Makes total sense, I guess the bit would smack into the piece several times each rotation. There's a local smith in town that does some work for me, maybe he'd be willing to give me a hand if I paid him for his time, he's got all the gadgets and tools.

Baffled, have you come up with a more effective design, and how hard was it to manufacture? I really doubt I'll gain access to very complex machining equipment, if any at all, so I'd guess even a mill is out of the question. Might even end up using some hand tools, but like I said, I got some spare ...

Checked out both those threads, that square stack deal looks really complicated to build, but like I was saying, I only drew it square to show the general shape, then I was going to turn it round, thread it 1/2 x 28, and come up with an outer tube arrangement.

Ah crap, my fault for assuming. My plan was to make that design, and then chuck it in a lathe and turn it to round so it could fit inside an outer tube. I guess I wasn't clear that the square-ness of it was just to make the machining easier for me. I do see your point though, basically the high pres...

They perform completely different functions and not even in the same genre. Don't they both work with baffles and chambers to slow and silence expanding gasses? I thought I even heard of a silencer back in the day that used a perforated tube and some sort of packing material that required replaceme...

So kinda like having an SBR upper and a regular old lower in the safe, it's not an SBR, but it could be in short order?

Ok, I checked out the thread, and the common theme with monocores seems to be either all the baffles at the same angle (45 degrees-ish) or alternating triangle shapes with a blast chamber that looks to be about 150% of the rest of the chambers, does that sound about right? What is it about my design...

Ouch, my ego. I'll search for your post and see what looks like it's in my skill level, thanks.

Honestly, I was going to use a file... I got more time than money, that's for sure

Hey all, new guy here. I don't know anything about machining or CAD, so I drew this on paint. Is it a viable design? Could it be made with a lathe and a drill press? Thanks all. PS - I made the baffles like that on purpose, my head says it'll work good http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc519/ThaDo...

At what point does a hunk of metal become a silencer by definition?

New guy