EVA Grips

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Nektarios
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EVA Grips

Post by Nektarios » Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:18 am

Hi there!
I had some grips that needed to be lathed. I improvised and used a drill that i held with one hand and files with my other hand!

Here are the results.

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Re: EVA Grips

Post by PainInTheBass » Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:55 am

That's some pretty good work for the MacGuyver'd lathe. Are the boreholes still centered? I have had issues with uneven sanding when doing this in the past.
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Re: EVA Grips

Post by Nektarios » Thu Apr 14, 2011 1:21 pm

PainInTheBass wrote:That's some pretty good work for the MacGuyver'd lathe. Are the boreholes still centered? I have had issues with uneven sanding when doing this in the past.

I just took a look. They are still good!
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