ty34984 Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Im looking for a slide racker for my project funny thing is the dovetail is cut .375 x 60* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ty34984 Posted June 13, 2010 Author Share Posted June 13, 2010 sorry to mention most im finding are Fits 60° x .359" dovetails not the .375 the cut i have thanks for any help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Miles Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 (edited) Easy to take care of that problem. Put the slide in your milling vise and level it with a DTI. Using a 1/8" endmill make you initial cut to hog out some of the steel. Be sure to lock the X axis of the mill table. Finish this cut about .010" - .015 shallower than you want the final dovetail cut depth to be. Remove the endmill and install the dovetail cutter. Touch off at the bottom of your 1/8" cut and then raise the table so you will have the final depth you want with the first cut of the dovetail cutter. Be sure to make this first dovetail cut slooowly. Unlock the X axis and dial in a few thousandths right or left and make another cut. Try the racker. If it doesn't fit cut the dovetail another couple of thousandths wider. Try the racker again. Keep cutting until the racker fits snugly then stop. Just because the cutter is only .359" doesn't mean you can't make the cut as wide as you want it by moving the table to make the cut wider. In this case you cut the dovetail .371" wide. The 60 degree walls stay 60 degrees no matter how wide you make the cut. CYa, Pat Edited June 13, 2010 by whatmeworry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehli Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 I think he's saying that the cut in his slide is too wide for the available sliderackers. He would have to add metal, not cut more off. ty, best bet is to find a smith that will make you a custom one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Miles Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Yeah, my bad! I believe the Quinn II racker is .371" wide. CYa, Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ty34984 Posted June 13, 2010 Author Share Posted June 13, 2010 I wish I owned a mill and all the other stuff that makes my open gun run but you are correct the slide is already cut and i was looking for a ready made fit to the slide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drodriguez Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Check shootersconnection.com I believe they have one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave S Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 SSI for sure...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ty34984 Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 Well i gave up on the racker....spent time shooting and loading have no need for one Gun runs 100% ....so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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