New 1911 Full Build

[Cree]

New tooling.... This little guy will help speed up setup and increase accuracy greatly!

 

[churchmouse]

New tooling.... This little guy will help speed up setup and increase accuracy greatly!

OOOoooooooooooooooooooooo................Me likey muchly.

 

[Cree]

Got the Haimer setup and used it to accurately measure the I.D. of the stainless steel Phoenix Trinity grip. I ended up having to remove .005" from each side of the mating area of the frame in order for the grip to slip fit into place.

 

[Steel and wood]

If you ever need someone to sweep your shop please get ahold of me instead of pay I would take just watching you work.
This is so interesting I never knew how much craftsmanship it took. Thank you for posting

 

[PhxCollier]

This is like watching Norm from New Yankee Workshop.

Makes me me think if only l .... had the time, had the money, had the talent .... I still probably couldn’t get it to look like that

 

[Cree]

Another badly needed tool found its way into the shop...

 

[churchmouse]

I just get all giddy when I see new tooling.

 

[Cree]

Back to building the 1911.... Cutting the slide for the rear Bomar-copy.

 

[Cree]

Rear sight is installed. Due to the slide being tri-topped, the sight is a bit more pronounced than it would be on a round-top slide.

I have a couple front sights on-hand, but not the correct height. I am going to wait to machine for the front sight once it is in hand. Could possibly be tomorrow, however, I am going to do the front and rear cocking serrations next. Andy

 

[Cree]

Here is a picture with the sight removed...

 

[churchmouse]

I have 3 with AllenM right now for some upgrades. Tri topping one of them.

 

[Cree]

Churchmouse, that is awesome! I would love to see them when you they are done. AllenM has posted some wonderful work!

 

[Cree]

Machining the cocking serrations today. This slide will get the classic style serrations both on the rear, as well as the front of the slide.

Helps to have the math worked out and written down ahead of time....

The serrations are a bit dirty with coolant and, but you can see how they turned out. Once the slide is done and cleaned up, I will post some more pictures.

 

[churchmouse]

Slick.....very slick.

After seeing what you are doing I told Allen to tri-top both of the Loadeds so they match.

 

[Cree]

Chuchmouse, AllenM and I are secretly in cahoots to get you to keep spending money!!

 

[Cree]

Cleaned up and deburred. On to doing the front serrations next.

 

[churchmouse]

Chuchmouse, AllenM and I are secretly in cahoots to get you to keep spending money!!

Easy to believe...

 

[llh1956]

Chuchmouse, AllenM and I are secretly in cahoots to get you to keep spending money!!

Easy to believe...

 

[churchmouse]

Chuchmouse, AllenM and I are secretly in cahoots to get you to keep spending money!!

In truth I am building 3 legacy guns for my boys. When done they will get to choose between them and after I have enjoyed them and the time is right they will be passed along.

 

[Cree]

Been neck deep in checkering and ala carte custom work... Will get back to this 1911 soon.