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Welding in Slide Serations Effect


Hawk21

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I'm thinking of welding a bead to fill in the front slide serrations of edge, then plane down, and finally mill in some panel cuts...

 

As I have never fit a slide before I feel like this would be a fairly easy way to give the pistol a custom look vs starting with a blank slide.

 

Has anyone done something similar?

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Welding adds a lot of heat to the metal.  It will often cause the metal to distort in fairly unpredictable ways.  I'm not going to say this will not work but I would not try it.  I would guess your best chance for success would be to tig weld.  Best of luck if you give it a go.

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1 minute ago, Mushki25 said:

Welding adds a lot of heat to the metal.  It will often cause the metal to distort in fairly unpredictable ways.  I'm not going to say this will not work but I would not try it.  I would guess your best chance for success would be to tig weld.  Best of luck if you give it a go.

I agree.  Welding will cause the metal to slightly expand when it's hot, then contract when it cools.  It could warp the slide.

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