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December 2nd, 2011, 09:44 PM
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#1 | | Fire Team Leader
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Northern Montana
Posts: 223
| Current options for having the gas system unitized by welding
Who is out there unitizing the gas systems by welding? I want to get my second rifle unitized by welding that passes muster for CMP/NRA service rifle standards. If you have any pictures of the work and comments on quality and durability, it would be much appreciated.
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December 3rd, 2011, 12:41 AM
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#2 | | Lifer
Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Long Island NY
Posts: 7,884
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December 3rd, 2011, 01:30 AM
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#3 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 1,408
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December 3rd, 2011, 07:53 AM
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#4 | | Fire Team Leader
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Northern Montana
Posts: 223
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Gentlemen,
Thanks for the suggestions. I emailed Mike at that same email address earlier this week. I have not heard back from him. Is he slow to return emails?
I will try Huey Gunner, when I looked at his post under the for sale section, he wrote he does the screw and glue method. I will ask him if he does weld them now too.
Thanks,
JW
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December 3rd, 2011, 08:34 AM
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#5 | | Lifer
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: So. Cal
Posts: 4,810
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Mike has had a lot going on, but is usually good about getting back to people.
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December 3rd, 2011, 10:00 AM
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#6 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 1,408
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JW,
I have a welded gas system. I can send it to you to try. If it works for you I'll trade you. This was done by Mike back when I was doing projects in AZ.
Forgot, even trade, you pay postage priority mail.
Nez
Last edited by Bamban; December 3rd, 2011 at 11:18 AM.
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December 3rd, 2011, 11:12 AM
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#7 | | Lifer
Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Northern Ca
Posts: 2,488
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CePilot is having some issues that will keep him from welding for some time. I received a welded unit a couple of months ago from him and he advised he would be down for up to 6 months. Great work and I am hoping he recovers soon.
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December 3rd, 2011, 11:43 AM
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#8 | | Lifer
Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Long Island NY
Posts: 7,884
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Pretty sure he is back up and welding. Just conversed with him last week about doing some welding for me. He may very well be pacing himself. Try emailing him again, he may have read it and got distracted and never replied. He is pretty good and replying. Sure do miss him being on the forum. I'll try and dig up a couple of pics of his work that I took a couple of years ago
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December 4th, 2011, 08:02 AM
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#9 | | Banned Camp
Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: dark side of the moon
Posts: 199
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Originally Posted by 82nd ABN  Pretty sure he is back up and welding. Just conversed with him last week about doing some welding for me. He may very well be pacing himself. Try emailing him again, he may have read it and got distracted and never replied. He is pretty good and replying. Sure do miss him being on the forum. I'll try and dig up a couple of pics of his work that I took a couple of years ago | he is on the forum. i saw his post the other day. he has 2 post here now. thanks to hawk. wth. it is now cepilot instead of Cepilot i think. he is a good guy that got the crap end of the stick around here, like many others did.
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December 4th, 2011, 08:45 PM
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#10 | | Lifer
Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Long Island NY
Posts: 7,884
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I am glad he is back!!!!!
Here is a pic of a mike harlow welded GC
He does internal welds and or external welds or both. This is an example of internal welds. If you can imagine in your minds eye, two holes drilled at 10 and 2 o'clock on the front band from the hole the the gs goes through. He basically fills this in and then cleans up the welds and refinishes the entire unit. You can hardly make out the welds. I did not have him turn up the tabs on this one, however the subsequent units I did have them turned. 
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December 5th, 2011, 06:29 AM
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#11 | | Master Gunner
Join Date: May 2010 Location: Utah
Posts: 858
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I second CePilot. He is one of the best. A really great guy too, but I think I promised not to repeat that about him.
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December 31st, 2011, 12:32 AM
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#12 | | Snappin In
Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: CA
Posts: 34
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Has anybody had any luck getting ahold of cepilot? I've tried both email and PM but to no avail. I'm interested in getting my gas system welded by him.
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December 31st, 2011, 09:26 AM
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#13 | | Fire Team Leader
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Northern Montana
Posts: 223
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H1,
I never heard from him either - after emailing him.
JW
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February 5th, 2012, 06:27 PM
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#14 | | Platoon Commander
Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 420
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Given a choice, which is best? Welded, Screwed and Glued, or Brazed? What are the advantages of each method?
- Ivan.
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February 5th, 2012, 06:35 PM
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#15 | | Squad Leader
Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Memphis, TN
Posts: 244
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BamBam
I would like to trade gas cyl with you if M14 Xman does not want to trade.
KG
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