Serration service for blank slides?

[engineerjet]

For the homebuilder without a machine. Are there popular services for getting serrations done?

For those who do serrations at home without a machine, any tips?

[shred]

You can use a checkering file (or any other file, but the checkering ones have built-in line spacing), but it's tedious.

 

[392heminut]

3 minutes ago, shred said:

You can use a checkering file (or any other file, but the checkering ones have built-in line spacing), but it's tedious.

 

Yup, I have done this. A 20 LPI file works really well, 30 LPI is a little finer than I like.

[Tampa-XD45]

Are you asking about slide serrations like in this pic?  Or checkering?

 

[engineerjet]

56 minutes ago, Tampa-XD45 said:

Are you asking about slide serrations like in this pic?  Or checkering?

 

 

yes, exactly this. I see many blank slides as options but I'm just starting out so I just have hand tools and jigs. Looking to add some basic serrations either via jig or serration cutting service.

[Tampa-XD45]

Cutting serrations is one task, refinishing the cut sections (re-blue, Cerakote, Nitride etc.) is the second task to prevent rusting to the bare metal.

 

Search for slide milling and you'll finds of tons of places that do it.

Here's one example: https://jagerwerks.com/standard-rear-serrations/

 

SC Arms is in NJ, you can ask them.

[engineerjet]

1 hour ago, Tampa-XD45 said:

Cutting serrations is one task, refinishing the cut sections (re-blue, Cerakote, Nitride etc.) is the second task to prevent rusting to the bare metal.

 

Search for slide milling and you'll finds of tons of places that do it.

Here's one example: https://jagerwerks.com/standard-rear-serrations/

 

SC Arms is in NJ, you can ask them.

Jagerwerks was the first I thought of but I didn't see 1911 slides as an option

[shred]

A checkering file can do serrations by skipping the cuts at 90 degrees to the first set..  They'll be a lot finer-- more like classic 1911 serrations though.