knocked this out this evening

[trickyrickster]

what do you think?
i made this t grip for my mod. 36. a little more polishing and the copper strip on the inside and i'll actually be able to hold on to it.lol

may make another from brass, i think that would look great.

 

[trickyrickster]

what do you think?
i made this t grip for my mod. 36. a little more polishing and the copper strip on the inside and i'll actually be able to hold on to it.lol

may make another from brass, i think that would look great.

 

[Raider]

That is very nice work though I would round the edges a bit more. Did you machine it or cast it? A brass T-grip would be very attractive.

 

[trickyrickster]

i used a ban saw, dremel, drill press and some assorted rasps and files. the edges will be more tapered,the top edge at trigger guard is still a little sharp.

 

[Andy Taylor]

Very nice. Get a little practice to speed up the process, and you may find you have yourself a small business here in the classifies. you wouldn't be the first.

 

[chrislind2]

Always fun to be able to customize your gun the way you like it. Looks great!

 

[Mickstix]

Sweet!! Is it solid aluminum, or??

 

[trickyrickster]

thanks for comments and for looking. it is solid alum. i'm looking for a pic of the inside of an original tyler t to see how strap is connected. i figured i would pop rivet the strap on to the t. then i thought 2 straps, one above and one below grip screw might be better. but then i thought i might warp original grips and i don't want to do that. any pics or thoughts? thanks, rick

 

[Sgt 127]

The original has a little cast "nurd" sticking up off the back, the single piece of copper has two bends and a flat in the middle. The middle of the flat has a hole that fits over the nurd and then the nurd is peened down. Perhaps not the way an engineer would phrase it....

That looks really good by the way. I love making stuff.

 

[trickyrickster]

those damn nurds...lol. thanks sgt, i researched their site a little better and found that out. i'm still gonna put 2 straps w/ some felt or thin rubber gasket material on inside. theirs looks like the strap is awful far away from the screw placement

 

[sar4937]

You might check out the double sided foam adhesive tape that body shops use.

 

[trickyrickster]

finished it up today. first i cut two recesses for straps and rivets

the flange on the rivet had to be cut as it was wider than the grip strap.

i got the straps riveted in. i had to clean them up a little as rivets were to high. i was afraid i might drill thru the grip so i didn't make my recesses deep enough. tape was to protect gun finish during trials.

got it all done and fitted to grip strap.

 

[trickyrickster]

decided to make it black. i painted it w/ duplicolor low gloss then baked it for a hour. while i was waiting i put on a coat of blo to the grips. brought back some luster to them.

 

[boneman]

Very sweet I love it when folks make their own accesories. I like making stocks and I'm in the middle or refurbishing a Model 2. You do very nice work. Thanks Larry

 

[JAREDSHS]

Great job. Now you can start taking orders.

 

[Big Lou]

I am constantly amazed of the talent, folks display on this forum. Great job Trickrickster !

P.S.......Looks like it's time to start alittle side business! I bet you could sell some of those. And BTW I have the perfect name for them, "TrickGrips".

 

[trickyrickster]

thanks guys. it worked out perfectly for my hand. the others that have held or fired it b4 have liked the improvement also. be awhile b4 i can fire it. but the handling is 100% better than original grip size. i'm glad i perused this site and did the research on those funny lookin thingys. rick