fillin in the holes

[Temo Vryce]

Bondo or Autobody Filler. It's what the stuff was made for.

[MANN]

Just buy a after market rail. RPG or equivalent. After you figure 35.00 for a rt/emag rail, ule milling 35.00, anno 20.00 + numerous shipping charges you can purchase a sexy sleek rail for 100 bucks.

[sslecyk03]

Kcombs and Devilman- I like the idea and it sounds like it would work well, thanks


Mann- I already have a rail that is milled, All I would need is ano, buying another rail for 100 dollars is pretty silly just to avoid screw holes.

[Ando]

Toss some SS spikes in that SOB and let the aggie kids fear you. They also have claws. You can find them on fleabay for next to nothing.

[leloup]

Do the holes go all hte way through? I forget, have to look at mine when I get home. If they go all the way through, could you put in a hex screw from the other side, so all you see is the bottom of the screw?



I kind of like the holes look though....

[OPBN]

The holes do not go all the way through unless you have the rail ULE milled. Personally, I would opt for sending it to Lukes customs and having Luke mill the rail in order to remove the holes. Looks good and lightens the rail.

[sslecyk03]

The holes do not go all the way through unless you have the rail ULE milled. Personally, I would opt for sending it to Lukes customs and having Luke mill the rail in order to remove the holes. Looks good and lightens the rail.

You can't mill the rail to remove the holes, at least not the front ones. The width of the rail would be way too thin at the front.

[OPBN]

Actually, you can:

http://www.lukescustoms.com/page0011.htm

Check RTP1 and 3

[sslecyk03]

Actually, you can:

http://www.lukescustoms.com/page0011.htm

Check RTP1 and 3

I stand corrected. Not the look I'm really going for though. I like the way the rail looks I just want the holes filled.

[XM15]

Welding the holes puts high temps into melting and bonding the metal. This will make the crystal structure of the welds different than the rest of the rail. Its like heat treating only those small areas of the rail. Thats why welds will stick out like a sore thumb when they are anodized even though when its raw it might be almost invisible.

[busby]

Welding the holes puts high temps into melting and bonding the metal. This will make the crystal structure of the welds different than the rest of the rail. Its like heat treating only those small areas of the rail. Thats why welds will stick out like a sore thumb when they are anodized even though when its raw it might be almost invisible.

i second that.i welded a few of them for olinar.bead blasting may make it blend better for anno,allthough i never tried it.i have a tac rail if interested.

[sslecyk03]

Just a little follow up:


Bought some metal filler from the local hardware store and filled the holes in with that. Hardened up real nice. It'll be powder coated so the color difference doesn't bother me.

[ProblemKinder]

my favorite was the crayon mashing idea