New 1911 Full Build

[Cree]

Very nice. What barrel?

KKM

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Looking good, Andy.

Give me a call this weekend. I may be in Crown Point on Sunday for the show, but will be around otherwise.

 

[Cree]

A few pictures of the tri-topping. First picture is getting the slide indicated correctly, the second picture shows an initial cut to ensure that the indicating went well, and the last picture was taken after the final, clean-up pass.
Thank you!

Andy Cree

 

[55fairlane]

Cree,

That's some fine looking machining.....do you take a climb mill pass to finish? Did you make the fixtures? Inquiring tools makes wanna know......

Aaron

 

[Cree]

Thank you Aaron for the kind words! You are correct, I took about a .002 climb mill pass at the end to clean up the surface. The fixture I have tweaked a bit, but it is made by Yavapai and can be purchased through Brownells BROWNELLS YAVAPAI 1911 SLIDE JIG | Brownells

Andy

 

[Cree]

Tri-Top is done...

 

[llh1956]

Beautiful work

 

[Kurr]

I have never seen a "tri top" before, that is stunning!!

 

[Cree]

Thank you llh1956 and Kurr. Kurr - the tri-top is popular with competition pistols more so than defensive pistols. It allows for material (and therefore weight) to be removed from the slide and not violate any rules, such as the USPSA Single Stack division rules where holes cannot be machined into the slide for the sole purpose of weight reduction or to gain "an advantage".

Andy

 

[churchmouse]

Tri-Top is done...

 

[Rebel Jack]

Hell I wish I would have thought to record the build i'm working on now. It should be my best 1911 yet. I get into what I'm doing and forget to do the pictures and notes. Then I'm too lazy to post it anywhere people actually care. You sir, are multi-talented. Cheers.

 

[Cree]

Hell I wish I would have thought to record the build i'm working on now. It should be my best 1911 yet. I get into what I'm doing and forget to do the pictures and notes. Then I'm too lazy to post it anywhere people actually care. You sir, are multi-talented. Cheers.

Thank you. Its not to late to throw a few pictures of the remaining portion of the build on the forum! I love seeing build pics.

Andy

 

[Cree]

My kingdom for a surface grinder.... spent quite a bit of time at the granite plate making sure all of the slide's surfaces were flat. It would surprise some of you what media blasting the parts will hide after the manufacturer machines them. I stopped once the surfaces were straight and flat. I still have a lot of machining to do on this slide, so there is no use to go any further at this point. The owner wants a polished blue finish which will require a lot more work.

Thank you!

Andy Cree

 

[churchmouse]

I could stare at that pic for an hour.....

 

[gregkl]

I could stare at that pic for an hour.....

Being the minimalist I am that slide really speaks to me. It would be so cool to have my slide looking that clean!

 

[churchmouse]

Being the minimalist I am that slide really speaks to me. It would be so cool to have my slide looking that clean!

My 2011 is a slab side. The mount for the RMR holds the cocking serrations.

 

[Steel and wood]

I am with CM on just looking at this. That is going to look great with a polished blue. Please keep us updated and yes more photos

 

[Cree]

45-degree chamfer on the lower edge of the slide.

 

[Cree]

I apologize. I was trying to upload a video, but it had some forum rules issues so it was deleted.

 

[churchmouse]

Interesting cut on the ejection port. Is this finalized..??

I love the chamfer. Done that on a few of mine and wish we had done it on the last one.