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Thread: the art of grip making..a tutorial w/pics

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    I really wish I had wood working knowledge and the tools to try this. Kinda hard as a 17 year old :P

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    Thanks Gents.

    i enjoy making them, and I like to share


    Quote Originally Posted by shadow93
    I really wish I had wood working knowledge and the tools to try this. Kinda hard as a 17 year old :P
    save your lunch money, Kid
    for about a $150 (maybe $100 if you catch the sales and use the e-mail coupons) you can buy enough tools at Harbor Freight to become a grip making GAWD...


    here's some new ones.
    a couple spalts from the same stump the tutorial grips came from.

    With and w/o Walnut border
    and a buckeye burl w/walnut border








    ..L.T.A.

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    I have the money I'm just stingy on how I spend what I earn :P

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    Great thread!!

    After tracing and starting into a pair of grips for one of my (ahem) Ruger New Model revolvers (I have a couple of them), I came across this thread. I'll try my rail gun stocks as received, but I'm sure this summer I'll make some customs!

    So - thanks mate!!

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    Thanks for a great post and very timely as I've been contemplating the urge to make a few pair- the Buckeye burl is stunning-

    I keep walking by a spalted piece of maple in the woods while walking the dogs-I'm inspired I need to cut up some blanks- the CA Titebond was a really good info bit for stabilizing-thankyou. -I realize it needs to "dry"

    While I was just checking my OEM grips on the gun I did a quick measure and came up with about 3 1/16 center to center but when I reread your post I saw you said 3.72 +/- .005 did you mean 3.072? As 3 1/16 is 3.0625?

    I always learn better with a picture tutorial- what were the other blanks in the picture being made for? Sigs?
    Last edited by TappinZZ; 7th March 2011 at 05:31.


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    Quote Originally Posted by TappinZZ
    did you mean 3.072? As 3 1/16 is 3.0625?
    I did indeed mean that, Tappen
    It's 3.072

    I'll go back and edit it.
    Glad you caught it... THANK YOU!!


    edit...uh oh, i can't edit it...

    if one of the mods see this, maybe they could fix it.
    It's very early in the post


    ..L.T.A.
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    Cap-Great so it's a titmouse more than 3 1/16" C to C--that's a great thing to know. Is the buckeye burl you have really got a blue-grey cast to it as much as the photos show? It is an amazing bit of nature.

    I have some Wenge with some pretty nice swirl-a bit unusual for this wood and want to make a pair or two for my Pro Raptor- I was thinking ebony but I bet its to brittle- Wenge is a brick-s-h as far a strenght but it does have a bit of movement-I also have some Walnut from a tree in my yard with some nice variation-I actually saw it when I was band sawing firewood!--I didn't know what I could make but thought about knife blanks now that I'm addicted to 1911's I know what it was meant for. Hopefully in a couple of weeks I'll have 220 wired in my new shop-still looking for a good electrician-

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    Quote Originally Posted by TappinZZ
    Is the buckeye burl you have really got a blue-grey cast to it as much as the photos show? It is an amazing bit of nature.
    yes.
    I do the best i can to take pics that show just as to the eye

    some has a green hue to it too.
    along with reds, yellow/gold, pale yellow and grays


    check out the color on these Buckeye's

    They came from the same 1 1/4" thick block
    There was quite a difference of vibrant color lose from one set to the other.
    3/4" off the block and color changed a fair amount













    This next set (top middle ) was by far the most brilliant color "pop" of any buckeye I worked to date

    The red is a ruby acrylic filling a large void







    I got two sets out that block too.
    Bit the brilliant gold color was gone on the second set







    ..L.T.A.
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    Beautiful wood and work Cap- I never get tired of that miraculous material.

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    Cap - great write up.

    I've been wanting to try making a set of grips for some time....and now of course I'll have to wait longer as we are packing up the house.
    Once I can get the 'workshop' up and running I'm going to give them a shot.

    I'm pretty sure I'll have to practice on some 'scrap' wood first as I only have some basic woodworking skills.

    Have you ever tried briar for grips? I have carved a few pipes over the past few years out of briar and love the look and feel of it, would want to try a set with that. (the pipes were not nearly show quality - more of a fun project)

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