Thread: Model 1 Resto Questions
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Old 10-13-2010, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by opoefc View Post
Mike, If you used to be a watchmaker, do you still have ( or access to) a watchmaker's lathe? If so, you can make those missing screws on the lathe
Ed, I wish I did. About 10 years ago I sold the lathe to a young person getting into the trade. He needed a lathe and I needed the cash, and while I kind of wish I had kept it, it's gone now ...

I did keep all of my hand tools, though, which I think is giving me a bit of a headstart on this Model 1 resto/refurb/whatever this is.

Do you know what that thread pitch is? Are those screws fairly common across the S&W line (meaning a screw from a more modern gun could be used without looking goofy), or am I going to have to find actual Model 1 screws to keep things proper?

Cheers,
-- Mike
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