Custom pistol grips ?

[GI JEW 555]

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With that being said….

I would like to know if anyone has ever attempted to make grips with a pool cue?

And/or what people think who have experience in wood work and making grips?

I understand the grips would be larger than the cue however, my idea would be to cut the cue and lay it inside a tray of resin. Creating a grip. I could get creative with the color of the resin.

Pool cues have a rod that runs through so it would be more of shaving than cutting through if that makes sense.

The cue is a Birds Eye maple.

Photos of the cue and pistol are below .

I'm Looking at keeping the points of cue as the center piece and a resin on outside.

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[Koda]

And/or what people think who have experienced in wood work and making grips.

Whats funny is Ive made my own grips for that same exact pistol. The Enhanced versions are rare to find now....

Anyways, I cant speak for resin or the cuestick material but what you need is to google blueprints for the 1911 and use the two screw holes as your origin for the entire grip. Cut out a 1/4 thick "envelope part" and drill those holes first at 3.074+/-.005 apart, check fit then cbore both sides per print and check fit on the pistol to the bushings. The exact depth of the cbores is super critical to proper hold on the grips.
Only then if good finish hand fitting the rest of the grip geometry around those two holes. You can screw up everything else and still make them work but everything revolves around those holes and they are the most difficult part of the job. Strongly recommend practicing the holes on a 1/4" scales before attempting your final material.

 

[jbett98]

I salvage a 110 year old piano for the scrap metal and the elephant ivory keys.
I planned on laminating the thin slats into one piece and then sawing it into a usable flat slab for my vintage Colt 1911, but got busy with other projects.
I'll have to dig them out and look into finishing the project, now that I saw this thread.