On a roll, he is.
There should be rules on decorum and behavior around here.
On a roll, he is.
Well, in writing anyway.but just a bit?
Now that’s purdy…..I’m bringing my SA DS too. Just CZ styled. ;-)
I used a tool similar in concept to that years ago to cut flat top serrations on the top of a slide.Mill shenanigans.
Playing around with angle of bevel on the lower slide edge. 5 degrees (shown on slide) made for too tall of a cut. 10 degrees (on the smaller rectangle test piece) was exactly what I was looking for. Not taking off too much material while giving the exact look I want.
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And recorded an episode of "Why he do dat". Today's episode "Internet says you can cut slide serrations with a modified tap". It actually works!!! I could only find one spare tap that fit any of my collets though (M7-1.0).
Yes, I know my test piece is sticking out way too much from the vise. Better results with a new tap and a more rigid test piece.
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Nice job, ball cuts are one of the things going on the Ronin 10mm project.Morning. Getting some practice in this morning before my schedule is no longer my own for the day.
"1911 Ball Cut"
I like the look of this and it's pretty straight forward. 3/8" ball end mill. Lines up the cut with the frame dust cover. Pretty sexy on a clean slide without front serrations. I don't have a frame to check this slide width (and the slide is junk anyways). This will go into production on my Remington R1S and Tisas .45 bobtail.
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My practice work
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Not as sexy with serrations in there, but still better IMO.
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If I was going to do this for a living, I'd buy the cutter made specifically for this job from Evolution Armory.I used a tool similar in concept to that years ago to cut flat top serrations on the top of a slide.
That's a nice one the old one I had was from Brownells and not as executed as well as that one.If I was going to do this for a living, I'd buy the cutter made specifically for this job from Evolution Armory.
https://www.evolutionarmory.com/
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If’n it weren’t fer bad behavior I wouldn’t have no behavior at all.There should be rules on decorum and behavior around here.
I should have been more specific on the terms....If’n it weren’t fer bad behavior I wouldn’t have no behavior at all.
Mill shenanigans.
Playing around with angle of bevel on the lower slide edge. 5 degrees (shown on slide) made for too tall of a cut. 10 degrees (on the smaller rectangle test piece) was exactly what I was looking for. Not taking off too much material while giving the exact look I want.
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And recorded an episode of "Why he do dat". Today's episode "Internet says you can cut slide serrations with a modified tap". It actually works!!! I could only find one spare tap that fit any of my collets though (M7-1.0).
Yes, I know my test piece is sticking out way too much from the vise. Better results with a new tap and a more rigid test piece.
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Was that factory?I wonder if that is how Colt made the serrations on the old "nail file" 1902s.View attachment 302533
Looking good!!Morning. Getting some practice in this morning before my schedule is no longer my own for the day.
"1911 Ball Cut"
I like the look of this and it's pretty straight forward. 3/8" ball end mill. Lines up the cut with the frame dust cover. Pretty sexy on a clean slide without front serrations. I don't have a frame to check this slide width (and the slide is junk anyways). This will go into production on my Remington R1S and Tisas .45 bobtail.
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Not as sexy with serrations in there, but still better IMO.
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Yes. Colt had a variety of serration types and locations on the 1902 before it's demise. Most all come early in it's manufacturing when they are getting various opinions from the army, Colt shopping the gun to them. They standardize on the serrations and location which we are all familiar with on the 1911, but it's the 1902 where all the experiments were done.Was that factory?
I'm quite fond of it myself..Yes. Colt had a variety of serration types and locations on the 1902 before it's demise. Most all come early in it's manufacturing when they are getting various opinions from the army, Colt shopping the gun to them. They standardize on the serrations and location which we are all familiar with on the 1911, but it's the 1902 where all the experiments were done.
Teddy Roosevelt was fond of this model.
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What kinda fun would that be?There should be rules on decorum and behavior around here.
The original 1911 ‘long slide’Yes. Colt had a variety of serration types and locations on the 1902 before it's demise. Most all come early in it's manufacturing when they are getting various opinions from the army, Colt shopping the gun to them. They standardize on the serrations and location which we are all familiar with on the 1911, but it's the 1902 where all the experiments were done.
Teddy Roosevelt was fond of this model.
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