Well first you need a drill press, or a router. Many like the router because it is quick and it usually ends up looking good.
Drill press is where you feel the material and get to know what it is you are doing.
You also need to find a jig. I suggest a multi platform like AR10,15, and 9. Gonna be hard to find now because of boomers, but you can.
Always buy billet lowers too. They are just a better material to mill. Spend the money and get carbide steel bits and end mill.
Watch videos and read before you make the first cut. Also have a shop vac ready as the chips are a bitch. Wear long pants and work boots with the pants outside the boot and long sleeve shirt.
Don't you use oil either unless you brush it on the bit...never into the cut as it makes a mess and chips make into a ball.
Use air to evacuate the cuts of chips often or vaccum it out.
I have a Cisco 2600 router with the DSU/CSU card for a T1 line.
P.S: Awesome tips. That oil bit is a particularly excellent point as I would have automatically assumed oil is better and made a big horrible mess!
I just passed up an opportunity to get a bitchin big old drill press, damn me anyway. I just don't have room for it in the garage with all of Ma's junk junking up the place... I should have just gotten it and evicted some of her damned junk!
When you find a jig they come with a compatibility chart, and there are a few different ones.
Honestly I would if I was you begin with a router jig just because it is quick and clean.
https://moriartiarmaments.com/ good uppers here and decent prices.
https://sandersarmoryusa.com/ really good shit here too.
I used these two exclusively now. Likely you can find shit other places, but these two are attentive to the customer more than many others I have found.
Superb! Thanks!!
I have to build that basement workbench for this stuff I've been putting off building!
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