[Timt5352]

Ned's gadget is basically a Bridgeport mill boring bar, but cutting on the "inside"

Ahhhh......Now that I've looked at it on an actual computer screen that makes perfect sense.

Very clever use of scrap indeed!

 

[EvolutionArmory]

Ned, is that a slide mounted charging handle? If it is, you're doing it wrong.

 

[Ned Christiansen]

You got it right RdB. Like boring but on the inside of the sweep. It holds a little cutter made out of a broken-off 1/8 end mill. Here's a pic of it as I got started.

RdB, what is a proto-track?

 

[pistolwrench]

GREAT to see you posting here Ned!

I think that hunk of iron might have been a chariot axle before the birth of Christ.

 

[Jerry Keefer]

That's some very serious recycling of old stock, Ned..
Jerry

 

[Ned Christiansen]

After 150 years on the bottom I figured it deserved a little action!

Next: 1911 frames and slides cut from Bismark hull plates!

 

[Sharkbeast]

Where are the sights? Or does a red dot or other optic attach to the holes in the front of the slide? Or simply point shooting?

Great thread!!

 

[TheShootist1894]

Sharkbeast, Where we're going, we don't need Sights!!

But a red dot will attach to the holes in the dustcover seen in the bottom pic

 

[Mechanized]

I think the shootists ejection port could clear cinder blocks. How far is the bottom of the port from the bottom of the slide?

 

[adurning]

magwell machining



Front sight fuzzy's





machine honed barrel tunnel



Chen magwell in progress







Full profile carry comp 38super



Re-blend after weld up



hand cut rear slide serration on slide that was blued in house.

 

[adurning]

machine honed barrel bushing to .001





Beaver tail weld up and refit





Blast port for full profile carry comp

 

[adurning]

Ned your a beast!

Respect,

A

 

[dj528]

Really interesting to see. I was always under the misimpression that a carry comp involved cutting down the slide.

 

[Spear of Mars]

Really interesting to see. I was always under the misimpression that a carry comp involved cutting down the slide.

Most carry comps are built on Commander or Officer slides with a 3/4" single chamber comp to bring it to standard length or commander length.

I've actually been wanting to do a carry comp with an officer slide on a double stack frame.

 

[DeltaKilo]

Most carry comps are built on Commander or Officer slides with a 3/4" single chamber comp to bring it to standard length or commander length.

I've actually been wanting to do a carry comp with an officer slide on a double stack frame.

oo, and that should be fun!

 

[deadguy]

After 150 years on the bottom I figured it deserved a little action!

Next: 1911 frames and slides cut from Bismark hull plates!

The smiffin version of American Picker

 

[lbmcse]

Wow. I hope this thread continues on as strongly as it started out. I just don't know what I'm going to do with myself. This is like a combination of pornography and mechanical Einstein.

 

[pistolwrench]

"Neat! Is that a gage pin or some fixturing in the top pistol with the Chin housing?"
No. I use a couple of gage pins to prevent any possible frame distortion as I remachine
the feed ramp.

And a welded Norc! You buy a TIG? Interesting.....
No. The welding was done by Jim Milks of Innovative Custom Weaponry.


Ok, work over the past few days.

Welded up frame rails.

Machining to fit the slide.

Oversized firing pin stop was fit to max dimensions for this slide.
There was still a .005" gap with the extractors.

.005" won't affect function, but it will mess up alignment of a rear of slide texture.

Silver-solder is not meant to be a filler, nor is it suitable for a wear area.
But it's just fine for building up the bottom of the extractor slot.

 

[DeltaKilo]

Gorgeous work as usual, chuck!

 

[pistolwrench]

Enlarging the ejector slot in the slide to enhance reliability.

Machining a custom, oversized ejector to fit the altered slide channel.

Selecting the 'right' beavertail.

Sticking on the Chen magwell. The magwell was shortened by .050" to .250" tall.
The original was .300" tall.

I trued up the mainspring housing and frame for some wraparound
golfballing.