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June 28th, 2018, 04:05 PM #1
Kitchen table Gunsmithing
can lead to unexpected problems.
I was tweaking the trigger on my PT1911 match gun after replacing a broken sear spring. While I had it apart I decided to straighten the ears on the trigger bow to take out a little creep. Success! Creep reduced to zero. Crisp break still at 3#-12oz. Life is good.
Reassembled entire pistol. Grip safety wasn't reengaging. Added a little tension to the spring. Still nuthin'.
Pushed up on the beavertail and felt a click as it reengaged. Release pressure still acceptable, but the safety needs to reengage to pass inspection.
Mental review of the blueprints followed...
When I bent the ears to push the trigger back to remove creep, I pushed it far enough back for the bow to interfere with the tab on the safety.
It's all connected, folks.
P.S. - It's only about 1/16-3/32" of takeup. I can live with it.
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June 30th, 2018, 10:51 AM #2Junior Member
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Re: Kitchen table Gunsmithing
Sgt.K,
I am not a gunsmith but I have done trigger jobs on several 1911 pistols. Bending the ears out on the trigger bow does not address trigger creep. It addresses trigger take up. It is my understanding that having some take up is preferred. Trigger creep is addressed by stoning the secondary angle on the sear. I do agree that some pistols benefit from reducing the amount of trigger take up.
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June 30th, 2018, 03:08 PM #3
Re: Kitchen table Gunsmithing
Kitchen table gunsmithing sounds close to bubba smithing. I like to smith by the seat of my toilet, myself. Magnet on a stick and all.
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June 30th, 2018, 07:21 PM #4
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I've done everything from working on guns to rebuilding Harley motor & transmissions on my kitchen table.
Why? It was cleaner and roomier than any other work area I had at the time. Clean enough to eat off of is more than clean enough to work on guns.
Skill with the tools is more important than the surroundings. I've made lots of money fitting and filing/stoning precise metal parts at my workbench at work in almost 40yrs as a tool & die maker. My kitchen table isn't any different. In fact , it's cleaner than my workbench!Last edited by abner13; June 30th, 2018 at 07:26 PM.
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June 30th, 2018, 08:24 PM #5
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Around 1970 my wife and I sawed out an oak transom frame for a 21 foot (wooden) boat on our kitchen table. A slight saw cut can still be seen on one edge of the table.
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June 30th, 2018, 09:11 PM #6
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funny... my bed sheets have lubricant and stains on them.... but i also work on my guns there. either i'm up there for the night working (i have a bench now) or i am working from the couch on the ottoman.
or ar disassembly is done on the vise in the basement.
all my "smithing" has been to avoid sending a gun back to the factory at additional cost for fit and finish issues, including simply not functioning.
the kitchen table i refinished is far too nice to do anything but hold some household decorations and a purse.There is no way to make it out alive...
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June 30th, 2018, 10:07 PM #7
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July 1st, 2018, 08:35 AM #8
Re: Kitchen table Gunsmithing
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July 8th, 2018, 02:33 PM #9Super Member
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Started all my gunsmithing/Firearms building this way, as my wife & I lived in an apartment until 2008! I have my own workshop now, but I’ll always remember where I worked on my first this, or built my first that!
Trigger jobs were the FIRST thing I taught myself.
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July 8th, 2018, 04:50 PM #10
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If a firearm owner doesn't know which end of a Crescent wrench goes on a hex nut, her or she probably should not be doing gunsmithing, kitchen table or otherwise.
(that one should not be using a Crescent wrench at all is the subject of another discussion)
NoahWisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times.
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