How did they do that

[PML]

How did Parker put those ribbons around the bolsters on high grades? Were there different castings for these guns? Does anyone have anything on the actual process Parker used to get this feature on these graded guns. I know you can weld them up and fake them and I am thinking Parker did not use this method. I am Just curious if anyone knows what Parker actually did. Educate me please.

Patrick

[Dean Romig]

I believe I had read that the ribbons or 'beads' were filed into a standard frame casting.





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[B. Dudley]

The raw frames had enough metal to file them in.

[PML]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

The raw frames had enough metal to file them in.

Ok, does anyone have a raw frame that shows this extra bulk? Does this mean that 99% of the guns that Parker made had this excess removed manually and the 1% were shaped specifically for graded guns? I don’t accept that assumption from a company that survived 50 years in the Industrial Age. If you have one, please show me one of those original castings that supports this. I just want to know the TRUTH if it still exists with any facts. A rough forging showing the excess around the bolsters WITH MEASUREMENTS would answer my question.



Thankyou
Patrick

[Ralph English]

Based on the time of Patrick's last post, I think this question is keeping him
up at night!
Help please!!

[B. Dudley]

This raw casting is pictured in TPS. I do not know of any others out there. But this woild be before any machining.

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[B. Dudley]

If they were anything like the fox frames, there was a good amount of metal left once the hand took over from the machine.

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[PML]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

This raw casting is pictured in TPS. I do not know of any others out there. But this woild be before any machining.

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Thank you

Patrick

[Dean Romig]

Patrick, the various sizes of frames were all cast from the same moulds, specific to the frame size. All frames had the same amount of steel at the rear of the bolsters. Grades 4 and down only needed to be finish-shaped and polished while Grades 5 and higher had metal filed away while the single, double and triple beads were created.

A sculptor REMOVES marble to finally expose the beautiful form within. Same process as exposing the beads.





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[Kevin McCormack]

Very similar to carving a duck decoy - you take a block of wood and cut away anything that doesn't look like a duck.

I guess the next question would be how much weight was removed carving beads on the bolsters; e.g., do higher grade guns weigh proportionally less than lower grades due to the amount of metal removed?