well i have been lurking here for a while and deciding what i should do. your site is very very helpful. and i would like to say thanks to you all. quarterbore, i dont live to far from you, i live in lehighton. which is close to allentown/reading. maybe we could meet up someday. i think i will take the plunge into ak building. and i plan to use the screw method on the builds i do. i am going to sign up for your jig rental. and get a couple of the 89 dollar romainian kits. and maybe a under folder. i am a class a-1 maintenance tech. for clover farms dairy in reading. so the skills are ther to do these builds. i was originaly looking into building fn-fals, but they cost a bit more then i would like to spend. so ak`s here i come :). i plan on making shooters. and am not to concerned about the correctness of the first ones i do. i need to learn what i need to do to make a sbr though, all the legal stuff that is, i saw someplace that made a cover, it was a piece that would clamp on over the front of the gas tube and had a sight built into it. it had that squared off look to it, but i cant find the site that had it. any help???? is the best place to get flats tapco? i am planning on making a heavy barreled ak, but its just in the thinking stage now. with the barrel being the same diameter as whats inserted into the trunion. thats just an idea though let me know if it sounds stupid please. ok well thats enough for now...............OH..........do you recomend flats with or without trunion holes? and if you would leave the frount trunion and the barrel together and just attach it to the new reciever how close would your headspace be to being ok. from what i can see you adjust your headspace by pressing the barrel in or out, is that correct? thanks in advance for your answers.................yeeeeehaaawwww