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The source of Hakan's Custom Grips.
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Welcome to Hakan's workshop:)
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The "Carving Table"...start point for carving the back side of the grip panels.Selfmade dust collector is a great help,esp.carving the exotic woods.
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A couple of machines:Band saw for cutting the wood after the pattern drawing and a press drill for the precission drilling of the screw holes.
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The carving table and some grip patterns for some of the grips I make ...and plan to make.
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Carving table...working on a 1911 "Half and Half" set.
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Stippling work on a set of Half&Half grips.
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Using stabilized wood is an important detail in grip making and shouldn't be underestimated for the benefit of cutting the prod.costs down and quicker delivery(Yup, they exist).I sometimes receive unstabilized wood and I have to do it myself(not avaliable comercially here)Long and slow process...up to 8 weeks of soaking in a special mixture in accordance with the wood amount and room temprature.All for the quality and reputation.
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Cutting some Blackpalmwood.
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Diverse grip scales...ready for the next step...carving and shaping.
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Well..I don't have all the guns I make grips for. I'm doing my best under the circumstances....so far,my fantasy hasn't failed me.:)
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Hand carving the grip panels with the help of Dremel.I know there are CNCs and router bit attached drill presses(which functions as CNCs)does this part of the work within minutes and help to have quicker turn-around of the grips...but I personally don't think they desereved to be called "Handcrafted" or "Customized" grips...just my opinion as a custom grip maker.
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Almost done with one of the panels...Carving and fitting a pair of panels takes about...well...as long as it takes untill I get the perfect snug fit on the grip frame.Carving and fitting goes together.
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Fine adjustments...I had to take away some wood from the edge there.
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Gotto keep this machine in full blast if I want to hear better sounds than the machines makes...What!!! I can't here you!!!!
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Drawing the line for the panel length.
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