CNC Engraving AR-15 Lower Receiver! Widget49

[@ToddSandercock]

Hi John, when selecting the Z axis in the job setup you just click any face or plane perpendicular to what you want Z to be instead of making an axis or just click any edge that parallel to what you want the Z direction to be, doesn't matter if it is through the origin or not. Also any line endpoint is counted as a point so there is no need to manually put in a point, Todd

[@hexgadgets6373]

Looks amazing! This can apply to any engraving operation which is very helpful to lots of people! Thanks for the content John!

[@MrRfries]

Love it! Please keep the Fusion 360 video's comming! I think most of us can't afford Solidworks. I'm really loving Fusion

[@SpectreCustom]

This was exactly the kind of video I was hoping you'd do eventually. Great job. Very informative. Any chance you plan on making an AR lower from a flat at some point? Maybe some custom design? Would be cool to see some thread milling on the buffer tube. Also any chance you will make a video on cerakoting? There are quite a few already on KZbin but I enjoy the style of your videos and find I get more out of them than I do other channels.

[@mstingray]

NYC CNC at this point, a 9mm AR that will accept glock mags if you plan to video an AR from scratch :P L lenses are pricey but hold their value.

[@SpectreCustom]

NYC CNC I hadn't seen that up until now. Look like a nice lower at a good price. I wonder if the angle and narrow width of the magwell would require some creative fixture to hold it at the correct angle for a long endmill.

[@Espressoforge]

Any chance that Fusion can do some kind of incrementing on that serial number where you give it a starting number and it counts up for each time the program is run? Or series if you are engraving multiple at once?

[@PatriarchaClavaPenguinInsula]

Might be a bit late here. If you want a number to increment every time you run a program, you would need something in the gcode that does that and I don't think it's possible. Some higher end machines may have that but actually idk. You could use the ParametricText add-in and link a text to the version number. You would just have to save the design to increment the version number and re-post the gcode.

[@michaelschuler7397]

Glad to see you moved to a free state . As always repeal the safe act .

[@roofrat68]

I got an ar15. What are the setting for it..and what are the settings for the dust cover..your help will be gratefully be appreciated.

[@b3nsb3nz]

I still prefer a carbide center drill #00 for engraving. Sounds strange but they work great and give you a much thinner line that in my opinion looks much better especially on small text. As for setting the depth, instead of setting a negative stock to leave, you can just set a negative axial offset.

[@wetdog13811]

I made the STI 2011 and the AR15 that I have from the models on CNC gunsmith's site. Justin, the guy who runs the site is very helpful and knowledgeable, nice guy. awesome stuff next project is the 1911 slide, then the AR10. It was because of those models that I learned Solid Works then CAM for MY DIY MILL back in 2010, today I built the CNC equipment my brother uses for his Fabrication shop, he turns metal in to high mechanical art, check him out if you want New Development Fabrication.

[@Fsttoyz]

can you have same serial number on a ar-15 and a ar-10 at the same time

[@reshadrei1788]

sir can you share the detail of bit you been using on this topic, is it carbide and what size? thanks

[@itsabuscus1619]

Professional, informative, concise. Thankyou.

[@neilcunningham5542]

Would love to understand how you got your X axis also if you can explain why you did what you did on the Z axis. I need to engrave some Lowers and would love to learn this.

[@petejones9562]

What tool are you using for the engraving?

[@robingibson7503]

Can I do this on a Ghost Gunner CNC machine?

[@hey.hombre]

I have Aero Precision M16A4 special edition lower receiver. I really like the markings except for that stupid A they put on the right side of the mag well. Is there any way to fill that in or blend it in with another engraving?

[@VolcanicRepeatingArms10]

Have you ever engraved an aluminum receiver that has been Cerakote?

[@sleddarcheddar]

I do a buttload of inches worth of engraving with a 2Linc spring loaded engraving tool. Don't know if you've tried one but I suggest looking into it. I found it and got one for our shop when we ran into material thickness variances on a job that had engraving (material variation was around .003 but that was enough to cause issues in the appearance when using a ball end mill. Honestly love the spring loaded engraving tool though because we rapid into the part z-.040 and just go. Sounds strange, but that's what it wants. Makes beautiful lines and doesn't cause any burrs if setup properly. You mentioned that RPM is a factor, with aluminum I'm running 3000rpm at 20ipm on ours. That's conservative, I could run it at 8k rpm at the equivalent ipm but I don't as we pass over holes and other stuff and tool life can suffer.

[@sleddarcheddar]

NYC CNC Want to sell it?

[@k5at]

Very Nice John. I especially like your camera set up.

[@OG1]

Did you ever learn to scale it in F360?

[@postiemania]

How do you cerakote?

[@jfpinkston1]

Good vid, as usual. Nice lower! Can't wait for that video...

[@joe-blow1613]

how abough make sure we can see whole screen from now on, we cant see all your window when your selecting tools an points

[@BigJ042]

Looking to get into laser engraving ar15's and 1911's and even glock frame stippling and wanted to know what beginners laser engraver do you recommend and also the depth that ATF requires for SBR's. Saw a couple of the Chinese laser engravers and models that you can recommend and the wattage needed

[@Hogtopia]

Love to see how you did the white for the engraving on the black color background. Both colors are cerakote?

[@Hogtopia]

NYC CNC Nice, when I first saw it, it appeared to be white. BTW, looks really good with your logo. Are you selling 80%'rs

[@Hogtopia]

NYC CNC Agree, the only real differentiator would be artistic decoration / customization or maybe branding. Hard to compete at GPs of single digits. Back to the topic at hand, loved your overall teaching points. Well done.

[@maikfraest9789]

Hi, Does anybody know if there is a faster way to select all the curves ? Thanks

[@jimkunzweiler6120]

Nice job...always enjoy your videos. If you do much engraving you may want to try what they call a single lip cutter. I've had great success with mine. As the basic geometry is conical shaped, the depth of cut determines the width.

[@17valleyforge76]

For engraving what files do you need? 3dm or CAD

[@Squat5000]

Did you get the recent newsletter showing the speed spindles for the Tormach? Looks like they are now offering a drop in solution for these jobs. High RPM. 30K I think. Clean engraving there.

[@eadccomponents8897]

NYC CNC Hmmm, anything over 12k rpm probably isn't worth it, then your looking at super expensive cutters and outside the realm of HSS. Even my carbides fracture of 20K unless your using nanograin horrifically expensive ones. I use M2AL cutters up to 18000 at absolute max in alloy, which we all know is too fast but whatever they are about 4 bucks each for a 10mm one and they are damn good. Also I think he'll loose he's ability to rigid tap with that attachment. Maybe a motor change out to a 12k high torque spindle which would allow decent HSM feedrates AND rigid tapping too, 5600 is just toooo slow, but 30K is just way way to fast.

[@Squat5000]

high-speed spindle kit (PN 35178) 24K RPM. Tormach did a video where they profiled steel with it. Eadc Components​​ You are absolutely right about the cutter costs. The high speed micro gain carbide. .. holy cow they are expensive!

[@partisanguerrilla3167]

Great camera action view!

[@VIPK9]

would you sell this as a 80% lower?

[@mastert217]

Thanks for another great video.

[@jasonedwards9353]

Great video are you making the lower receivers now

[@jongiddingsuk]

Once again, good video. What ever happened to your arduino engraving machine that you were working on?

[@OuijaSTi]

I need to figure out how I'm going to do this for myself. I have a FFL and pay a Class II SOT, but my machines are all manual, so I have to send receivers out for engraving. I'm probably going to have to buy a desktop milling machine and do a CNC conversion on it but I could probably convert my Bridgeport clone for that kind of money. I know that I could build a pantograph attachment for my milling machine, but with that I would still be bound by the letter/number master plates I can purchase, and that would mean I couldn't engrave many of the reproduction fire control markings on Kalashnikovs and other foreign small arms. A CNC laser engraver would be awesome, but I doubt I could afford a nice one, and the Chinese models that I've seen are still expensive and of completely unknown quality. Powerful lasers are not something I really want to gamble with. I've also seen some importers use dot peening marking machines (not sure what they're called) to label older mil-surps with the importer's name. Those look pretty ugly and wouldn't really meet my needs though. Lastly, I have seen some pretty successful electro-chemical etching setups for recreating fire control markings on AK receivers, and the results looked pretty good. That process would be time consuming and require a lot of trial and error, but it would allow for a lot of versatility, so that might be a decent way to get started. When it comes to dealing with firearms nothing is ever easy.

[@gunslingerjbk]

Awesome vid man, how would i get in touch with you as far as if i wanted some engraving work done on a lower? or if i wanted some custom work done? Thanks in advance and keep up the great work!

[@johnsaunders4227]

gunslingerjbk john at NYCCNC dot COM

[@stephenross4333]

100% brand new to CNC because of as you said, DIY engraving on a AR, and I am having an impossible time trying to duplicate this. I downloaded from CNC Guns, but this would be so much easier if I could set the X & Y where I wanted them, rather than having the X=0 and Y=0 in the top middle of the face. Have you found a simpler way to do this? It's been killing me for WEEKS, and I'm about ready to give up. California laws suck !

[@frednewman2162]

John, have to ask! How much of your day is spent figuring this shit out! Most of your site is devoted to coming up with these little tricks or hints as to how to use these programs! So, how much of your time is spent doing this over actually machining or running your business? Don't get me wrong, we all love that you do this for everyone!! Just don't understand (knowing how many countless hours can be spent trying to figure out programming), how you account for this in your business?

[@MIGuy]

An inverse? - show us raised letters in ht steel for stamping or in aluminum for burning into wood using a feehand initial set.-- "NYC CNC" Enjoying the vids.

[@ptggunsmithing4275]

I'm looking for a 3D model of the AR-15 lower receiver that can be opened in Fusion 360... any help is appreciated!

[@P_double_H]

Fosscad, Freemendontask, Ivan the troll... google is your best friend!

[@sdrKEL]

Feed rate?

[@gigabytex64]

When can we expect the next episode of your Arduino project. I am really waiting on baited breath.

[@gigabytex64]

NYC CNC Thee one you tested with the pen thas only x and y axis you are wanting to do the z axis. Setting up the software you did in ep 1

[@gigabytex64]

Are you planning to do more with the series

[@underourrock]

John, care to do a video on engraving an AR15 lower that has a mag well that is NOT flat? (and/or the receiver is slightly canted in the vise?) I think you can take the technique that you used in the barrel engraving video that you made and apply it to engraving a semi-flat surface that A> isn't completely flat and B> might not be level in the vise. Would love to see how you approach this in Fusion 360 and I think it would be an excellent technique that really could be applied to anything that you can't perfectly align in the vise.... Model the surface as it sits in the vise and apply the engraving to that surface and run the program. I hope this request is clear?

[@underourrock]

+NYC CNC yeah, after the comment I realized I might need a bit more room to hopefully make the idea more clear. Sorry for the double post in that regard.

[@AlexEscalanteING]

Your videos are great! but i always have to turn down and up the volume, if you could work with, would be awesome! otherwise, excellent content!

[@brandonlathrop5748]

How is this accomplished with only one pass per letter rather than two?

[@eadccomponents8897]

Import the same model of the receiver without the text written in it. Have both models open in cad/cam, then when in Cam mode, simply use the one without the engraving as stock, and hide it while your doing your toolpaths. Then you can engrave and see what it will look like :)

[@eadccomponents8897]

NYC CNC Love your vids bro keep em up

[@Reach41]

Watching this video in California is a thought crime.

[@yanley4299]

hey NYCCNC or anyone on the internet. I am currently a high schooler looking to pursue an engineering degree in college. I have taken quite an interest in the CAD/CAM modeling/ design and fabrication like this. I wanted to know what title this type of engineering would be, because I never know how to answer.

[@austinconnell1967]

Yanley Hello, The degree that would put you in a position to be doing things like this would be Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technologies. The difference between the two put simply is that ME is more difficult and is more about theory and design. Working on the computer design objects in CAD and doing strength testing and things like that and wont usually be the one actually building the object. While MET is more hands on, you will still learn to do design in CAD but not to the same extent. You will learn how to fix and work on machines and potentially be the one to be building the pieces. MET would be a good degree as an entry point to get into he fabrication world. So you will have to stop ask yourself what part of this you like the most and would like to do. Would you like to be the one who designs the Lowe receiver of the AR or the one who takes the design and runs the machines to turn a block of metal into a functional lower receiver. I am currently in school to become an ME. There are other paths you can take if you want to be the one fabricating things like this. There are schools that are for people who want to run a cnc machine that you could look at too. I would suggest you check out the r/CNC on Reddit.com, because that will have all of the information you could want about getting into the field. You should think about maybe saving up your money to purchase a mill or lathe of your own to get you started on learning, because if you do opt to become an engineer, you won't start to learn engineering skills and thing until your last semester of your second year. If you don't want to wait till then you can buy or build a nice entry level cnc mill that can cut aluminum, woods,plastics for around $2000. I hope this was helpful.

[@yanley4299]

Austin Connell Austin this was actually very helpful! thank you so much for the help and now i know what to look for

[@purrup1]

Hey dude, I'm a high schooler too(senior) going into mechanical or electrical engineering. This is technician work which you don't need to be an engineer for. However, I'd say go into engineering because it gives you much more flexibility and in depth knowledge. The engineer designs the piece with science, math, and CAD, the technician/machinist is who actually makes it into a real thing. I also built a CNC router for about 1500 dollars that can cut aluminum and other metals, as well as softer stuff. It's really useful, but I'm not an engineer yet but I still know how to model and machine, so you don't really need a prototyping degree which is why I say do mechanical engineering instead of becoming a technician. PM me on reddit or something, my handle is wankelgnome and I can give you more advice/help you out.

[@yanley4299]

Hynkel Hey! its cool to see someone else interested. I'm also a senior this year and i have decided on going into mechanical engineering and I'm super excited to start it. In my school I'm in some classes where i get to work with solidworks and CNC & 3d printing and its so entertaining to me. That impressive that you built your own router! what programs do you use to design?

[@purrup1]

Yanley Man you guys are lucky you have classes for CNC and 3d printing and solidworks and shit, in the middle of silicon valley here it's all code code code code. I use autodesk inventor personally but you could use solidworks to do it too. That's it. I designed the router in inventor and then built it, I used a drill press w/ cobalt bits to drill holes in steel/aluminum plates pretty heavily, other than that you don't need any tools except hex keys, screwdrivers, typical stuff.

[@jonsmith3157]

but not so many videos about Arduino,

[@neilcunningham5542]

Hey I love your channel. I am wanting to form 1 a suppressor. Can you do a vid in how to do that without a 4th axis.

[@andrewyork3869]

Lathe?

[@Fireisfun90]

A Glock logo on an ar15 lower? I sure hope it doesn't explode!

[@2ttsi]

I like the music :)

[@teamstersmusicunion]

I'm sitting here foaming at the mouth with a hard on thinking I'm going to see the AR with a Glock logo and you stood me up!!! WTF bro.....anyways awesome video but you fucked me over on the logo man

[@ianpatton8903]

Why would you want a glock logo on an AR

[@DStrayCat69]

Geeeez... Now I want an AR-15... lol I'm in Canada so I can't have one... lol

[@darrensaltiel440]

Ummm ...should we tell him guys

[@darrensaltiel440]

Ummm.... should we tell him guys ?

[@jonsmith3157]

i like your channel)) so intreresting)

[@gptech2444]

Hey John, Here's a link to using the scale command under the modify tab and also when you select your Z axis you can click on the face where the engraving is instead of creating the axis for the Z plane. HTH, Grant. screencast.autodesk.com/Main/Details/f7b6c5b0-e818-4035-b534-21f3015a69dd

[@eddrm4685]

Awesome video!!! I've heard Autodesk is working on a single line engraving method which I think will contour the letter once eliminating the cusp in the middle and making the toolpath much shorter.It may already be in HSM I think it's called V carve. The stitching video will be very helpful. On a side note what did you think of the changes to the tool library/manager.I was not impressed. Thanks, Ed

[@KendallClarkinDC]

Putting Arial font on a gun is a cry for help. ;(

[@jonsmith3157]

though your channel is not on this specialized )))

[@joe-blow1613]

sounds like phone is causing interference with mic

[@jroddds]

I am surprised you didn't scotchbrite that receiver...? Lol

[@joe-blow1613]

audio is driving me nuts

[@ChrisMuncy]

John! Too much big head! :p

[@ChrisMuncy]

NYC CNC The last video bits where its showing you and not the screen, you need to back away from the camera a bit :-)

[@FlyTour69]

Rebel Flag. I want a Rebel flag.

[@asisomostijuana5172]

can you use this program to engrave on a ghost gunner

[@asisomostijuana5172]

???