Milling: Am I cutting off too much?

[Texas Trigger]

Mkay, so I'm about to send out my E-mag to a certain someone here for some work. I'm having break beam eyes installed and eye covers fashioned (thanks to Chris Nearchos for the eyes and XMag terror for taking the install job ;) ). I'm also gonna have a little bit more milling done, but my question is, I don't want to take off too much...Are all these areas safe to cut on?

First, mill three grooves like these on the valve. One on top, one left, one right side. The right side will be shorter on account of the macro fitting, red indicates the outline of the cut:
<a href="http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1271721/x_valve_lg.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1271721_x_valve_lg.jpg" border="0" alt="Free Image Hosting" /></a>
Sorta like the milling done here:
<a href="http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1271725/Z-man_SFL.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1271725_Z-man_SFL.jpg" border="0" alt="Free Image Hosting" /></a>
Also, wanna cut out this chunk on the frame:
<a href="http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1271723/DSCF0061.JPG.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1271723_DSCF0061.JPG" border="0" alt="Free Image Hosting" /></a>
Mill two gills on either side of my body like this:
<a href="http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1271724/DevilMag2Left2.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1271724_DevilMag2Left2.jpg" border="0" alt="Free Image Hosting" /></a>
My ULE rail wasn't bottomed out:
<a href="http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1271722/DSCF0048.JPG.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1271722_DSCF0048.JPG" border="0" alt="Free Image Hosting" /></a>
I want it to be bottomed out and cleaned up a bit like this:
http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1271728_HPIM0682.jpg (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1271728/HPIM0682.jpg.html)
Mill down the area where the jewels were to get rid of that silly looking depression:
http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1271740_DSCF0054.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1271740/DSCF0054.JPG.html)
Mill the sight rail holes off my rail like this:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y41/vertie_88/Emag_Rail.jpg
Last, mill some depressions into the rear of the frame:
http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1271729_DSCF0066.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1271729/DSCF0066.JPG.html)

So, is all of this doable, or am I being a bit too ambitious with my milling?

[Rudz]

i dont see a problem with the frame, rail or body milling, it has all been done before, as far as the valve milling..well zak is the only one known to have done it, and i guess as long as you dont mill anything that would affect the tolerances to the body im assuming you should be fine

[Texas Trigger]

That's what I figured...Just wanted to check.

[Engus]

the cut inside the trigger guard will probably expose the hole from the twistlok though.

[Texas Trigger]

Hrm. Hadn't thought about that but you are correct. Thanks for pointing that out.

[AGDlover]

...is that my old mag?

*edit* NOPE NOT MY MAG SORRY lol good looking gun!

[Chris Nearchos]

Hrm. Hadn't thought about that but you are correct. Thanks for pointing that out.


actually, as long as you stay flush with the outer surface you will be good to go. Wink wink


also, the only thing when cutting one of them off is the stress from the battery pack. BUT...I did something to my special "x" mag that took care of that problem while taking 1 pound of weight off.

-Chris

[Texas Trigger]

New battery? I plan on getting one of your Li-ion packs soon. What did you do?

[Chris Nearchos]

New battery? I plan on getting one of your Li-ion packs soon. What did you do?

oh, just an idea along the line of this:

http://paulchinetti.com/paintball/Fantasy%20E-mag%202.jpg



btw, this would only work with a Li-ion battery setup.

-Chris