My method has evolved over long term use.
Front strap checkering guide.
The purpose of the.
4 perimeters 3 4 layers top and bottom 30 fill or more.
Get true diamonds on front strap.
Allows you to checker the front strap or mainspring housing on your 1911.
Sets up 60 or 90 diamonds.
Wolf 83 13 884.
First check the thickness of the metal on the front strap of the frame.
Either side of the checkering guide head since the sides are at a 90 angle to the front strap.
Long enough to allow a good long contour following stroke on the checkering file.
1911 back strap 25 lpi.
The new jig is larger and has a wider guide area.
1911 front strap 20 lpi 125 00.
Government or commander models.
Ruger sr 1911 checkering front strap and undercut trigger guard duration.
Here is a layout of what i consider to be the tools skills and a sequential process of checkering a 1911 front strap.
Can be used with or without the frame support system.
The checkering guide is being attached.
You may have.
Clark full length.
1911 back strap metal msh only.
1911 checkering guide by power custom grand masters randall power grand master power custom.
May be used for 60 degree or 90 degree checkering.
Next you can see the guiding edge of the checkering guide in place to guide the first vertical file strokes.
Print this to be sturdy.
The horizontal jig will need supports to hold the shelf up but they are very easy to remove.
I am sure there are other ways of doing this that also produce excellent results.
Clamps over the frame of a 1911 auto to provide a solid guide for getting the front strap checkering lines started correctly.
I updated my 1911 checkering jig.
Do not attempt to actually checker with the guide in place.
I have also added a jig to help with the vertical lines too.
1911 back strap 20 lpi.
This power custom checkering guide will allow you to file exactly vertical on the front strap even as you rotate the frame and fixture in the vice.
They don t have to be perfectly centered just in the center of the strap to start and then working to the edges the finer the checkering that you do the less critical it is that the first cuts are.
It just so happens that the brownell s guide and file that i am using allow this first stroke to have the lines centered on the front strap.