Opinion poll on restoring Dye Iron Men Angel

dr.strangelove · 12-30-2012, 10:24 AM

Doc is always busy, so he sometimes tends to run behind on correspondence, but if you keep at it he should get back to you.

*edit* Too slow

trancer23 · 12-30-2012, 11:14 AM

Yeah i will be patient. No rush. I can tap and fill myself, its the clean up the breech with specialized tool part that I cant do.

dr.strangelove · 12-30-2012, 07:54 PM

If you can do the filling yourself, you can probably have the breech honed at a local machine shop if that would be easier for you.

Vegard · 01-01-2013, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by TyeStick

That's awesome. I haven't seen a Dye Angel with a MT eyes before. I love it. If you're going to put eyes on a blind Angel, you may as well do it right the first time. Non of that JB weld garbage. I cringe every time I see a JB weld eye job.

It's a clean job, I do not know who installed them on this one though.
My first cobalt Dye LCD had jbwelded WSLA ace, still have the TI boomstick sitting in my gearbag somewhere. The marker itself was in florida last time I heard.

trancer23 · 01-01-2013, 08:27 AM

hey i am in florida!!!

i need a titanium boomstick, drop me a pm if you are will to part with it.

trancer23 · 01-01-2013, 08:55 AM

One good eye hole, one filled. This was definately a 4c eye setup

The hard one

Not sure what to do about this. Detent threads in fine.

dr.strangelove · 01-01-2013, 09:50 AM

You might be able to put a threaded blank in there, fill the hole, then remove the blank and run a tap through there to clean up the threads. It's in a really bad spot though. What kind of an ******* would do that?

trancer23 · 01-01-2013, 10:27 AM

might thought would be either
1. weld and then retap detent
2. thread it and add a threaded rod, then retap the detent
3. get a really large detent

DB-1071 · 01-01-2013, 11:32 AM

Why wouldn't a helicoil work here??

Grizle · 01-01-2013, 12:01 PM

that second image makes me angry and sad at the same time...

JokersWild53 · 01-01-2013, 12:35 PM

wow, Vegard, that creamsicle is stunning....i've always had a man crush on that gun.

trancer looks like you got your work cut out for you.
if i knew anything about machine work i would help ya, but I know nothing so all I can do is watch

trancer23 · 01-01-2013, 01:20 PM

yes it is gonna be a challenge. Worth it though

DocsMachine · 01-02-2013, 04:31 AM

Easy enough fix, save for the one through the detent hole. That one might be tricky. I'll be happy to give it a look, though, Reply sent.

Are you going to run it blind, or do you want it drilled for new eyes? If I may toot my own horn a bit, between one of my DynaBolts and a good force-fed loader, eyes almost become irrelevant.

Doc.

trancer23 · 01-02-2013, 09:36 AM

Appreciate you joining the conversation and the reply, i replied back.

I am leaning toward blind at the moment, although since it is drilled for eyes i am not sure. Most people on here seem to think a clean eye job is the best option.

And these dynabolts you speak of, don't seem them in the shop?

My guess is that if you can fill with near 6061 aluminum so the anno would be nearly clean I would go blind.
If the holes would be filled but very noticeable, why not keep it drilled.

DocsMachine · 01-03-2013, 05:41 AM

Technically, Dynas need to be fitted to the gun- the slot for the bolt pin, under the breech door, needs to be relieved slightly. So that's custom work, rather than off-the-shelf store product.

On the patches, as I said in email, the repair probably won't be 100% invisible. It should be pretty close, the kind of thing you'd have to look carefully for after polishing and reanodizing, but I don't want to give the wrong impression and suggest it'll be a perfect, undetectable fix.

Doc.

dr.strangelove · 01-03-2013, 06:14 AM

The MT eye plates should cover all of the areas where the damage was repaired if you went that route.

trancer23 · 01-03-2013, 08:09 AM

actually i am not sure the MT plates would cover the upper holes. Tough call.

dr.strangelove · 01-03-2013, 08:41 AM

Here's my MT-modded Force 4 for comparison:

trancer23 · 01-03-2013, 08:42 AM

hmmm

well i guess that is an option too.

JokersWild53 · 01-03-2013, 09:27 AM

i think the MT eyes would be nice on the gun.

or even a plate style eye cover similar to a geo.

EW EW I KNOW! do timmy tomahawk eye covers!

Vegard · 01-03-2013, 06:44 PM

Jambolt does what the dynabolt does in a simpler package. No need for a custom fit for starters.

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Originally Posted by trancer23

hey i am in florida!!!

i need a titanium boomstick, drop me a pm if you are will to part with it.

It's unglued, probably a pita to fix, I just hang onto it for the TI now-a-days.