Technique to remove words on a round barrel

[kje54]

What indications do you see that indicates the arbor requires a 'fix'?




I found that filing or sanding is much more effective if I file or sand in two directions 90 degrees apart from each other if possible. It seems to remove material faster when using a course file or sandpaper. And the cross pattern removes the file/grit lines better when using a fine file or sandpaper. In fine filing or sanding the second direction is done with slightly less pressure to just take out the lines the first direction leaves. I don't know if that is correct, or even if this observation is anecdotal, but it seems to work.

So when I filed/sanded this barrel I followed that train of thought. It was difficult to file parallel to the bore as the stroke was somewhat 'stunted' in one direction. While filing perpendicular to the bore required a curved/circular motion that I'm not sure was following the curve of the barrel very well. Sanding on the other hand was fairly easy. I used the curved sanding blocks to sand parrellel to the bore and mixed in the shoeshine method to get the cross sanding.

Some of the older reproductions as well as some Piettas and the current Ubertis have a slightly short arbor. There are lots of fix discussions on other forums which for obvious reasons I can't link here on this forum. Search for "uberti short arbor fix".

 

[Johnm1]

As was pointed out, this thread drifted significantly from the original title. No one's fault but my own. There seemed to be a lot of good information that wasn't going to be easily searchable. So I had the moderators clip out most of the thread that had nothing to do with removing lettering from the barrel and had a new post titled Timing an 1860 Army created here

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/timing-an-1860-colt.894144/page-2#post-12035804

I hope that isn't too confusing.

Edited to correct numerous errors. Note to self: Proof all posts when using voice recognition.