Quote Originally Posted by The Ninja View Post
Forgive my ignorance, I'm not very 1911 savvy (though I would like to learn), but what are you doing?
Well if i ever get back around to do it. I am building a 1911 from the ground up. Every part is oversized, so hand fitting each and every part is required.

In those particular photos I was fitting the slide to frame. The slide comes too small and the frame rails too large. Filling them down to fit perfectly is the goal. The measurments are a visual representaion of how the parts fit together, and help me to figure out which side and which specific area needs to be filed. Once they start to slide together, lapping compound is used to get a ball bearing like fit.

This is just step 1 of a million