Grip Question for Hugh
 

Hugh,
How do you checker grips made of extremely hard wood? My uncle is attempting to make a set of Luger grips of Arizona IronWood, It's one of the hardest and heaviest woods I have seen. I figured You would know if anybody would!

Cheers <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" /> ,Brandon

Hugh I'm sure will reply, I know from my experience that hard woods will splinter and break and are a dickens to work on. I try to take just a little off at a time.

Now Hugh, he puts the blanks out and in the morning the little elves have done the work for him, finished off a bottle of Jack, but done the work for him, <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" /> <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" />

Hey Ed, U ain't loaded. Do U gts one in da chambre??? Whas it like ta hav a one shot Loogar?

<img src="graemlins/c.gif" border="0" alt="[ouch]" />

Frank,
Your from Phoenix, AZ? I'll bet your at Ralph's every weekend! [img]wink.gif[/img]

Cheers <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" /> ,Brandon

Brandon, he is there about once a week, but the good news is Ralph gets a minimum of $1 for each "Frank" visit. <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" /> <img src="graemlins/c.gif" border="0" alt="[ouch]" />

If I lived in Phoenix, I think I would offer to do the dusting in Ralph's luger room every week.

Imagine fondling all those lugers whenever you want ?

[img]wink.gif[/img] Wonder if Ralph and Nancy argue about who gets to do the dusting... [img]wink.gif[/img]

http://boards.rennlist.com/upload/RalphsLugerRoom.jpg

Ed, I only live 5 miles from Uncle Ralph. It's too expensive to see him every weekend. Besides it costs me a "drool" charge every time I go into "The Room". <img src="graemlins/crying.gif" border="0" alt="[crying]" />

Brandon,

I am very familiar with Desert Ironwood. I make hunting knives, and that is one of my favorite handle materials due to its beauty of grain and durability. I have carbide checkering tools which work great and don't dull easily. <img src="graemlins/bigok.gif" border="0" alt="[thumbsup]" />

I count 289 Lugers to be dusted in that pictures. Oh, and one Colt 1911.

--Dwight

[quote]Originally posted by Hugh:
<strong>Brandon,

I am very familiar with Desert Ironwood. I make hunting knives, and that is one of my favorite handle materials due to its beauty of grain and durability. I have carbide checkering tools which work great and don't dull easily. <img src="graemlins/bigok.gif" border="0" alt="[thumbsup]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>


Where could I pick up a set of those carbide checkering tools? Brownell's Maybe [img]confused.gif[/img]
Thanks for the info! <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />
Brandon

Brownells has them at about $80 A PIECE (not a set). <img src="graemlins/crying.gif" border="0" alt="[crying]" />

[quote]Originally posted by Wm. Pete Ebbink:
<strong>If I lived in Phoenix, I think I would offer to do the dusting in Ralph's luger room every week.

Imagine fondling all those lugers whenever you want ?

[img]wink.gif[/img] Wonder if Ralph and Nancy argue about who gets to do the dusting... [img]wink.gif[/img]

http://boards.rennlist.com/upload/RalphsLugerRoom.jpg</strong><hr></blockquote>

Pete,
I wonder if we could move to Peoria and be custodians for Ralph's WOL? We would spend alot of time cleaning up drool! Our Drool!!!!!!!!!!!

Brandon

If I remember right, there are probably a good handful or two of those missing from the shelves there! I know I have one now on MY wall.


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Hugh, Are these the tools you are talking about?

www.brownells.com/Product/productDetail.asp?ProductID=157100201&CategoryID=0

Are there any difference between those attachments? I wish to learn from the master! Long live Hugh <img src="graemlins/r.gif" border="0" alt="[king]" /> of Luger grips!

Brandon

Brandon,

Yep, I guess the carbide spacing tool is the one I was thinking about when I said $80. If you are thinking about buying a set; get the 90 deg tools, not the 75 deg. If you don't already have a 20 LPI spacer, you will need that also. The minimum number of the tools you will need is the type 2 and smallest type 3

If you haven't done any checkering before, It would be better to buy the regular tool steel tools first to practice with. Luke might have a set for sell cheap! <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" />

So I'll need the Type 2 and the Type 3 - 3/32"? I suppose Brownell's has the spacer you were talking about? Who makes the spacer? I can't find it on the product search, maybe I just haven't typed in the right information?

Brandon

Brandon, Apparantly they aren't carrying it anymore. You will have to get one of the Dembart or Gunline. Get a right and left spacer head and a handle. If you have not done any checkering before, I suggest that you get one of the starter kits, and read a book on checkering before you attempt it. <img src="graemlins/nono.gif" border="0" alt="[nono]" />

I'll have to pick up those tools, and yep I'm going to read-up on the art of checkering I'm also going to practice on scrap wood. My dad's business is active September through January give or take a month (He's a Ginseng dealer), and in the spring (and some of the cooler summer days) He runs his Woodmizer portable sawmill, so scrap wood is plentiful! I'm going to try some of this woodworking to pass spare time. Can't wait to get started! <img src="graemlins/bigok.gif" border="0" alt="[thumbsup]" /> Thanks for the help Hugh!!!

Brandon

Brandon,

The best book on checkering is the classic; CHECKERING AND CARVING OF GUNSTOCKS by Monte Kennedy.

I would recommend that you start out practicing with the 16 or 18 LPI tools before trying the finer ones. It will be less frustating, as the finer the pattern the chances of "messing up" rise expotentially! <img src="graemlins/r.gif" border="0" alt="[king]" />

Great Googamooga! What a pretty bunch of pistols!