Posted: 10/29/2007 7:08:49 PM EDT
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Cant make up my mind on how much further I should keep going with my stippling.... I'm thinking one of 2 things. #1 Do the whole front strap (covering up the factory checkering) and the bottom below the factory stippling all the way around the gun #2 finish "boxing in" around the factory checkering on the front strap along with a ring around the bottom. Not a finished product by any means right now, don't want to clean and square it up until I decide how I want it. Also haven't decided if I am keeping the bottom lip or making that flat as well. But I can actually shoot the gun now. Finger grooves suck. Especially for us 1911 converts. hat http://members.cox.net/eich12/glockfront.jpg http://members.cox.net/eich12/glcokside.jpg |
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Ive decided for now just to box in the rest of the factory checkering and do it around the bottom all the way around. But have to decide how much more I want to take of the bottom finger groove. Going to put another 500 rounds through it before I'm ready. The texture is real close to the factory, all I would have to do is run some 600 grit sandpaper over it and use a heat gun to smooth it out, and it would darn near be there. As it sits now it feels grippier (is that a word?) then skateboard tape. I didn't have a wood burner sitting around, so I just made one. Just ground a metal coat hanger down to a triangular tip, that way It would end up with a mottled finish similar in look to the factory stuff. Make some deeper some lighter, and some over lapping. Prep has alot to do with it as well. Make sure that your surface is smooth flat and even before doing it. I didn't like the look of the round dots all over the gun. Plus it would take forever to do it right, so you don't have a ton of gaps, and misalignment issues. Thats why I went with the triangular tip. If you have any more questions feel free to ask. |
So you grounded off the tip of the coat hanger in the form of a triangle so that when you touched your gun with it, it would leave a little triangle formation correct? How did you heat your coat hanger and to what temp? Could you take some different pictures of your gun at a little further distance because it's hard to tell what your finish looks like. Also maybe a pic of the end of the coat hanger? Thanks. |
Hi suprshootr, The tip looks something like this http://www.carvingpatterns.com/projects/images/burntool.jpg Sorry I should have said V shape not triangular, sorry for the confusion! I had a cord and a transformer sitting around so I just made my own burner using a coat hanger for a tip. Think you can buy a cheap wood burning kit for like $20 at any craft store. Would be tons simpler then heating a coat hanger a million times with a torch :) It makes a nice oblongish hole in the plastic. Too late to drag out the camera and take the gun out of the safe right now. But I will get you some better pictures after work tomorrow. |
Cool. Thanks |
Just a quick in progress picture. The section above (in the picture) the patten number is what it looks like when you do it with that wood burner style tip. The strip to the left and a bit below of the patten number is what it looks like if you just lightly rub it with some 600 grit sandpaper just to take a bit of the edge off of the dots. You can easly see when I did sandpaper and where I didn't over the top of the stippling Ill take some decent photos once I'm all done. http://members.cox.net/eich12/glockstip.jpg |
Looking good. Post some more pics when you can. |
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Ya know... If I crank the variac up on the Bader to 10 and use a fresh 36 grit Norton I can get rid of those pesky finger grooves in about a nano-second. Nice work bud , when you told me about it I wasnt expecting it to look that nice ( after all it is a Glock h |