Ok, everyone buys grips, and some nice ones that I've seen, but none have I seen that I like yet...

So, seein as I piddle with the woodshop a little...I am goin to make my own.

Question I have is, I saw somewhere on the net for a set of plans/drawings of grips to follow for making grips, now I can't find them. I could make them blind, but would be tough to get the dimension right without cutting, fitting, recutting, refitting etc.

I have been known to do that before on other projects, just takes forever.

Anyone know where those plans or that sight is, or does anyone have it themselves?

My SA has been refinished in Matte Black Gun-Kote, and was thinking of black walnut for the grips, or black cherry, I have scrap in both and would look good on matte black I think.

Try 1911pistolgrips.com, you'll find complete instructions as well as grips for sale. I got all the info that I needed to make my own, although very nice, there was no way I was going to pay $100 for a set of grips. Considering how much work is involved I would consider the prices he gets fair though. Plan on 3-5 hours or more to complete one set. Even with the instructions plan on doing ALOT of fitting and refitting. I can email you some pics of some that I made to give you some ideas and motivation if you would like. I also sell a few sets here and there, but it sound like you are like me and more interested in making your own. Good luck.

You see the difference between boys and girls here? This guy has three girls, and he still has time to make his own grips. I have only two boys, and I have to try hard to find time to read the posts here!

LoL

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Ya but mine go to bed at 1900 so then I have a couple of hours to do some work, but that is only a few hours. I'm sure those days are quickly coming to an end....

As I'm sure you know there el commandante

19:00???

That explains everything. My two monsters used to go to bed around 20:00, of course they didn't actually sleep until 21:00 or 21:30. Lately, they do not go to bed until 22:00 and sleep around 23:30. In the morning, they are "rise and shine" at around 07:30!

Then at noon, they used to sleep at around 15:00, now, some times they just don't feel like sleeping at all.

But we have hijacked the thread, apologies folks.

Rgds

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Ma and I raised 2 boys and 3 girls and went through all the thigs you have and aqllthe things ahead of you yet. Our youngest turned 40 this year and the oldest 46. Remember this old saying "A son is a son untuil he takes a wife, a daughter is a daughter all of your life, Gottriplets I know your daughters are like 18 months, just think when they are 16 and want to go out with some boy and you think about when you were young and tell them they can not date until they are 30 cause you can remember yourself when you were that age. Have great day guys.

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OK, I just checked, it was gottriplets who started this thread, so he can't complain that we hijacked it.

Old Man, you should have been with us, when we had that first ultra-sound and were told my wife carried two boys. My wife said that I had the saddest expression she had ever seen me with, on my face. I wanted a girl, but as we say in Greece, "I am happy as long as they were both healthy".

Kind regards gentlemen and may you all have a good night. Time to go to bed.

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He's got triplets, you have twins, our youngest daughter has 3 sons wit the same birthday Nov 18th and they are not triplets, the twins were 2 and her oldest was 3. Now ain't that a unique situation.

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Bear's Story .

If you have no money and few possesions, if you have a dog you are still rich.

hijackin my own thread....

John, I'll go ya one even better on the ultrasound, when we got our first ultrasound, the doc started counting 1,2,3...1,2.....WHOA, you started over right doc?

Uh...No was his reply...

I had a sudden fluttering in my chest, and my wallet went into cardiac arrest. Two weeks later we went back and only 3 remained, doc said the others were fluid sacs with no babies...

My heart lightened...just a little... and my wallet coughed back to life albeit, it still hiccups ever now and then...

wouldn't change a thing tho...

back to the thread, the 1911pistolgrips had no plans, any other suggestions? and suggestions on wood color to go with an all matte black gun...

thanks guys...

Damn you might have been the first father lost in the doctors office, good thing you didnt go into cardiac arrest. You must have a ggod heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!1in more ways thatn one.

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Bear's Story .

If you have no money and few possesions, if you have a dog you are still rich.