|
|
05-23-2020, 09:26 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 46
Likes: 20
Liked 36 Times in 12 Posts
|
|
J frame side plate to frame boogers
I was gifted a model 60 and looks like the side plate was removed and reinstalled a couple times poorly. Its stainless so has anyone tried to clean the joint up ? Looks to be on the frame and not the sideplate. I dont want to make things worse but would like to get the nobs smoothed out
|
05-23-2020, 09:41 PM
|
Vendor
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Kansas City area
Posts: 6,129
Likes: 53,438
Liked 13,435 Times in 4,240 Posts
|
|
Take the sideplate off and gently tap down the high spots with a small polished face hammer or hammer and polished flat ended punch. Then blend that area with Scotchbrite.
|
The Following 5 Users Like Post:
|
|
05-23-2020, 11:21 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 46
Likes: 20
Liked 36 Times in 12 Posts
|
|
Kind of what I was thinking since its displaced metal. May give this a shot with a smooth faced body hammer.
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
05-24-2020, 01:44 AM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 46
Likes: 20
Liked 36 Times in 12 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Protocall_Design
Take the sideplate off and gently tap down the high spots with a small polished face hammer or hammer and polished flat ended punch. Then blend that area with Scotchbrite.
|
Worked perfect ! Thanks for the tip.
|
The Following 2 Users Like Post:
|
|
05-24-2020, 01:46 AM
|
SWCA Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: California
Posts: 19,208
Likes: 11,815
Liked 20,511 Times in 8,548 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by NPD
Kind of what I was thinking since its displaced metal. May give this a shot with a smooth faced body hammer.
|
I agree with Protocall except you'll never get the high spots evenly flat with a hammer or hammer and punch, and will end up with some punch marks and low spots.
You need a small perfectly flat piece of hardened, mirror polished 3/8" wide steel punch ('dolly') with rounded edges and no corners on the surface facing the gun. You can hammer on that without dinging or making low spots. After hammering, use it to burnish the high spots flatter. Might even need a little final flattening (evening) by sanding with 2000 grit wrapped over the end of the dolly. Do all of this with side plate installed!
Then restore original satin finish with Scotchbrite.
__________________
Jim
S&WCA #819
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
05-24-2020, 02:17 AM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 46
Likes: 20
Liked 36 Times in 12 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hondo44
I agree with Protocall except you'll never get the high spots evenly flat with a hammer or hammer and punch, and will end up with some punch marks and low spots.
You need a small perfectly flat piece of hardened, mirror polished 3/8" wide steel punch ('dolly') with rounded edges and no corners on the surface facing the gun. You can hammer on that without dinging or making low spots. After hammering, use it to burnish the high spots flatter. Might even need a little final flattening (evening) by sanding with 2000 grit wrapped over the end of the dolly. Do all of this with side plate installed!
Then restore original satin finish with Scotchbrite.
|
Used a polished body hammer and it came out pretty good. Just have to polish a little now
|
The Following 8 Users Like Post:
|
|
05-24-2020, 03:24 AM
|
|
SWCA Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: SF East Bay - "the delta"
Posts: 3,508
Likes: 1,585
Liked 4,495 Times in 1,516 Posts
|
|
A grey scotchbrite pad (#07448) does a great job in duplicating the factory buff pattern. I get them at a regular auto/parts supply (not a auto parts chain store).
__________________
Conrad
SWCA #1830 SWHF #222
|
05-24-2020, 03:54 AM
|
SWCA Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: California
Posts: 19,208
Likes: 11,815
Liked 20,511 Times in 8,548 Posts
|
|
Bravo! Since you had a body hammer, you clearly knew how to use it.
__________________
Jim
S&WCA #819
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
05-24-2020, 04:00 AM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 46
Likes: 20
Liked 36 Times in 12 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gunhacker
A grey scotchbrite pad (#07448) does a great job in duplicating the factory buff pattern. I get them at a regular auto/parts supply (not a auto parts chain store).
|
I used a maroon pad and it looks good but no idea what a true original finish looks like. I went front to back of the frame for pattern and around the circumference of the cylinder. It seems too fine of a grain.
|
The Following 2 Users Like Post:
|
|
05-24-2020, 03:33 PM
|
|
SWCA Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: NC
Posts: 287
Likes: 989
Liked 504 Times in 155 Posts
|
|
I'm afraid it's ruined. Such ashame. I'll take one for the team. I'll donate $200 to take it off your hands.
__________________
SWCA #3713
|
The Following 2 Users Like Post:
|
|
05-24-2020, 03:50 PM
|
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Central Montana
Posts: 13,625
Likes: 12,742
Liked 39,093 Times in 9,967 Posts
|
|
Nice work and advice. Looks much better,
|
The Following 2 Users Like Post:
|
|
05-24-2020, 03:58 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Georgia
Posts: 244
Likes: 533
Liked 292 Times in 138 Posts
|
|
Great job, I must admit I had doubts that the hammer method would work but work it did. Congrats on a fine job, well done.
__________________
I invest in Lead and Copper!
|
05-24-2020, 05:01 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 46
Likes: 20
Liked 36 Times in 12 Posts
|
|
Since the metal was just basically pushed up and not missing it seems to have worked. Not sure how this happens. Gently replacing sideplate doesnt damage anything.
|
05-24-2020, 06:00 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: North Huntingdon Pa.
Posts: 4,500
Likes: 7,612
Liked 9,927 Times in 2,933 Posts
|
|
Nice job. Thats the beauty of SS. No rebluing. You can work wonders with a little elbow grease and a Scotchbrite .
I picked up a dirty 2-1/2” 66-1 a couple years ago for what I thought was a bargain price of $400. When i got home the grin on my face was wiped away when I found the dirt was pitting on one side around the edge of the Pachmayrs it was wearing. Was about sick. After some coaching here I broke out some wet sandpaper and a backer and went to it. Didn’t turn out half bad, I think. Its got a nick on the front sight and the end of the barrel that I haven’t decided to fix or let be
__________________
I told you not to use Lifebuoy
|
The Following 3 Users Like Post:
|
|
|
Thread Tools |
|
Display Modes |
Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
|
|
|
|