[Jason Burton]

Hoping to make this a continuous chain of various photos of stuff that’s in progress in my shop.


Last couple of days was checkering...

 

[ZoidMeister]

I have a feeling this thread will become the virtual Kahn Academy of 1911 smithing . . . .

Thanks for posting!!!

 

[Jollyroger1]

Beautiful work!

 

[AlchemyCustomWeaponry]

Hand checkering is becoming as scarce as hen's teeth. I used to have local guys bring me stuff to checker all the time. Stressed me out. I got to the point where I turned down stainless jobs for hand checkering. Great photos.

 

[deadguy]

nice work!

I dig that border on the slide as well.

 

[azpoolguy]

Thanks for posting Jason. Your hand checkering is pure art work.

And thanks for offering suggestion on my checkering work I posted on 1911forums in the past . It made a big difference for me in the quality of my work.

 

[Joni Lynn]

Thanks for posting. I'm looking forward to more!

 

[JH225]

Very nice.

There is no way in the world that I would have the patience to do that.

 

[Jimhoag]

Outstanding work

 

[limbkiller]

Thank you sir for taking the time to be apart of our community and taking the time to show your in progress pictures. I assure you their are many here who greatly appreciate it, myself included. We will wait with baited breath for your posts as we wait for all the great smiths who post here. Once in awhile it is a members gun and that makes it extra special.

 

[pistolwretch]

Jason,
Great to see you here!
The crew here LOVES in process pics.
Please give us frequent updates!

 

[41 Charlie]

Top shelf, Sir! That's going to be one fine Pony!

 

[salelcid]

Thankyou for posting!! Love it.

 

[elpinkgun]

As always Jason, amazing work!!!!! Thank you for sharing.

 

[switchback]

A lost art for sure. Your work is excellent. And we appreciate the progress pics and the time spent away from the bench to take and post them. Thank you

 

[Raylan Givens]

Love this kind of thread. Keep it coming.

 

[Bro. Pappaw]

Thank you. Looking forward to more.

 

[usmc_k9_vet]

Sweet. Looking forward to more as well.

 

[Jason Burton]

Some shots from the last couple of days...


Cutting the hammer hooks as part of the trigger job...

Setting the thumb safety detent and blending it to the frame...

Even managed to box this one up and send it off...

 

[Geoff]

Love the photos, love the work. Thanks to you and many others here for sharing with the forum. Being able to follow the progress of a build is a great opportunity for many of us that would not ordinarily get to see this aspect of the build.