Working on a little jig project for brother @Preyhunter
Blasted and ready for Cerakote!
Damn, that was fast! I figured it would be indexed off the slide stop lever pin hole but I didn’t know how it would be done. Your way is the obvious way, which is why I wouldn’t have thought of it.
The M1911A1 REDUX 3rd Edition Package.pdf
The guy spent some time assembling this off all the old drawings. Bless his heart!
Very nice!
This is needed for an 80% that was not prepped for holes I take it?
May become popular for the new 70% receiver season
Yep, bought a couple of frames without holes for the ejector without realizing it. Plenty of “incomplete” 80% frames out there (ejector holes/feedramp/grip screw bushing holes/mainspring housing pin holes/etc).
Those are WAY beyond my capability. If it’s 79% or less complete I would need additional jigs to do what I do (evidenced above). No mill or years of experience using one to make it work. Maybe one of these days.
@albroswift cerakote isn’t necessary, unless it’s needed for tolerances or something else like that. I’m more function over form.
What does a small pizza and a hack machinist / cerakote guy have in common?
Neither one can feed a family
I’m stealing that!
Did you airbrush that or…?
Leftover stencils and the new iwata gun.
Got batman, hellboy, and I think the bang is joker.
Nice gun! I still run a cheap gun HF gun. I’m considering this one for a cerakote upgrade or these for cerakote and other larger projects. My low quantity for personal reasons doesn’t quite justify spending for a gun like that, but I’d still like to have one. Jigs and the like are more valuable to me at the moment.
The “starter” gun Cerakote has bundled with the 3 color kit works out to about $70, I’ve had really good results with this gun, bought a second kit to get a backup. Also Cerakote has all the repair parts for really good price. Needle and nozzle $12.00, packing kit $6.00. If you are planning on buying some cerakote anyway I’d go with those rather then the Paasch. I think Eastwood makes them for Cerakote but not available anywhere else as far as I could find.
The Iwata is a real step up, lot easier to clean/ lot less solvent to buy and dispose of, and better spray control. (Needle and nozzle for those over $100.00).
Glad to hear that abut the "Starter’s’gun. I’m about to pull the trigger on a Cerakote 3 Color H Series Starter Kit and build a small oven. 1st victim will be a CZ 83. Going with Midnight and Socom blues, not sure about the 3rd color yet. Can’t find any G10 grips for it though.