1911 Grip Samples

[Eaglestroker]

Originally Posted by Snipersnest

I like the burled desert ironwood, the grain patterns are incredible.

I'm with you those are my favorite!

[AutoMag]

Dave, on the Corian grips what do you use for the shaping of them?

[markenki]

The spalted hackberry and mesquite grips look awesome.

[daveinvegas]

More grips for my Texas client:

[ABC3]

Very nice work. I'm going to have to check into a set of those.

[AutoMag]

Looking good Dave!!

[NAMVET72]

Very Nice Dave,

[daveinvegas]

Originally Posted by AutoMag

Dave, on the Corian grips what do you use for the shaping of them?

I shape them with a belt sander, drum sander, orbital sander and hand sanding.

Of course I also use a band saw, router, Dremel, a drill press and buffing wheel during the process along with a couple of jigs/fixtures.

The Corian takes a lot of final sanding with multiple grades of sand paper and buffing to remove all the deep sanding marks from the belt sander. Corian requires as much final sanding and buffing as the clear acrylic grips to remove all the sanding marks and to make em smooth as glass.

I have more Corian grips in progress as well as desert ironwood, mesquite, spalted sycamore and cocobolo.

[AutoMag]

Thank you Dave!! I have a buddy that owns a countertop company and I can have all of the scraps but I did not know how to go about working them to the shape of a grip!!!

[daveinvegas]

Originally Posted by AutoMag

Thank you Dave!! I have a buddy that owns a countertop company and I can have all of the scraps but I did not know how to go about working them to the shape of a grip!!!

Just like wood.