Caleb's Workbench "Projects"

[Caleb]

UPDATE: 3/11/14

So, the Flame Box Elder grips I was making took a wrong turn and one broke on me. I turned around to grab more sandpaper and had the grip in my other hand. My hand hip the end of the workbench and the grip went flying. Ended up on the floor about 10ft from me in two pieces, I just stared at it for five minutes. LOL. Any who, those are scrap now.

My co-worker was able to acquire me some American Walnut scales and on to the next set. Got them cut smaller and traced out the pattern. Tomorrow I will try to work on them some during lunch.





UPDATE: 03/26/2014
Got them shaped after two belts broke on the sander. Just need final sanding and coutersink the screw holes on the faces.

[Lonestar grips.]

looking good !

[GD2A]

Wow, go you!!! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The one you started with is the one I'd have done last in the hope of it turning out the best. They're all nice though.

[Caleb]

Originally Posted by Lonestar grips.

looking good !

Thank you , means a lot coming from the grip master.

Originally Posted by GD2A

Wow, go you!!! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The one you started with is the one I'd have done last in the hope of it turning out the best. They're all nice though.

, You are right but, I like all of them....so, gotta start with one of them.

[Caleb]

Painted P-Mags

Got bored of the usual black mags so, why not..?..

[Riverpigusmc]

Good job cockroach. Your girl lets you woodwork and paint but not reload?

[milkmanjoe]

Originally Posted by Riverpigusmc

Good job cockroach. Your girl lets you woodwork and paint but not reload?

Bwahahahahahaha...........I'm waiting for Dave to invite my Champion over for six months. I'm outta motivation 'cept for Little league.
C'mon Dave.....open book.....make my Champion whole.
(probly just got my arse banned here too)

[Caleb]

Originally Posted by Riverpigusmc

Good job cockroach. Your girl lets you woodwork and paint but not reload?

The woodwork is being done at work (just don't tell my employer) and the paint was done as a black ops mission (she was shopping).

BTW: It's not that she doesn't "let" me reload, it's that I don't have the room for a work bench.

[Caleb]

Fusion MSH w/MagwellMy Kimber....yeah I said it....came with a plastic MSH and no magwell so, I decided to change that. I purchased a Fusion MSH w/Magwell and proceeded to install it.





Here is the factory plastic MSH...







Time to start...Remove grips



Hold down grip safety (rubber bands work great) and punch out MSH pin (be careful, it's under spring tension) using your thumb or hand to catch MSH or flying parts.



Here are the factory parts removed...



Now install the spring, plunger, pin onto your new MSH (sorry no progress pics o this) and install the new assembled MSH onto the pistol...



With this Fusion MSH, te Magwell is screwed onto the MSH with an allen screw. It will look like this when installed...











Now replace your grips and enjoy easy mag changes!......





DONE! Or are you?......I'm not. I want to blend the Magwell with the frame of the pistol for a smoother look and mag insertion. Look at these two pics and see the double "step" bevels on the bottom (they do not interfear much with mag changes, tho).....





I have not built up the courage to blend the well yet so, stay tuned!!!!

[Caleb]

Reserved for updates....