New Tire hammer

[bipolarandy]

cw, i love the 1911 thats on your picture page, how much of that is your work?

[larrynjr]

Those are some great shots of the weekend build Chris, thanks for sharing those!

[cwilliams]

Bipolar
Its all my work, I used to build 1911's for fun.
Now I got bit by the knifesmithing/blacksmithing bug. Dont do alot of gun building anymore.
Seem to spend all my time making new tools for blacksmithing now, am making a rod parter now that can cut 1/2 rod. Hopefully it works.
LarryNJR no problem glad you enjoyed them.
Chris

[mausen]

paul defrancesco has one or two at lightning forge in salt lake city--see lightning forge on web

[bipolarandy]

cw, i ment, did you start with pre made frames, like from kimber, or did you cut those out of a billet?

[cwilliams]

Oh sorry, I thought you were talking about the assembly and machining (Checkering, snakeskinning etc)
All were store bought components, I usually purchased Caspian oversized frames/slides and machined them to fit. Fairly straightforward stuff, not challenging enough, hence my new knifemaking addiction.
Chris

[fritzdecat]

its funny you go to you Tube and type in Tire hammer and this is what you get...LOL

YouTube - Clowning around with my new toys

[case]

well thanks for wasting a minute of my life (;