If some of you guys are on weaponsguild, you know the story behind many of the people who got ripped off. Cliffs: Dude promises authentic 80%ers, delivers nothing, I buy the mistakes so he can afford to remake the promised ones, he delivers a bunch of screwups, and nobody hears from him again.
I've been hanging onto these screwups to build myself toys as time/money allows. Most of them won't hold a trigger-guard they're so far out of spec. I pulled out one of the better looking ones, and milled it out. Not bad, machined like 7075-T6, just like every other one I've ever done.
It's mid 90s here today, and below 60% humidity for once, so I threw some Alumahyde II on it. The markings are EXTREMELY shallow, but meh. Not bad for what I paid.
Two images, slightly different DOF on each so you can see how bad the engraving is. I'm half tempted to lay a bead down on it to make it look like a reweld.
How am I doing so far on this clone build thing?