press / jacobs chuck. machine bits like end and ball mills should be secured in a collet.

[funkymonkey1111]

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Has anyone finished an 80% lower at home with a drill press or router? How did it turn out?

did you ever find an answer outside the thread? i'm interested in this as well

[Hound]

I would be also. Myself and a guy down the street have kicking around this idea for awhile.

[Sharpienads]

did you ever find an answer outside the thread? i'm interested in this as well

I would be also. Myself and a guy down the street have kicking around this idea for awhile.

Just a couple videos on youtube. I thought about giving it a try, but I'm not that confident in my skills or my drill press.

[funkymonkey1111]

Just a couple videos on youtube. I thought about giving it a try, but I'm not that confident in my skills or my drill press.

i've thought about taking the plunge on that one from Watkins tool in Denver--it comes with the jig and is $109. if it screws up, it's not the end of the world