Blending 1911 ejector to frame. How to?

[OkayShooter]

Well last night I fitted my new ed brown ejector to the frame. Notched it out, made sure the slide slide over. Now its purely cosmetics.

Now I just gotta blend the ejector to the frame. Install the slide, scribe along the ejector, than dremel and belt sander?

 

[Kjm1971]

I'm not a dremel fan, find they can lead to more problems than they fix. When I have to blend a whole slide to frame I use files and sandpaper by hand. Understanding you don't want to blend and refinish the whole gun, I'd scribe it, and slowly file by hand, test fitting often to ensure you don't go too far. Finish with fine sandpaper or stone and some cold blue.

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[Trinimon]

Yup, Dremel and belt sander might not be the best option unless you have a spare part incase you mess up. Files, sandpaper and stones for me too.

 

[skoal]

Rotary tools have their place if you know what your doing so I wouldn't completed ignore them. Op put the slide on and blend the slide,frame and ejector at the same time as well as grip safety if your doing that too.

 

[Kjm1971]

Whatever method you choose, use lots of masking tape to protect anywhere you might accidentally hit with a file, dremel, or whatever. It's like getting a mulligan, and you'll use it.

 

[Attilathecanuk]

whatever method you choose, use lots of masking tape to protect anywhere you might accidentally hit with a file, dremel, or whatever. It's like getting a mulligan, and you'll use it.

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[madcow]

And lots of patience

 

[OkayShooter]

Whatever method you choose, use lots of masking tape to protect anywhere you might accidentally hit with a file, dremel, or whatever. It's like getting a mulligan, and you'll use it.

Thanks, I might go file and paper. I just need to blend the ejector to the frame/slide

And lots of patience

I plan to.

Rotary tools have their place if you know what your doing so I wouldn't completed ignore them. Op put the slide on and blend the slide,frame and ejector at the same time as well as grip safety if your doing that too.

I was just going to take the excess off the ejector. The slide/frame is already fitted. I just did a ejector replacement.

I'm not a dremel fan, find they can lead to more problems than they fix. When I have to blend a whole slide to frame I use files and sandpaper by hand. Understanding you don't want to blend and refinish the whole gun, I'd scribe it, and slowly file by hand, test fitting often to ensure you don't go too far. Finish with fine sandpaper or stone and some cold blue.

upload photo

Thats true. I don't have the most steady hand. I was going to put the slide on the frame, lock it, and scribe the ejector, pop it off, and remove the excess/overhang.

Yup, Dremel and belt sander might not be the best option unless you have a spare part incase you mess up. Files, sandpaper and stones for me too.

I was just going to take the excess off with a dremel or belt sander.

 

[OkayShooter]

Thanks, Im just going to scribe with the slide on, than remove the ejector and start filing.

 

[superted]

There used to be an old joke in Gunsmithing circles : gunsmiths would send their customers Dremel tools for Christmas so they could spend the rest of the year "repairing and replacing" the work inexperienced "gunsmithing wannabees" created with their Dremmie....One REALLY has to know what they are doing when they pickup a Dremel tool ....

 

[McHoss]

Once again this forum answers a question I have been contemplating as well. I’m about to order an extended ejector so will be in the same boat. Keep us posted as to how it turns out.
Any issues with the pin notch? Seems straight forward enough to me. Just patience really.

 

[OkayShooter]

There used to be an old joke in Gunsmithing circles : gunsmiths would send their customers Dremel tools for Christmas so they could spend the rest of the year "repairing and replacing" the work inexperienced "gunsmithing wannabees" created with their Dremmie....One REALLY has to know what they are doing when they pickup a Dremel tool ....

Its ugly, I just left it as it is.

Once again this forum answers a question I have been contemplating as well. I’m about to order an extended ejector so will be in the same boat. Keep us posted as to how it turns out.
Any issues with the pin notch? Seems straight forward enough to me. Just patience really.

Nope, I just pushed it down as far as I could, marked where I needed to file, and filed a notch for the pin.