The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Hand checkering -- and then the gun's "finish"

Dixie Gunsmithing · May 24, 2016, 06:51 PM

Sevens, There is a special file for that, which has rows of spaced teeth, known as a checkering file, made for backstraps, etc. You'll also need some Swiss pattern files for creating the border. These files are made by Grobet, (Mfg. of Jewelers tools), and are expensive, as they are specialty files. The checkering file will set you back about $40-50 alone.

Files:

http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-to...s-prod488.aspx

I would also watch the video below, and there are others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZvhpLzzg-0

Notice, that he uses a piece of stovepipe wire, tightly wrapped, as a stop, and layout blue, to tell where he's at.

May 24, 2016, 06:51 PM	#3
Dixie Gunsmithing Moderator Emeritus Join Date: April 27, 2013 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,923	Sevens, There is a special file for that, which has rows of spaced teeth, known as a checkering file, made for backstraps, etc. You'll also need some Swiss pattern files for creating the border. These files are made by Grobet, (Mfg. of Jewelers tools), and are expensive, as they are specialty files. The checkering file will set you back about $40-50 alone. Files: http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-to...s-prod488.aspx I would also watch the video below, and there are others. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZvhpLzzg-0 Notice, that he uses a piece of stovepipe wire, tightly wrapped, as a stop, and layout blue, to tell where he's at.