i got ta be honest, the excitement I felt last night was almost unbearable- I made copies of all the diagrams from links you guys sent me and put the parts in. I had no idea how an AK actually functioned until last night, for some reason I thought it was going to be more complex then it was. The build still isnt done yet, i got to make the center support today and mig the lower rails in place-along with welding the receiver to the trunnions-then just some minor filing of the upper rails. But I'm real excited about how the whole thing is coming all together. And I got no one to thank but EVERYONE here at gunco.net! You guys are the best...so is Dr. M. Kalashnikov for designing such a fool proof machine. To all the newbies like myself out there, Dont give up-keep asking questions no matter how stupid you may think they are! sorry for the wishy washy rant. I got work to do, good luck building.