CJB
06-14-2013, 03:15 PM
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There ya go J'man! I lied tho... it was 3/4 inch stock, not one inch.... my apologies! Thats the stippling punch that has done its job for a long while. The center drill has been out once for a regrind, and its due for that again. The big hefty punch with a medium hammer makes the prick marks sure and controllable. Much much less chance of skidding.
Also my 1911 front sight staking punch. What I do is clamp the slide and sight down to a steel strip thats held in the vice. I've got a pretty hefty vice - its 8 inches across the jaws and weighs about 60lbs. The bench is sturdy.. so ... just tap tap tap away and you've got a new front sight. Usually, I'll put a little relief grind on the inside of the slide with a Dremel. Just a little ball cutter work to give some extra space for the metal of the sight to deform into. If you hold it all tight - don't let the sight move at all in relation to the slide, it doesn't take much to upset the metal and give you a real solid stake job. Just grind the excess away with Dremel sanding drum and you're all set.
Hope that helps!~
There ya go J'man! I lied tho... it was 3/4 inch stock, not one inch.... my apologies! Thats the stippling punch that has done its job for a long while. The center drill has been out once for a regrind, and its due for that again. The big hefty punch with a medium hammer makes the prick marks sure and controllable. Much much less chance of skidding.
Also my 1911 front sight staking punch. What I do is clamp the slide and sight down to a steel strip thats held in the vice. I've got a pretty hefty vice - its 8 inches across the jaws and weighs about 60lbs. The bench is sturdy.. so ... just tap tap tap away and you've got a new front sight. Usually, I'll put a little relief grind on the inside of the slide with a Dremel. Just a little ball cutter work to give some extra space for the metal of the sight to deform into. If you hold it all tight - don't let the sight move at all in relation to the slide, it doesn't take much to upset the metal and give you a real solid stake job. Just grind the excess away with Dremel sanding drum and you're all set.
Hope that helps!~