Do it as a project --- not to save money.
I'd recommend the 4 DVD set from Wilson Combat - customizing the 1911 / to really learn some of the techniques to fit a trigger, etc .....and if nothing else, its just a great set of DVD's. Brownells has them as a set or individually ....
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/cid=0...earch=1911_dvd