Better pitcures of my MG42 Jig-Fixture

[CAPTEOD]

i AM ITERESTED ITHE PRICE OF THIS FIXTURE.

[Bil]

Welcome aboard!! I don't think anyone is selling these,look in the threads from me,Pirate,or pdstout,they are real easy to build,just basic hardware store unistrut and some threaded rod,etc.Less than $30 I would think.Check it out,and ask if there is anything you don't understand,I would be glad to answer.Again,welcome! ---bil

[Bil]

Just noticed the pics are gone on page 1,check the other threads.I may have some more pics somewhere. ---bil

[TbcSEOD]

10 foot section of unistrut from Home Depot was 9 bucks and the all thread rod was I think 8 bucks for a 36 inch piece plus 1 bag of nuts and 1 bag of washers......... I had a hard time finding the unistrut though and was told it was in the electrical isle, sure enough it was right next to the electrical conduit piping.

I wound up getting impatient though and welded mine up using little "C" clamps and the camming piece to get the correct spacing of the cam windows, the rails to tack together the 2 mid sections and the barrel/bushing and a ruler to get the nose one and 2 pieces of scrap flat steel (with the little clamps) to tack up the rear section.

Admitted I had to take out the dremel and cut a tack here and there to "tweek" alignments/spacings and such but over all it came out surprisingly well for "red-necking" it.

~TbcSEOD

[artech]

Here's mine. Hunk of 3/8" x 5" angle iron and 1/2" all-thread. I like things overbuilt! seriously though, I'm using a CS receiver blank and needed the extra meat to hold things in position. Bit of a pain to set up and take down, but it sure holds things where you want!

[machinegunbob]

Artech - I really like your giant chunk of angle iron for a weld jig. I have never experienced overbuilding anything. If it's stronger, it HAS to be better! I have a left-over piece of I-beam over at my fathers house that will probably do the trick.
Thanks for the piccture.
MGB

[Bil]

For extra strength,you could always leave the I-beam attached,although the gun would be really heavy! The first jig I tried was made of angle iron,but I didn,t have the right equipment to do the drilling at home at the time,went with the unistrut. ---bil

[av1cadet]

For some reason I can't open the jpeg files. I use a mac but jpeg should open. Can someone send me the photos? Thanks,
Bigedac

[lextech]

Hope I dont sound too dumb here (though I am a FNG) but are you guys using the jigs to fix the receiver peices in position to reweld and just eyeballing them into position with one another first?

[Panzercanuck]

Hi Guys,
I too can not open any of the photos in this jig fixture blog.How come any where else in the forum no problem. I am keen on seeing what the jig looks like.Help,Help.

I have an XP program on mine.


Panzercanuck

[Bil]

A bunch of the older pictures went away a while ago when we changed servers.Sometime the original poster can put them back up,I will see if I saved any of them.There are other jig threads also.So I doubt it is your computer. ---bil

[flemgunner]

Heres a couple pictures of mine. I went with the longer bolts because when I used it for the rear receiver half I bolted it down from the top and bottom as opposed to the bottom and inside the receiver

[Bil]

Thanks for the pics.I was surprised to see we had a couple of new guys that newer got answers.OOPS! Sorry! Hopefully we can keep on top of that,we need to encourage the new guys. ---bil

[Panzercanuck]

Thanks Flemgunner,
For the pics i really appreciate them.At least I have a rough idea of what it looks like.Hopefully there is others with other variants of the 42 jig.Guys can you pleaseee post them too.

Bil it's hard to catch everything that goes on a forum anyway.the FNG's such as myself know that too.

MG-42 Forum is


Panzercanuck
Canada

[42rocker]

Does anyone have pics or can redirect to a working tread with pics showing how to use the strings..
Something that I would like to see..

Thanks

42rocker

[flemgunner]

I guess it would help to know how I made it. I basically used some shelving brackets I picked up at home depot. I cut some off the front and back (the length of the MG42 is about 37" is I remember correctly) so I had an overall length of about 39 - 40". I used the cut off parts for the end stands and then drilled holes in the center all along the length of the bracket so I could move the bolts where I needed them to be. I used 2 different sized washers both above and below the receiver to hold it in place also used a nut at the bottom of the bolt to hold it then a nut under the receiver and one above.