milling a dovetail into something

[GoatBoy]

How hard is it to mill a rail into, say, an old drop?

I have an old AA Raptor Rex cradle/drop which I would like to cut down; I want to cut the drop portion of it off. There's enough metal on it to put a dovetail on it so I can use it with a normal rail drop, but how hard is that? Is there anybody that can do stuff like that?


It kind of looks like this:

http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/yhst-54497155644717_2014_18493888

[MoeMag]

Mcmaster.com

2984A16
Dovetail Cutter HSS, 45 Degree Angle, 1/2" Cutter Diameter
In stock at $41.92 Each

Get one of them... (that is if it is 1/2", thats a guess)

And then find someone with a mill.

Honestly your best bet is to just buy a new one, unless its something really special.

EDIT:
2984A21
Dovetail Cutter HSS, 60 Degree Angle, 1/2" Cutter Diameter
In stock at $41.92 Each

[Sajjad]

I think you'll find it's a 60º cutter needed to cut the dovetail.

[luke]

I can do it for a small fee (if the part is wide enough), pm me if your interested.

[GoatBoy]

This is for an old AA Raptor Rex cradle... so I don't think new ones even exist.

Looking closer at the dovetail, I think that the dovetail angle might actually be 60 degrees. On the bright side, it looks like milling one of these is easier than I thought.


http://lh6.ggpht.com/goatzilla/SJz_Kbb04PI/AAAAAAAACB4/EVgspuak9ys/s800/IMGP1700.JPG


http://lh6.ggpht.com/goatzilla/SJz_K4di9JI/AAAAAAAACCA/C_MgfSLRKpk/s800/IMGP1701.JPG

[luke]

GB, your package went out this morning.. :cheers:

[GoatBoy]

Hoorj! Thanks Luke.