Luger Carbine Front Sight Question

[John Sabato]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

Shoot...Either of those shapes, I don't have a tool to cut grooves in a ramp...Steps maybe, but not grooves...If I had a shaper, that would be ideal...But I don't...

I can think of several ways you might do this...

You can simulate a shaper action using a milling vise clamped to the bed of your lathe and an appropriately shaped cutting bit using the automatic feed of the lead screw. It would take a long time, since manual feeding of the cutting tool would be required for each cut, but it is doable... Similar to the way you would cut an inside diameter keyway using only a lathe... I hope that is clear enough...

OR... you could make a hardened jig to clamp on the front sight base and use a small triangular Swiss needle file (or fine tooth metal saw) to make each "step"... I know it would be a long process, but hey... you are doing this for fun right?