Posted: 9/13/2015 1:34:26 AM EDT
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So I have been practicing stippling on a magpul AK mag before start melting away at my G17. I feel I am almost there, but I just cant seem to get the edges right. So a few questions -
1) How do I get a nice edge? I have tried all sorts of bits on the dremel but I seem to get the best with melting a strait line with the soldering iron, then cleaning with an exacto knife. Still not quite there and this is what is really holding me back. 2) Which finish looks the best or if I totally suck, please tell me before I ruin my gun 
Overlapping scale pattern, ignore the part on the right, pay attention to the middle only - 
Overlapping scale pattern on the right, dotted pattern on the left - 
Dotted pattern on left, starburst pattern on the right, trying to do a border on the very right - 
Trying to do the border, but this is the part that I am having trouble with - 
Same border but a little farther out - 
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I havent stippled yet but im getting all the stuff and will start practicing soon. Ive been reading alot and watching videos. What i plan on doing for the borders is using masking tape or finding something thick and pliable to tape and use as a border by stippling up against it. Some of the other ways people do borders are by taking the dremel to engrave the border but thats a little to advanced for me.
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The only thing I've ever done was a magpul 870 forend. The way I did the edge was to place painters tape at the point I wanted to stop, and just continued making my dots along the line. I didn't try to make a straight line per se, but to have the stippled area simply end in a straight line. As small of an area as you are practicing on, it will be hard to see how straight it can be.
Also, I made my line on an area that curved, so the curve also helped to define the line. |
| Get some brass screws that fit your burner, 6-32 I think. File or dremel a pattern into the head of the screw. For borders, painters tape as a guide, dremel with engraving bit. Go slow, don't try to cut the entire border in one pass. Light passes until the border is at the depth you want. Same thing for reshaping the grip, use 120 grit sanding drums. Don't try using pressure or the highest speed, you'll end up melting the plastic. If you're not going to stipple the area you reshaped, polish it using wet sandpaper, finest grit you can find. You can also use polishing grit on a dremel polishing wheel at low speed and light pressure. Or, alternatively hit it with a light pass from a media blaster to get it close to the factory texture. |