A little project I am doing

[AllenM]

Allen - do you know about and do you perform the Marvel disconnector ramp cuts on the 1911s / 2011s that you build.

I know that many custom builders do. Just wondering.

Oh how I want a high quality double-stack "2011" gun. *sigh*

Yes I do

 

[AllenM]

This is coming along, I got a little farther.
Last Saturday I worked on it a lot but wasn't happy with the overall effect so I didn't post pics until I came up with a way to make it look better

I cut the serrations and porting and decided to run the serrations through the frame as well, being a wide body frame I didn't realize how much real estate there would be and it just looked bulky to me.

Here are some pics none the less.

I opted to cut a couple panels first





Here you can see my precise layout technique


Serrations being cut

serrations <---

The serrations, I was pretty un happy with this at first, just because of the bulkiness



ports being cut, you have to bear with it for 20 seconds before actual porting

Slide ports <----








I decided to 45 the the bottom corners of the frame and remove some of the frame serration length. This helps a bunch and I feel pretty good with the effect. looks more balanced

 

[AllenM]

This is the last major machine work operation before a lot of tedious hand blending and shaping.

Slide top serrations

So the to of the slide isn't parallel with the slide rails. without shifting my vise around to make it parallel I have this handy digital probe that will measure the angle then I can program it into the mill and it will compensate for the angle



Some setup



Little video...

Slide top serrations vid <---

And wala

 

[chezuki]

This is coming along, I got a little farther.
Last Saturday I worked on it a lot but wasn't happy with the overall effect so I didn't post pics until I came up with a way to make it look better

I cut the serrations and porting and decided to run the serrations through the frame as well, being a wide body frame I didn't realize how much real estate there would be and it just looked bulky to me.

Here are some pics none the less.

I opted to cut a couple panels first

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Here you can see my precise layout technique
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Serrations being cut

serrations <---

The serrations, I was pretty un happy with this at first, just because of the bulkiness

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ports being cut, you have to bear with it for 20 seconds before actual porting

Slide ports <----


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I decided to 45 the the bottom corners of the frame and remove some of the frame serration length. This helps a bunch and I feel pretty good with the effect. looks more balanced


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That Holosun looks familiar!

 

[AllenM]

That Holosun looks familiar!

It looks similar

 

[Trapper Jim]

Very nice! Rewarding Work.

 

[AllenM]

Added some parts and did some odds and ends to this build

Parts


Odds and ends

 

[AllenM]

And took it for a test drive today. Ran like a champ no malfunction, accurate nice shooter. I am thinking of adding a window behind the serrations to fill in the empty space and have to decide on paint
Also have a smaller magwell coming

 

[223 Gunner]

Wow! Turned out nice.
Great work as always.

 

[Jimbo74]

That's some good stuff right there

 

[AllenM]

I'm gonna just leave this here.....

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[llh1956]

Sweet!

 

[AllenM]

Sweet!

Just test fired it for the final time.. Fun fun

 

[Rookie]

I'm gonna just leave this here..... View attachment 240266

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Fine. If you're just going to leave it laying around, I'll come get it. For the children...