Nice work. Glass blasting was definitely the way to go.
Just for the sake of education: You can sand blast first to get the heavy rust off and then glass bead to help with the finish.
Have you polished up the internal parts? If the barrel and receiver were rusty I presume you had to blast to get the rust out. Back in the day when we had to do this kind of work I rigged up a honing wand to buff out the internals.
DO NOT USE THIS ON PERFECTLY GOOD GEAR!
Build your own flex hone...
I took a wooden dowel 1/4" dia - glued a tube shaped sponge on one end -(thoes cheap pink hair curler foams worked great) then taped emery cloth around the sponge. You want to wrap the emery cloth (heavy duty sand paper) so that the drill spins it correctly. The sponge helps to apply pressure to the abrasive.
If you make a couple of them with different grit you can get a nice honing action on the ID.
For a final polish - wrap cloth around the sponge and use buffing compound.
- You will also want the bolt, hammer and power tube buffed up. Beartex or a scotch brite type material is great for this.
Finaly - if you are restoring them to a true old school state, throw out the pumps. The original 007 didnt have them. What a nasty blister that was.
Enjoy!
Just for the sake of education: You can sand blast first to get the heavy rust off and then glass bead to help with the finish.
Have you polished up the internal parts? If the barrel and receiver were rusty I presume you had to blast to get the rust out. Back in the day when we had to do this kind of work I rigged up a honing wand to buff out the internals.
DO NOT USE THIS ON PERFECTLY GOOD GEAR!
Build your own flex hone...
I took a wooden dowel 1/4" dia - glued a tube shaped sponge on one end -(thoes cheap pink hair curler foams worked great) then taped emery cloth around the sponge. You want to wrap the emery cloth (heavy duty sand paper) so that the drill spins it correctly. The sponge helps to apply pressure to the abrasive.
If you make a couple of them with different grit you can get a nice honing action on the ID.
For a final polish - wrap cloth around the sponge and use buffing compound.
- You will also want the bolt, hammer and power tube buffed up. Beartex or a scotch brite type material is great for this.
Finaly - if you are restoring them to a true old school state, throw out the pumps. The original 007 didnt have them. What a nasty blister that was.
Enjoy!
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