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CNC milled aluminium parts? (forum.guncadindex.com)

Has anyone ever tried making a kind of hybrid design using both 3d printed and cnc milled aluminium parts? I'm about to build a aluminium-capable cnc, so if anyone has any Ideas for me to try, I'd be very happy!

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I also just bought an aluminum/ mild steel capable cnc, plan is to use it for cutting flat parts out of steel to eliminate using scs and mill other general stuff out of aluminum until more people get into both and start more hybrid builds. my biggest goal is to spend around a year really dialing in the cam side of things and multi op parts for more complex objects such as slides and uppers/ lowers. titans of cnc have a ton of great content on cnc’s however theyre all production size. lately ive been watching a lot from JBWorxStudio, he has a ton of great content on desktop cnc’s

[-] andi@forum.guncadindex.com 2 points 1 week ago

Mild Steel sounds really interesting, there is this one design from Prof Parabellum, a semi-auto pistol chambered in .380 made from sheet metal, might be a good starting point

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