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 02-08-2009, 12:38 AM | #1 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ft. Campbell, Over there Posts: 523 |  1911 Grips
I have decided that since I have a bunch of extra time on my hands I am going to build myself some hardwood grips for my springfield champion. Today I picked out a nice light hard wood, I don't know what kind it is, but it is pretty. It was just laying around the shop. I cut these down into about the same pieces and am now calling these the "blanks". I will post pictures here later and throughout the project if anyone is interested. I hope it turns out. I am thinking about doing a checkering by hand if I am feeling really adventurous, but that decision will come later. I am open to comments and feed back, also feel free to ask any questions as it may help me to think some of these things through. __________________
"Dread Naught"
"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." Sigmund Freud in "General Introduction to Psychoanalysis"
"My dear boy, I love hearing my relations abused. It is the only thing that makes me put up with them at all. Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven’t got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die." | 
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| 02-08-2009, 12:43 AM | #2 | Call Me Doug Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: It's because I actually HAVE those skills! Posts: 21,258 |
Interesting undertaking. I look forward to seeing some pictures of your work as the project progresses.
JD __________________ "as for my Sword & Spear we will serve the throne, but NEVER that man who sits upon it" - Achilles - Warrior of Warriors
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| 02-08-2009, 02:13 AM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ft. Campbell, Over there Posts: 523 |
Here are the blanks.
sorry the quality is not so good. __________________
"Dread Naught"
"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." Sigmund Freud in "General Introduction to Psychoanalysis"
"My dear boy, I love hearing my relations abused. It is the only thing that makes me put up with them at all. Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven’t got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die."
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| 02-08-2009, 07:41 AM | #4 | I'm always 10-8 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: 150 miles NE of Sloppy Joe's Bar, in the "GunShine" State Posts: 19,200 Liked 7 Times on 6 Posts
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I hope Sarge43 drops by, he has "some" experience with this type of work.
I remember him talking about conditioning of the scales (I think that's what they call the blanks) before working them to prevent cracking when they dry out later.
Sarge43 are you out there? I have been thinking about experimenting with a set myself.
I have a set of Hogues on my XSE and love them.
I want to make a one piece grip that would wrap around with finger groves.
I'm doing a design that would require no grip screws.
McNabb, keep us in the loop with the progress. __________________ .
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| 02-08-2009, 06:07 PM | #5 | Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 46 |
you can soak the wood in this stuff and it will not crack. | |
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| 02-08-2009, 06:08 PM | #6 | Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 46 |
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| 02-09-2009, 01:41 AM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ft. Campbell, Over there Posts: 523 |
Today was busy. first I drilled the holes to fit the weapon. Kinda reminds me of a GLOCK. 
After this I cut the traced shape out of the scales. (Thanks Cane)
After hours of sanding I finally got them fitted, even, and worked into shape. now they look like grips as seen here on my 45.
 
Now comes the decision making. I am either going to make an attempt at checkering on Wednesday, or leave as is and stain tomorrow. It also ocurred to me that I could get a couple of liberty head nickels with the year 1911 stamped on them and inlay them into the middle. __________________
"Dread Naught"
"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." Sigmund Freud in "General Introduction to Psychoanalysis"
"My dear boy, I love hearing my relations abused. It is the only thing that makes me put up with them at all. Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven’t got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die." | |
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| 02-09-2009, 01:42 AM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ft. Campbell, Over there Posts: 523 |
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"Dread Naught"
"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." Sigmund Freud in "General Introduction to Psychoanalysis"
"My dear boy, I love hearing my relations abused. It is the only thing that makes me put up with them at all. Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven’t got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die." | |
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| 02-09-2009, 02:10 AM | #9 | I'm always 10-8 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: 150 miles NE of Sloppy Joe's Bar, in the "GunShine" State Posts: 19,200 Liked 7 Times on 6 Posts
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Today was busy. first I drilled the holes to fit the weapon. Kinda reminds me of a GLOCK.
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No way, not ugly enough! 
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Now comes the decision making. I am either going to make an attempt at checkering on Wednesday, or leave as is and stain tomorrow. It also ocurred to me that I could get a couple of liberty head nickels with the year 1911 stamped on them and inlay them into the middle.
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Decisions, decisions, decisions?
Mac I'm impressed! And the Liberty head nickels are a grest idea! Will the proportions be good? I'm thinkin' they may be a little big? Maybe a Barber dime? Lay one of the nickels on the grip and take a photo, let's see em.
IMHO, I'd go with smooth on the first attempt unless you have done checkering before. It's tough!
Maybe stippling? It's way easier.
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.. Colt 11101110111..MEMBER: FAAM, NRA, GOA, DAV, USSV, SAE
Colt, everything else is stamp collecting! - cane
"Given ten days for a project, a good engineer spends nine days figuring out how to finish it in one day."
Resistance is not futile.
It's voltage divided by current (R=V/I).
"If you don't know what you're doing, don't do it on a large scale." | |
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| 02-09-2009, 04:25 AM | #10 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ft. Campbell, Over there Posts: 523 |
I had thought about using a penny but Lady Liberty seemed more romantic. I will try some stippling on some other wood to see if I like it. I do want to show some of the grain also, so I am pretty torn. Thanks for your help. __________________
"Dread Naught"
"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." Sigmund Freud in "General Introduction to Psychoanalysis"
"My dear boy, I love hearing my relations abused. It is the only thing that makes me put up with them at all. Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven’t got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die." | |
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