It came with the rails spot welded in?

Thats's amazing! especially making "1,000's" of firearms with that jig! are you still making these? or did you retire after all those build?

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I've heard the metal in a standard receiver is one millimeter thick. BUT, a few shops use the thicker one and a half millimeter stock. How do you handle "Heat Treatment"? Do you send that out? Or do it in your own shop?

Where can I buy this

Ok so are you offering that for sale ?

One word...Makita

Would this work with a 1.5mm flat for yugo's?

were can I buy one of these

Point of contact? This video is old, I know. Wondering if u guys still doing them?

Oddly, I've tried emailing to see about building a similar jig but haven't received a reply.

Please tell me the thickness of the receiver for the AK 47 are in millimeters.

I am confused. How do you get the small bends near the edges? I have seen some 'flats' that are completely flat, yet your bending starts with those bent over edges already done. How are those bends done, or do some 'flats' some with those already done? Thanks. How much is the brake to do this?

How did you know where to drill the alignment holes in the 2 metal parts that fit inside the jig. Also what is the width of the metal plates that fit inside the jig?

OK I want one

Kick Ass Ray! Black Market Arms sells great stuff on GunBroker and they have a websight.

Nice work. Do you offer that as a service?

Cool. I need one receiver for my Maadi AK 47. Can you build me one?

so.. its a sheet metal brake.. whats different about it? added some holes for aligning the AK receiver perfectly every time without having to measure?.. and what about the top rails?

@Gunther Glory You cannot sell the firearm unless you have a manufacturers license. That is highly illegal. If you can own a firearm you can build a firearm for PERSONAL USE. I'm an FFL dealer, you don't need to tell me anything about the ATF. If your weapon is stolen, the odds of it being recovered is very slim. In my state if its recovered while a felon has it, the weapon is destroyed. Criminals don't care about serial numbers. We had a firearm stolen from our store which was recovered in California. Serial numbers on both barrel and frame were not touched.

If you are going to sell it, yes you need to serialize it. If you build it and plan on keeping it forever you don't. Like I said, get off KZbin, open another tab and go to atf.gov. If someone breaks into your home and steals your guns, their is no way to prove that a gun with no SN was yours. If you're a criminal, of course you wont want a gun which could be traced back to you. Once your 80% becomes 100% is becomes a firearm and all laws and bans apply.

You do not need to stamp a serial number on it... wtf...

Awesome thanks for sharing

Let me use it razorfish

Hey thanks for the detailed video. Lol. Just made my own bending jig. Funny thing it looks just like yours...

I called your shop last month, lady there said you don't make them anymore.

BUT if you build a firearm using an 80% receiver, you must stamp a serial # on the receiver. All of my personal firearms which were built with 80% receivers have a SN for identification if stolen. Check the BATF's website to check the laws regarding selling of an 80% receiver or a firearm built with an 80% receiver.

No you do not need an FFL to sell an 80% receiver bent or not. As long as the receiver is not 100% complete, you can sell them without needed an FFL or special permit/license. It doesn't matter if you are in a blue or red state, read the BATF's ruling on 80% receivers. I live in CT and make 80% AK receivers as well as 80% 10/22 receivers and sell them locally and on the internet with no problems.

I know read his statement. He is asking if he sells them prebent and that would be reselling. I know in Missouri you can make and sell two a year legally don't know about some of the blue states.

You don't need an FFL unless you intend to manufacture for resale. For personal use you do not need an FFL. A buddy of mine makes barrels and he doesn't need an FFL but because he also builds frames and lower receivers (ARs) he needs a 01FFL and the manufacturer FFL licenses.

I doubt it that would be manufacturing a firearm and w/o the proper FFL a felony. But you can bend it for yourself in most sates.

SHIT.. I just ordered the AK builder one.. Damnit.. Oh well nice Jig man, thats a nice piece of engineering there.. and Im a mechanical designer I know all about it. Ok I may sell the one I just ordered and get back with you in a week or so..

Email sent.... Are these still available???

you dont reload combloc ammo. its always cheaper to get the surplus stuff. i just got 1000 each of both 5.45 and 7.62 for ~10c a round. the AK has the advantage of being able to be made in the most simplest forms -- so if there were ever a need for mass production, you'd see them pumped out in every small work shop that has a drill and hyd shop press. the only complicated part about it is the barrel. everything else can be made by home&hobby shops/machinists using basic tools.

I agree. this jig is worth about 30-40$. the only benefit i could see to this one is the bolt rails... but even then, those are supposed to be lined up with the trunnion which can be off at times. i like to match my rails to the trunnion for ultimate reliability.

Ak builder jig is better. Still have to do the rails afterwards but the jig is way nicer than the one you're using. ak builder jig will do any style receiver ad puts a curve in the bottom of the receiver so when you pull the sides in to rivet, the bottom won't tweak out.

Fantastic idea. Nice work.

I went with AR and almost decided to sell off the AKs but can't, too many now rare and thus valuable ones, but I can't see major advantages to getting into AK's, other than a few in the construction process and fewer in the actual design & use...maybe the barrel is easier for caliber conversions (love to see a .44 mag AK), but doubt it: and the combloc ammo could become a problem soon, plus most is berdan primed, harder to reload.

holy crap, and you guys do the heat treating on the flats i see...well i know what im getting with my tax return

DO YOU TAKE PAYPAL?

is there a way i can ship you a rereciver flate and you bind it then send it back to me i will pay all shipping and give you some money for your trubuls what would you charge me to do this

The ak builder flats now come with alignment holes will tgey still not work with them?

That looks like a modified $40 Harbor Freight bending brake.

True crafts man! true fan of your work

Looks awesome. Once I have the jig, what kind of tools do you use to do the rivets?

@Robalose p.s. if you live close feel free to come use my ak builder jig :)

@Robalose correct. And welding in a few gussets along the back of the angel iron channel {thats what the hot spots are from. you can see them when the press is in the "open" position.} If you own a hand drill, a scribe and basic measuring tools you too can make this. A welder would be needed to added the gussets, but everyone has a friend with a mig. These jigs only work with TAPCO flats which are no longer in production. ak builder flats with prebent top rails dont have the alignment holes.

@GreenMeanie101 no pattern needed. take the bar thats included with the 32 dollar HF brake. Scribe a line down the center of the bar. Lay the flat on that line and scribe the locater pin holes. the bolts go through the mag well and trigger hole. he also welds some gussets in the channel of the bender, since it is constructed out of 1/4" angle iron.

@Robalose the bar he uses is the bar that comes with the press. it just so happens to be 1.250 stock. thats why he doesnt have one that works for yugos, the bar needs to be .005 narrower.

Keep in mind this jig ONLY works with tapco flats, which are no longer available for purchase. ak builder flats with prebent rails dont have the center alignment holes that this jig uses to locate the flat.