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old stones The flattening process worked pretty well. I managed to make flat sides with good corners on most of them. I looked at the stones and see that some date back to the 1950s--including one that is marked "Red & White Chain Stores", which hasn't existed for a long time (wasn't it a...

I have a bunch of Arkansas and India stones which are worn... they no longer have sharp corners or straight sides. Is there a way to rehabilitate them? I was thinking that maybe if I rubbed them against emery cloth on a piece of glass, I could get them back to a useable shape. Or maybe hold...

Thank you Jim. That seems to make sense. I'll go look at this pistol again and see if I can make the parts work according to plan! I think someone has been "working" on the nub that fits into the trigger recess. It will probably have to have metal re-welded to build it back up and then...

I have a Sauer & Sohn 1913 in 7.65. This is the strangest pistol I've ever owned. The trigger has two "steps" machines into it. A trigger bar--also called a disconnector in some books--fits into this. The trigger bar is supposed to fit onto one of these steps. At the opposite end of the...

Using hardware store bolts... I also thought of using regular hardware store bolts and modifying the bolt heads into screws. However, after examining what was available I decided against the modification because they were "shiny" and I wanted the screws to match. I wanted the final product to...

I made a few Mauser .22LR screws which are no longer available from any parts source. After the first experimental attempt, the results were very good. Everyone with a home shop can make very good reproduction screws by using a drill as a lathe, some files, and the proper die to thread. In...