radioman
NES Member
Took me about two hours to do the job. I started with 150 grit to get the tooling marks out of the flutes. This was the worst part of the job. I could tell how sharp each milling tool was that cut each flute. Some were fairly smooth others were a mess. This part took at least half of the total job time. Also most of my finger skin. I finished the flutes off with 400 grit. The 400 grit went very smooth because after I ended with the 150 grit it was all worn out and did not leave many marks to sand out. After sanding all parts that needed it. (Tip-- the trigger guards on these pistols are left rough on the edges. So if you want a super good job don't forget to sand the edges of the trigger guard both with 150 then 400.) It was over to the bench mounted buffing wheel. I use white rouge as an abrasive. I find it to work well for most jobs. The photos are not to good as I can not figure out how to upload large photos to photobucket. Every time I upload the photos get re-sized to the size shown. If your interested in the job I can email you some larger photos.
BEFORE
AFTER
I lost the sun light on the after photo. It might come out a little better in direct sunlight as the before photo was taken?
BEFORE
AFTER
I lost the sun light on the after photo. It might come out a little better in direct sunlight as the before photo was taken?