A friend of mine who is a machinist wanted to try a 3D surface project on his desktop CNC so one of the things I suggested was some 1911 grips.
We've almost finished this set, they just need to be counter bored, then maybe engraved. There was an error in the path and it nicked a little bit of the grip on the bottom, so these one's aren't perfect, but eh, not bad for the 2nd try at making a grip.
Thought you guys might want to check em out. Ended up being a pretty fun project. Once the non dicked up set is finished I might try duracoating them or something.
Here are a few pics:
The GSG wanted to try them too:
This was our first attempt and got dicked because someone put it in the fixture the wrong way round (not me) Anyway we decided to use it to do a test engraving and try out the counter bore, which went fine.
Things we learned: Use a fixture when possible...and use it properly.
We've almost finished this set, they just need to be counter bored, then maybe engraved. There was an error in the path and it nicked a little bit of the grip on the bottom, so these one's aren't perfect, but eh, not bad for the 2nd try at making a grip.
Thought you guys might want to check em out. Ended up being a pretty fun project. Once the non dicked up set is finished I might try duracoating them or something.
Here are a few pics:
The GSG wanted to try them too:
This was our first attempt and got dicked because someone put it in the fixture the wrong way round (not me
) Anyway we decided to use it to do a test engraving and try out the counter bore, which went fine.
Things we learned: Use a fixture when possible...and use it properly.
