Got it, i guess it was a misunderstanding tends to happen alot on forums lol. Sorry budIt was actually a rhetorical question since really your answer wouldn't mean much. We're not in a position to check your references or verify your credentials. And a number of well known and regarded members here have taken issue, citing their technical bases, with a number of things you've posted.
The real point is that someone calling himself an expert (which apparently is your style) is a false note -- it just doesn't ring true. It's not anyone's place to call himself an expert, or a nice guy, or honest, or handsome, etc. Those sorts of assessment are for others to make.
Honestly i dont know if your being sarcastic or serious at this point.This link will take you to the OP's 1911 trigger job on a Kimber.
I'll let it speak for itself without comment.
If you don't have a lot of time,I found the footage at around 5:00,17:00 through 20:00 interesting.
https://youtu.be/6Kdo-C2pUgc
HiBC said:...I'll let it speak for itself without comment....
help me here please. He says around 5:00 while using an Arkansas stone, "Remember, we're not removing any material. We're just cleaning up the surface...."
I've always understood that an abrasive, like an Arkansas stone, does remove material, albeit in the case of a fine abrasive like an Arkansas stone very little. Is my understanding incorrect?
Yes i know jigs are pretty cheap, i own 2 different styles of jigs. i just decided not to use them for the video as i tend to use them only when changing engagement angles. and yes you can use cold blue, Dykem fluid, even a sharpy to mark the surface and use as a guide. and yes i know Hard Arkansas stones cut see my other response ^^^ i wast trying to say that i was not trying to remove a lot of material simply clean up the surface a bit. again i am new to the whole video thing and i need to work on my speech a bit better while working. i am more use to working on something and not have to explain myself while doing it so its a learning curve. and yes in Gunsmithing school they teach you both ways with and without jigs. obviously they most practical and safest way would be use the jig but again i only use when changing angles because a lot more room for error and buying replacement parts can become expensive quickly.Yes,Mr Ettin,they cut.
A basic sear jig can be had from Brownells for about $25.00
I went for the Marvel,myself. I don't think most folks can feel/maintain the flat of a sear engagement surface on a stone.
I suspect cold bluing the surface before stoning would be enlightening.
In my trade/profession,opinion did not cut it. That's why toolmaking,machining,etc has measuring tools/metrology. For my home use,thats why I recently bought a Browne and Sharpe toolmakers microscope.
30X,protractor head,crosshair reticle,and X-Y micrometer heads about 1 1/2 in in dia,direct reading .0001. Nice tool. I can tell you if the Arkansas stone took off .0002. I can also tell you if its square,or rounded.I can measure the primary and secondary sear angles,and measure the lengths.
If you don't measure,you don't know.
I use a sear jig.I never went to Trinidad Gunsmith school,but I suspect they teach "Use a sear jig"
As a kid I kept my Buck folding Hunter pretty sharp with nothing but a hard Arkansas stone. The stone does cut.
GorillaGunworks said:...its great to see that instead of helping each other out on the forums we resort to bashing each other...
And perhaps someone who has spent considerable time perfecting his skills can do a lot of things free hand that others need a jig for. But YouTube videos go to a large audience, including novices who haven't perfected many of the "hands-on" skills of seasoned practitioners.GorillaGunworks said:...i am more use to working on something and not have to explain myself while doing it so its a learning curve. and yes in Gunsmithing school they teach you both ways with and without jigs. obviously they most practical and safest way would be use the jig....
Point Taken Frank and you are right, i need to gear my videos more towards the beginners and use all available aids to simplify the work and teach better and safer methods. Thank you.It's not about bashing people. It his about helping the people who read these forums and other media on the Internet get good information. That's what they come for.
But there's a lot of bad information out in cyberspace, because it's so easy to put information out there and make it available to everyone in the world with Internet access.
These discussions help test the validity and utility of some of the information that gets sent through the ether.
And perhaps someone who has spent considerable time perfecting his skills can do a lot of things free hand that others need a jig for. But YouTube videos go to a large audience, including novices who haven't perfected many of the "hands-on" skills of seasoned practitioners.
I like to cook and have done so for many years. I prepare hollandaise and bearnaise sauces over direct heat -- although every cookbook will tell you to use a double boiler. That's because cookbooks are written for both the experienced cook and the beginner. A beginner will generally not have the skills to prepare certain egg yolk thickened sauces over direct heat, and when he tries he will often get scrambled eggs instead of a smooth, thick, delicious sauce.
In most cases, the polished feed ramp is to reassure the customer that his gun was worked on. A properly contoured dull finished feed ramp will deliver the cartridges to the chamber just as well. But it won't look "custom." Then there is the problem of the shiny feed ramp not of proper contour.
lol Cool thanks for the welcome bud, no hard feelings, i just tend to get into these things, we are all just trying to make our point.Frank made the point.You heard it.
No need for me to say it again.
So I'll just say "Cool".
We can start over. Welcome.
Bill please read the previous posts, everyone already settled down, I know that when you polish metal you remove some hence the reason for the shiny surface but the amount removed in this case is so little it will not affect the chamber in anyway the chamber is not getting rounded over as you say. It's not like your going to be polishing the chamber with abrasive for extended periods of time that is ridiculous. And please before you insult someone else's work worry about your own. I studied gunsmithing and I know what I can and cannot do. You studied your knife making I'm sure so I won't insult you in your department. Because last time I checked I have not insulted anyone in here, and everyone has made their point or better yet given there opinion without insulting. So before you go and insult someone who has studied their craft for years worry about your own mediocre website and butterknife collection.What you do in your video is NOT "polishing a little."
It's ham-handed, wide open grinding. Don't think "polishing" compound won't remove metal. All that black stuff on the felt bob IS metal.
There is absolutely no need to do what you are doing. The chamber will be out of spec, and the chamber mouth will be rounded.
Will the gun blow up? Maybe-if you round the chamber mouth too much.
Sorry- this is bubba gunsmithing.