Need help with a AK-Builder drilling jig

Beryl · 06-08-2012, 08:55 PM

I got a drilling jig for the Polish shells and I don't know what all the components are for. I know what the large flat plate is, but what about the smaller one? Also, how do you know the shell is properly placed in the jig?

Curtis makes great products, but he really needs to include instructions on how to use some of them.

1911A1 · 06-08-2012, 09:09 PM

check out the pics on his website. Looks like there is a locating screw or pin for the belly of the shell to locate. There are 5 or 6 pics there. I havent got mine yet.

3doghouse · 06-09-2012, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Beryl

I know what the large flat plate is, but what about the smaller one?

It slides in to support the open sides... It keeps the sides from bending in when you apply pressure with the drill. See this pic: http://ak-builder.com/images/detailed/2/IMG_7275.jpg

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Originally Posted by Beryl

Also, how do you know the shell is properly placed in the jig?

In the second pic (http://ak-builder.com/images/detailed/2/IMG_7266.jpg), it shows how to align the blank. "2/8 Insert blank into fixture against stop pin"

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Originally Posted by Beryl

Curtis makes great products, but he really needs to include instructions on how to use some of them.

Not exactly instructions, but look at all of the pics and info on this page: http://ak-builder.com/index.php?disp...oduct_id=30337

Beryl · 06-09-2012, 01:55 PM

Yeah, I looked at all that. I can't figure out how I'm supposed to use the two smaller plates. I guess I'll have to trial-and-error it.

3doghouse · 06-09-2012, 04:04 PM

The smallest plate is a clamp. The allen bolt goes through the bottom of the jig and screws into the plate to clamp the blank in place.

The picture showing how the middle sized plate is used says it all.

lcrask2 · 06-09-2012, 07:17 PM

I used the largest plate to make the jig level when I used the drill press.
The jig work fine for me. Larry in Cookeville

jdoming728 · 06-10-2012, 11:39 PM

Pm me I will tell you how to use it....the larger plate white is a bolck to lay your jig in it's side for drilling in a vice or clamp, the smaller black one is a spacer support so tou don't crush or bend the upper part of thereciever when applying pressure when drilling the small plate is your clamp and reference plate to clamp your reciever to the jig...I have already done a couple of recievers they have come out perfect..

I.Oak47 · 06-11-2012, 03:06 AM

I thought it was lil odd no instructions, but the pictures on the web site show everything. Man the jig is bad ass. I kept thinking why someone didnt make one long time ago for other blanks.

1911A1 · 06-11-2012, 12:29 PM

Curtis has most his instructions on the youtube videos, he has links to a couple on his site, but if you search on youtube there is a lot of demos with his tools. I am sure this was released on the market pretty quick to get it out to us.

06-08-2012, 08:55 PM	#1
Beryl Curio & Relic Bronze Contributor AKaholic #: 413 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: NE Texas Posts: 2,659	Need help with a AK-Builder drilling jig I got a drilling jig for the Polish shells and I don't know what all the components are for. I know what the large flat plate is, but what about the smaller one? Also, how do you know the shell is properly placed in the jig? Curtis makes great products, but he really needs to include instructions on how to use some of them. __________________ For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12

06-09-2012, 01:55 PM	#4
Beryl Curio & Relic Bronze Contributor AKaholic #: 413 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: NE Texas Posts: 2,659	Yeah, I looked at all that. I can't figure out how I'm supposed to use the two smaller plates. I guess I'll have to trial-and-error it. __________________ For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12

06-09-2012, 04:04 PM	#5
3doghouse New Member Bronze Contributor AKaholic #: 3202 Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 10	The smallest plate is a clamp. The allen bolt goes through the bottom of the jig and screws into the plate to clamp the blank in place. The picture showing how the middle sized plate is used says it all. __________________

06-09-2012, 07:17 PM	#6
lcrask2 Member AKaholic #: 2641 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Zip 38506 Posts: 115	Large plate in the jig I used the largest plate to make the jig level when I used the drill press. The jig work fine for me. Larry in Cookeville __________________ Pray for peace but carry plenty of ammo.

06-08-2012, 09:09 PM	#2
1911A1 Member AKaholic #: 157281 Join Date: May 2011 Location: OH Posts: 141	check out the pics on his website. Looks like there is a locating screw or pin for the belly of the shell to locate. There are 5 or 6 pics there. I havent got mine yet.

06-10-2012, 11:39 PM	#7
jdoming728 Senior Member AKaholic #: 157837 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: In the Southwest... Posts: 740	Pm me I will tell you how to use it....the larger plate white is a bolck to lay your jig in it's side for drilling in a vice or clamp, the smaller black one is a spacer support so tou don't crush or bend the upper part of thereciever when applying pressure when drilling the small plate is your clamp and reference plate to clamp your reciever to the jig...I have already done a couple of recievers they have come out perfect..

06-11-2012, 03:06 AM	#8
I.Oak47 Veteran Member Contributor AKaholic #: 158242 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: WI Posts: 1,905	I thought it was lil odd no instructions, but the pictures on the web site show everything. Man the jig is bad ass. I kept thinking why someone didnt make one long time ago for other blanks.

06-11-2012, 12:29 PM	#9
1911A1 Member AKaholic #: 157281 Join Date: May 2011 Location: OH Posts: 141	Curtis has most his instructions on the youtube videos, he has links to a couple on his site, but if you search on youtube there is a lot of demos with his tools. I am sure this was released on the market pretty quick to get it out to us.

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