Some will say this is a waste of time, I'll agree. But I'll never have the nicest 1911, I may have the nicest glock40 by the time i finish this c9 tho. Still like putting a geo metro on the block at barrett jackson lol. i have never gone this deep in a handgun, will be fun to learn on. Hoping to work myself into 1911s and czs over the next 2 years. Look out Allenm and praff lolol
All hand tool build, files and sandpaper mostly. I'll break out the dremel once i get to the small bits. All of my metal working tools are in my tool box at work so I'm using files i found in the garbage of my grandpas estate.
Started as a 32 dollar property room auction pistol
Tore it down and im probably going way too far...
Stripper at work.
Was clearly used as a hammer
This casting is rough... my hands are definitely going to hurt
Deep roll marks and tool marks. Trying to preserve the roll marks while getting a flat side by leveling and filing out the tool marks
Checking fit and how it actually works
Last for today. Need to clean the bevels and smooth out the debur on the bottom edge of the slide. Still some tool marks in the logo, real pita getting down through them.
All hand tool build, files and sandpaper mostly. I'll break out the dremel once i get to the small bits. All of my metal working tools are in my tool box at work so I'm using files i found in the garbage of my grandpas estate.
Started as a 32 dollar property room auction pistol
Tore it down and im probably going way too far...
Stripper at work.
Was clearly used as a hammer
This casting is rough... my hands are definitely going to hurt
Deep roll marks and tool marks. Trying to preserve the roll marks while getting a flat side by leveling and filing out the tool marks
Checking fit and how it actually works
Last for today. Need to clean the bevels and smooth out the debur on the bottom edge of the slide. Still some tool marks in the logo, real pita getting down through them.