1911 grips

[John Moody]

I wanted to cut and design or modify some grips for my 1911 pistols with my CNC. I was able to download a couple of 3D models to use but they are in igs file format and I can’t import that into my Vcarve Desktop. I don’t have autocad so I’m looking for something to convert the files to dwg files. There are some free converters out there but I’m afraid to use any I don’t know about. Looking for some advice or if someone can convert them for me. I appreciate any help that can be offered. 

 

Ive cut one set but they were not sized exactly right. 

 

 

 

[Gene Howe]

Hope you can get those files in a useable format. Those grips look too nice to discard the project. Wish I could help but, it's above my pay grade. 

[Artie]

Honest John, who I believe is a member here, has a lot of CNC experience. Over at The Router Forums where I met John, there is also a member who’s name is 4dthinker (I believe) and he actually teaches CNC at a college/university. He has always been very helpful to anyone who’s had a question. Might be worth your time to go over there and look him up.

[Gene Howe]

Another knowledgeable guy over there is Gaffboat. In fact, he has a book just out. 

[Artie]

2 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

Another knowledgeable guy over there is Gaffboat. In fact, he has a book just out. 

I have a copy of that book somewhere in our domicile. I believe it’s kinda a CNC for Dummies type book. (I figgered that since I qualified i would buy it LOL). Finances is what is mostly keeping me from pursuing CNC. 

[Gunny]

4 hours ago, Artie said:

Finances is what is mostly keeping me from pursuing CNC. 

I keep telling you in order to WIN the lottery you have to BUY a ticket.

[FlGatorwood]

John, what kind of files can you import?  Maybe, a bmp or something like that?  Irfanview does not give me the option to make a dwg file.  I tried that and it is not an option.  BTW, Irfanview is a free software that is very handy for sizing, cropping, converting to various types of files, etc.  If you can accept a bmp file, I have it and will PM it to you.

 

 

[Cal]

John, those grips look pretty darn good!  There is a fella near me that (I think) does a lot of pistol grips.  I have dealt with him on another couple projects though, and cannot recommend him

 

Is there a tech school near you?  You might check and see if they offer any type of CAD classes, if they do they might be able to do the conversion for you.

[John Moody]

On 9/1/2019 at 9:34 PM, FlGatorwood said:

John, what kind of files can you import?  Maybe, a bmp or something like that?  Irfanview does not give me the option to make a dwg file.  I tried that and it is not an option.  BTW, Irfanview is a free software that is very handy for sizing, cropping, converting to various types of files, etc.  If you can accept a bmp file, I have it and will PM it to you.

 

 

Thanks, I can take a bmp file. 

 

[FlGatorwood]

k.  I will check to see all the formats and see if one of those will work for you.  

[FlGatorwood]

Ok, here is the list of the files I can save as or convert to.  If you can import these into your system and use it, please just let me know.

 

ecw - Enhanced Compressed Wavelet

emf - Enhanced Windows Metalfile

gif - Compuserve GIF

ico - Windows icon

jls -

jp2 -

jpg - 

jng -

jpn -

pcx - Zsoft paintbrush

pbn - portable bitmap

pdf - portable document format

pgm - portable greymap

png - portable network graphics

ppm - portable pixelmap

raw - row image data

tga - truevision targa

tif - tapped image file format

webp - weppy file format

 

These are formats that can be saved by Irfanview.  You can get this free program here:

https://www.irfanview.com/download_sites.htm

 

John, pm sent

Edited September 3, 2019 by FlGatorwood
note on pm

[John Moody]

I can open pdf, jpg, gif, tif and probably some others in that list. Sorry for the delay in answering you, but my wife and I have both had a bout of whooping cough and I am just now where I can be up without coughing every breath.