I'm Glad You Talked Me Into Converting

[TedG954 0]

This is my workshop:

 

 

I didn't have a rubber mallet to "help" remove the stock, so I used a heavy shoe with a thick rubber sole.

 

I borrowed a Dremel.

 

Everything worked out unbelieveably well. Now, I'm just waiting on my parts to arrive.

 

I can't imagine anyone using only a hand-drill, as some of the instructions state. A Dremel is fine for the job of removing the rivets but anything less would have been too much like work. I used a cutoff wheel and worked from the inside. No problems. No damage. And the trigger guard is as good as new.

 

I wouldn't have done this without everyone saying DO IT! As you can see from my "workshop" and the use of a shoe-hammer, if there's a will, there's a way. To anyone contemplating a conversion.... Just DO IT!

 

PS.... I used a size 11 shoe-hammer and it still took a few whacks. If you know someone with a size 14, you might want to invite them over.

Edited May 9, 2009 by TedG954

[yesno 1]

Nice workshop !

[jodus 0]

thats funny enough to make me post something

[james lambert 3,059]

Hmm

Looks like a comfortible work shop.

 

A few metal filings in the carpet keeps you on your toes

Jim

[TR Young 175]

Now see?? That's what I call ambition and the drive to make something happen even with the lack of what some would call proper space and tools! Great job!!

[Phoenix Maximus 1]

you ever do another one I'll send you one of my size 16's....

 

that's awesome, build it in the living room!

[elvis christ 451]

This should be a sticky. Not much useful information yet, I'm sure it'll happen later in the thread (Saiga conversion: the minimalist edition, eat your heart out Tromix). If anything this is definitely something that should motivate the nay-sayers.

[Big Boss 21]

Hey, I have that exact same TV stand :-P

 

Glad you decided to convert, you're going to love the waaaaaay better trigger pull :-D

[TR Young 175]

Ok, I just was looking at this post again, and my wife walks in and says, "Oh! How pretty! Whose couch is that? Are you on Craigslist looking at furniture?" I laughed and said, "Look closer and you'll see why I am looking at this picture...." Then she cracked up and said that this is a perfect picture for the caption:

"If you are a woman, you see a couch. If you are a man, you see a gun."

[Phoenix Maximus 1]

Ok, I just was looking at this post again, and my wife walks in and says, "Oh! How pretty! Whose couch is that? Are you on Craigslist looking at furniture?" I laughed and said, "Look closer and you'll see why I am looking at this picture...." Then she cracked up and said that this is a perfect picture for the caption:

"If you are a woman, you see a couch. If you are a man, you see a gun."

lmao! so very true

[Nailbomb 10,221]

Glad to hear you converted it, and the story of being able to use a shoe is awsome. At least your workshop was a lot more omfortable than some due to that nice couch!

 

Still this is a perfect example of why people don't have a excuse not to do this.

[Phoenix Maximus 1]

Glad to hear you converted it, and the story of being able to use a shoe is awsome. At least your workshop was a lot more omfortable than some due to that nice couch!

 

Still this is a perfect example of why people don't have a excuse not to do this.

 

that's a good point, would trade my carftsman stool for that couch any day!