1911 rails on frame
i have bought a 1911 80%frame and need to file the rails is there a jig or somthgin i can get to make them correctly jon
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Why do you need to file the rails? 0 -
because there arent any rails its a 80% complete frame 0 -
Hello,The only reasonable way to "cut" the rails ona frame is with a milling machine and the proper specs...it will be impossible to file these by hand and them be "right" enough to be usable...most of the time these type of projects are more trouble than they are worth.with the reasonable price of framesavailable (check shotgun news , gun list) & any worthwhile local dealer can/will get themits just cost prohibitive to "build" one.... 0 -
It can be done with a homemade jig holding a Dremel with a slitter saw blade horizontally.The frame top is held against the jig and pushed along it into the blade.Pics on the AR15.com site.cpermd 0 -
Sorry-my original reading of your question made me think that your frame had rails and that you wanted to alter them with a file as part of an accurizing job. Had that been the case there are better methods. Anyway, entire guns have been made by people using nothing but a variety of files and a great deal of patience. Perhaps you have both. I agree with azgunnut2 that using a milling machine would be the preferable method by far. Do you have a machinist friend? I know of no ready made jig for such an operation outside of an actual factory; and that would be for machine operations. If you have the ambition to undertake this project you can probably make something that will work. 0
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