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Post by foxtrapper on Apr 17, 2024 8:31:06 GMT -5
Rear Grip Frame View AttachmentFront Grip Frame View AttachmentOM Hammer Pin View AttachmentOnly let me post the 3 pics but I am going to spin up my version this weekend, thanks for the posts. Never thought about this simple solution. Are you starting a list? |
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Post by Grumpybuzzard on Apr 17, 2024 10:01:20 GMT -5
Hijack sorry bout that
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Post by ChiefTJS on Apr 18, 2024 19:05:52 GMT -5
See what I started by asking about something completely different.
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Post by zeus on Apr 18, 2024 20:36:07 GMT -5
These would be easy to spin up from hex stock. Just would be much much easier with a cnc. You could pop out 20 sets quicker than one set manually. But if you had a small cnc shop nearby, it would be easy for them to do the program and you could make a pile of them to sell.
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Post by aciera on Apr 19, 2024 0:23:51 GMT -5
These would be easy to spin up from hex stock. Just would be much much easier with a cnc. You could pop out 20 sets quicker than one set manually. But if you had a small cnc shop nearby, it would be easy for them to do the program and you could make a pile of them to sell. But I would not cut OD threads. Drill and tap and Loctite in a set screw. Much stronger. |
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Post by paleroadster on Apr 19, 2024 6:03:30 GMT -5
Honestly, once you have a good FHSS the hex will snap right on your Allen key. I wouldn't find much advantage to having the extended hex, except maybe easier to find when you drop one. These are two standard Ruger screws next to two FHSS I reduced the head diameter on. I even made the heads slightly smaller than the Rugers, so no chance of them pushing the GF around. I was already modifying 6-40 screw heads for my Single Six sight base so these were super easy. A shorter one for the front, a longer one for the back bottom, and one really long one with a reduced tip for the back bottom pin lock I'll probably make at lunch today. These will be nice for my Bisley conversions where I didn't have FHSS from my stock gun especially. I even have a box of SS 6-40 to make those from. Thanks for the idea!  |
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Post by contender on Apr 19, 2024 7:49:10 GMT -5
The advantage of the extended hex screw set like I pictured,, is very apparent when you are working on a gun & need to install or remove a grip frame a lot. Plus,, their size makes it MUCH easier to handle.
Not saying your idea isn't a good one,, but I've found these little tools to be great to work with.
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Post by zeus on Apr 19, 2024 8:20:26 GMT -5
The point of the extended hex was the ability to spin then with your fingers and not need a hex key. It was for speed and ease.
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Post by paleroadster on Apr 19, 2024 9:56:21 GMT -5
The point of the extended hex was the ability to spin then with your fingers and not need a hex key. It was for speed and ease. I understand the reason, and I'm not saying anyone else is wrong, just for me, the time it takes me to poke the key in is so short that it isn't worthwhile to me to basically make screws with a built in hex key complete from scratch, even going on and off repeatedly while fitting a GF. If someone made them and they were cheap I might, but the difference between making them complete form scratch, versus minor mods to mass produced standard hardware, for me is an easy choice. If I was constantly fitting new GF on an ongoing basis like Mr. Wells I might feel different of course. |
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Post by aciera on Apr 19, 2024 11:51:37 GMT -5
Honestly, once you have a good FHSS the hex will snap right on your Allen key. I wouldn't find much advantage to having the extended hex, except maybe easier to find when you drop one. These are two standard Ruger screws next to two FHSS I reduced the head diameter on. I even made the heads slightly smaller than the Rugers, so no chance of them pushing the GF around. I was already modifying 6-40 screw heads for my Single Six sight base so these were super easy. A shorter one for the front, a longer one for the back bottom, and one really long one with a reduced tip for the back bottom pin lock I'll probably make at lunch today. These will be nice for my Bisley conversions where I didn't have FHSS from my stock gun especially. I even have a box of SS 6-40 to make those from. Thanks for the idea! [img alt="" style="max-width:100%;" src="https://i.imgur.com/LMY2thY.jpg [/img]"] [/quote] And I’m anal enough to run an endmill in to flatten the bottom. And in the right place. Before any fitting is done. With a radius on the endmill to match the chamfer on the bottom of the screw head. Those look GREAT…….understand completely |
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Post by ChiefTJS on Apr 20, 2024 8:24:20 GMT -5
To Grumpybuzzard- No worries at all about a hijack, I thought it was funny where it went and it actually went to something good. Guess I need to use those little laugh faces.
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