sagebrush Posted December 22, 2019 Report Share Posted December 22, 2019 9 hours ago, gnumadic said: Thanks, I ordered an Aero Precision M5 LPK minus FCG/Grip (Primary Arms had them on sale). LOL...not a problem! It was quite entertaining. thats the way i order also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtDog0311 Posted December 26, 2019 Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 gnumadic, hope you post pics. If I had a restart I'd consider the M5/Atlas combo over my first choice. I am curious about the gas block/tube clearance under the smaller Atlas. Any issues there or are we good-to-go. Still tempted to change my mind. Would just be the cost of the upper and hand guard till I turned them over on GB or EBay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnumadic Posted December 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, SgtDog0311 said: gnumadic, hope you post pics. If I had a restart I'd consider the M5/Atlas combo over my first choice. I am curious about the gas block/tube clearance under the smaller Atlas. Any issues there or are we good-to-go. Still tempted to change my mind. Would just be the cost of the upper and hand guard till I turned them over on GB or EBay. I will definitely post pics! Barrel is supposed to come tomorrow, but I probably need to wait several weeks before ordering the rest of the parts...or at least before I begin the actual build process. There are a few honey-do projects that must be completed first. That's my first problem. And the second problem is I'm running out of gun storage! I have the original M4 size of the Atlas S-One on my 6.5 Grendel build. I love the slim feel, but there is not much clearance for a 0.750 gas block. I wish Aero Precision had added just a little more room. It has an SLR GB7 (non-adjustable, set screw) gas block on it and it's tight. It would be hard to fit a clamp-on style or adjustable gas-block in there. However, with the AR308 being a bigger platform the M5 Atlas R-One (and I'm assuming the S-One) looks to have about an additional 0.25" of width over the AR15 version. Vertical space is good, too. I think most gas blocks would be GTG. On a side note, I really like the attachment system on the Atlas series. It's very easy to remove the handguard for cleaning/maintenance. Edited December 26, 2019 by gnumadic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtDog0311 Posted December 26, 2019 Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 Thanks a bunch for that reply gnumadic, that's exactly the info I was looking for. Appreciate it! The GB I have now is a clamp on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnumadic Posted June 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 This is an older thread but as the OP I wanted to provide an update since I finally have all parts needed for the build. I placed the bulk of the remaining parts orders at the end of April, but due to COVID delays it took almost 4 weeks for some of them to arrive. I'll post another update and range report when the build is complete. Unfortunately, with all of the house projects that were going on my workbench area has become a little cluttered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 Working on a baseboard heater there? Nice, man. I love people that fix their own stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsquared Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 13 hours ago, gnumadic said: 13 hours ago, 98Z5V said: Working on a baseboard heater there? Nice, man. I love people that fix their own stuff. Only one dial, and two rocker switches? I could work up some fancier controls for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNP Posted June 7, 2020 Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 On 6/5/2020 at 8:10 PM, 98Z5V said: Working on a baseboard heater there? Nice, man. I love people that fix their own stuff. Working on it? I think he’s trying to keep the temp up in the dungeon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted June 7, 2020 Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 16 minutes ago, DNP said: Working on it? I think he’s trying to keep the temp up in the dungeon. That's not a dungeon - that's a man-paradise. It's a get-away, towards some semblance of man-freedom... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNP Posted June 7, 2020 Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 Shhhh. She’ll hear you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunuckgaucho Posted June 7, 2020 Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 22 hours ago, Rsquared said: Only one dial, and two rocker switches? I could work up some fancier controls for this. Maybe add remote access so we could all 'help' with the temperature control Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted June 7, 2020 Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 Dude, you need a bigger workbench, seriously! You don't have near enough junk collected! I've got about 25' of work bench, THAT is a serious collection of crap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted June 7, 2020 Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 On 6/6/2020 at 12:03 PM, Rsquared said: Only one dial, and two rocker switches? I could work up some fancier controls for this. Don't forget the instruction VHS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted June 7, 2020 Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Cunuckgaucho said: Maybe add remote access so we could all 'help' with the temperature control So I'm on the job at the first Presbyterian Church doing an install. This was one of the few remaining structures to survive the Chicago fire. Complete retrofit for what was once coal fired gravity system. One of the people pulled me over to complain about the room being to warm. Told my guys I would be right back,walked out took a leak came back and asked her how it was now. She said it was perfect thank me profusely and I went about my business. This is the metering device made from red brass float is copper formed crimped and sodered for the humidification and float. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnumadic Posted June 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, DNP said: Working on it? I think he’s trying to keep the temp up in the dungeon. Haha, you are correct! I use the heater to keep that corner of the garage warm in winter. It's actually working fine last time I checked. 2 hours ago, 392heminut said: Dude, you need a bigger workbench, seriously! You don't have near enough junk collected! I've got about 25' of work bench, THAT is a serious collection of crap! Yep, the whole garage needs an enema there's so much crap piled in it. I think the fall project is a storage shed to get the bikes, lawn equipment, and kayaks out of there. But I still think my wife and 4 kids' marginal propensity to consume space has me doomed to fail for the foreseeable future. Edited June 7, 2020 by gnumadic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunuckgaucho Posted June 7, 2020 Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 5 hours ago, 392heminut said: Dude, you need a bigger workbench, seriously! You don't have near enough junk collected! I've got about 25' of work bench, THAT is a serious collection of crap! Nature abhors space on a workbench... regardless of the bench size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsquared Posted June 7, 2020 Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 5 hours ago, 392heminut said: Dude, you need a bigger workbench, seriously! You don't have near enough junk collected! I've got about 25' of work bench, THAT is a serious collection of crap! 2 minutes ago, Cunuckgaucho said: Nature abhors space on a workbench... regardless of the bench size That's why I try not to have too many flat surfaces around my place. Because they tend to "gather" stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunuckgaucho Posted June 7, 2020 Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 4 hours ago, unforgiven said: So I'm on the job at the first Presbyterian Church doing an install. This was one of the few remaining structures to survive the Chicago fire. Complete retrofit for what was once coal fired gravity system. One of the people pulled me over to complain about the room being to warm. Told my guys I would be right back,walked out took a leak came back and asked her how it was now. She said it was perfect thank me profusely and I went about my business. This is the metering device made from red brass float is copper formed crimped and sodered for the humidification and float. I love the old control systems, did some upgrades in a power plant built in 1935 with some of the old stuff still there, a couple silos(Vancouver Harbour) and an old suger plant(1940s). The old electro-mechanical system have a bit of a steam punk feel to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunuckgaucho Posted June 7, 2020 Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 4 hours ago, unforgiven said: Don't forget the instruction VHS To play in the VHS machine on the shelf next to the 8-track? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsquared Posted June 7, 2020 Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 Just now, Cunuckgaucho said: To play in the VHS machine on the shelf next to the 8-track? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 Foundation walls were a little over 4' thick having to boar for new utilities. Door to the pulpit was open sooo I go up to the mike and telling my Tinner brothers " Welcome my brother raccoons" from Jackie Gleason.. and I sounded like the Man from the heavens. we signed the ductwork in a space no one will ever be in. It's been a great privilege and an honor to have had the opportunity to help build America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsquared Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 3 hours ago, unforgiven said: Foundation walls were a little over 4' thick having to boar for new utilities. Door to the pulpit was open sooo I go up to the mike and telling my Tinner brothers " Welcome my brother raccoons" from Jackie Gleason.. and I sounded like the Man from the heavens. we signed the ductwork in a space no one will ever be in. It's been a great privilege and an honor to have had the opportunity to help build America. I've done similar stuff like that over the years. Somewhere, where nobody will ever find it. I've always signed poop "Why Me?" (AKA....written on a wall, pipe or ductwork somewhere). The funny thing was years later, somewhere in the early 2000's. I ran into an maintenance engineer, who had happened to work in the first commercial office building (years later obviously) that I had started my career in, back in the mid 80's. He was telling me how he found that someone had written (all over the building in weird, hard to get to areas) the puzzling "Why Me?" I was laughing as I was telling him that it was me that had written it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 Very cool brother, I also had the opportunity to sign the topping off beam ( last piece) a few times when in the company of local 1 Ironworkers. Great memories of the past. Great people to have had the opportunity to work with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 You guys reminded me of an incident from back in 1975 that happened when I was working at a Chevrolet dealership. We had a guy that detailed cars and was pretty good at troubleshooting strange noises and water leaks in cars. He told me he had been messing with a customer's Cadillac that had a really annoying rattle in it and had found out what it was. He narrowed it down to the front passenger door and when he pulled the door panel off there was a Coke bottle in the bottom of the door. He said there was a note in it that said "Finally found it didn't you, you rich SOB!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 Hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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