Recent content by tbobcar

Yes, I agree. Knives are good for cutting wrists or throats, both actions lack an evenly matched opponent. Knife fights are rediculus. Knives, however are beautiful pieces of craftsmanship, the best ones are folding knives, they are are always handy for home and yard work. Guns an the other hand...

Excellent advice, most guns are made of different alloys of steel. I think it's remarkable the gun manufacturers achieve such uniform finishes. It ain't easy. If I were wealthy enough to buy a new gun and I wanted a different finish on a part of the gun, I'd sure phone the manufacturer and ask...

Some metal fiinishing shops offer black nickel plating on SS. The plate is very tough, and some electroless-Ni plates are deeply black and very tough. There were a few propritory stainless steel activators that removed surface alloying metals like chromium leaving an iron surface capable of...

Ah, a true craftsman.

A simple Bridgeport or CNC?

Sure thing, but don't wait on me. I'll see if any local smiths want the little fixtures, then I'll tool up.

If there is a need in the community I would tool up to turn a few on my lathe for consumption.

Might not be a problem to turn those thumb temp scews, any idea of the demand and going price. See if it is worth tooling up for. Any dwgs or goby parts?

The best anodize stripping is an electrolytic process, you are probably not set up for it. In fact I strongly suggest you don't try a wet DIY method. If the shooter were mine I'd get a metal finisher to do it, polishing is an art-form. Yet again I suggest you have a professional do all the...

The tips you've been given are pretty good, however, close tolerance fits and threads are easily masked with plugs or stop-off paint. Stripping does remove some base metal and the stripped surface will need polishing before reanodizing. As was noted, the new coat will build up the surface a...

I think the aluminum grip frame has a material choice problem. Like steel, does the manufacturer make the frame from a billet of 6000 or 7000 series, or make a die cast frame from a 4000 series aluminum? On topic, die cast 4000 series will anodize but with all the silicon doesn't make as solid...

Well said.

You bet, just short of notching the grip, a low to medium scruff factor adds to the beauty.

Anodizing of Aluminum is a process that uses sulphuric acid bath and an anodic current, lots of current. The clear oxide coat formed can be thin for decorative purposes or can be very thick for severe wear resistance. Thin anodizing can wear through to the base metal, or thick "hard anodizing"...

I don't think sailer or saler are common uses of the written English word.