Father,son, and revolver project

[lkabug]

Great thread, wonderful project to do with your son.
Great looking man you got there.

 

[ABPOS]

There is more good things in this one thread than I may read in a whole month on the internet. Way to go Dad and Son. Beautiful work on the revolver. The engraving thing is unique. hehehehe

 

[one eye joe]

Nice project. Great to see youngsters getting involved in hands on work.
No matter what they end up doing in life, it'll always be of value and the time you'll have spent together is priceless.

Great pics,,we'll be watching!


One trick when you wire wheel finish the surface for bluing,, put a light coat of most any oil on the surface of the metal first, then go over it with the wire wheel. Anything from motor oil to WD40 will work fine.
No need for heavy pressure when doing the wirewheel work, just lightly work it over from all directions.
You can go right over the old & worn bluing on the other parts too and it'll blend it in nicely so the rust bluing will pick it up from there and make a great looking finish.

The oil allows the wire to slide a bit when being done and lightly burnishes the surface leaving it a bit brighter than if not used.
The better part of it is that it blends in polishing lines from different directions and will also show up any really bad marks or scars that may be hiding in the polish.
These latter marks will come back and show through your bluing later if not taken care of now.

Using oil on the surface and a wirewheel was a prep that was popular with many of the custom 'smiths of the pre-war era and makes an excellent surface for rust blue which they used almost exclusively.

NOW THAT'S A VALUABLE BIT OF INFORMATION. THANKS FOR SHARING IT......

 

[one eye joe]

THIS IS THE GREATEST, AND MOST HEARTWARMING THREAD THAT I HAVE EVER READ, ON THIS OR ANY OTHER GUN FORUM ! ! !

ANYTHING ELSE THAT I MIGHT SAY, HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID......

 

[Vbk76]

Well he added another k frame to his smith collection. I placed a wtb ad here for cheap frames/projects and a forum member pm'd me saying he had a very sad model 10. A deal was struck (thank you forum member..I won't name you due to crimes committed against smiths ). So I picked this up.


Don't worry. She was bead blasted and rust blued...


So another smith lives, and he now has two k frames. I didn't tell him this one is his though. I want him to stay really attached to the first one we did


He's 13 now...the hormones have started and I can see the pull away/independence starting. Hopefully come spring we can spend a lot of time putting rounds down range


(If anyone has any derelict/beat smiths or frames let me know. It's still a long winter)

 

[Arquebus357]

First, let me thank you for this entertaining thread. What rust bluing have you been using ? Your results look a lot like mine using Mark Lee Express Blue.

I would cold blue the engraving on the 32's sideplate.

Happy new year

 

[stansdds]

Well he added another k frame to his smith collection. I placed a wtb ad here for cheap frames/projects and a forum member pm'd me saying he had a very sad model 10. A deal was struck (thank you forum member..I won't name you due to crimes committed against smiths ). So I picked this up.


Don't worry. She was bead blasted and rust blued...

Did someone actually paint it pink? OH, the humanity!

 

[Vbk76]

It was cerakoted pink. Thankfully my ffl takes transfers from people:non ffl so it was painless to have it shipped to him. Only way it survived.

Yes I use mark lee express blue. Always comes out a deep satin

 

[Dad's S&W]

What great thread! So cool to see progress.

 

[Trooper224]

A really outstanding story.

Even if he loses interest in both you and firearms once he discovers girls, which is likely, he'll still have these memories. My three children are all grown now, aged between 24 and 36. The youngest is the only serious shooter of the bunch. Still, I taught them all to shoot and the times out on the range with Dad are some of their most treasured memories. They were all here for Christmas and one thing they all wanted to do was go shooting. My daughter has told me the smell of gun smoke reminds her of home. You just can't put a price on that.

 

[Dieseltech56]

I've always been interested in shooting but no one in my family even shoots. I had to beg and plead to even get a bb gun when I was younger.


I really like the model 10. I would love to try that someday

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Fantastic Post Dad.......You did good!