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Gents,
I am seriously thinking about another Phineas C. Zoid build - "SONOFAZOID"
My first series of random thoughts / questions:
I used a stainless frame to put under a vintage blued steel slide for my first build. As expected, I needed to do a little fitting on the frame to get it to fit the slide. Because the frame was stainless, I am guessing that taking material off of the rails was some degree more difficult than if it were carbon steel or aluminum, but I'm not sure on the carbon steel. The primary reason I chose stainless is because I wouldn't have needed to finish it beyond media blasting.
So . . . .
Q1a: How much easier would it have been to work with carbon steel?
Q1b: How much easier would it have been to work with aluminum?
Knowing the answer to Q1b, I have a follow up question on aluminum frames.
Q2: Should an aluminum frame get some type of finish, or is it fine to leave it with a media blast finish?
Build #2 will most likely be a bobtail. Your thoughts?
Z
I am seriously thinking about another Phineas C. Zoid build - "SONOFAZOID"
My first series of random thoughts / questions:
I used a stainless frame to put under a vintage blued steel slide for my first build. As expected, I needed to do a little fitting on the frame to get it to fit the slide. Because the frame was stainless, I am guessing that taking material off of the rails was some degree more difficult than if it were carbon steel or aluminum, but I'm not sure on the carbon steel. The primary reason I chose stainless is because I wouldn't have needed to finish it beyond media blasting.
So . . . .
Q1a: How much easier would it have been to work with carbon steel?
Q1b: How much easier would it have been to work with aluminum?
Knowing the answer to Q1b, I have a follow up question on aluminum frames.
Q2: Should an aluminum frame get some type of finish, or is it fine to leave it with a media blast finish?
Build #2 will most likely be a bobtail. Your thoughts?
Z