Polishing-Finishing a lock

[KILTED COWBOY]

What do y'all use tool wise to finish polish the lock? I have heard sand paper, files, stones. I went on the Gesswein website and they have hundreds of stones to choose from grits and sizes. I would like to know which files and stones are the most useful for this application. Hate buying stuff i will not need or use. Appreciate the feedback

[Chowmi]

Start with this link from Acer:
http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=2585.0


He has a good section on which Gesswein stones to buy.  I use them, and they are great.

Norm

[Frank]

I have never used stones.Just sand paper, needle files and emory boards.

[Turtle]

 I hate polishing locks. On the last gun I built I found a great solution--After inletting the lock, I gave the lock pieces to the customer who was getting the gun with some instructions and he polished it while I built the rest of the gun!

[KILTED COWBOY]

Many thanks Chowmi, That link was super helpful.
Sounds like polishing is not much fun.
Perhaps I will find it stress relieving Zen like. ha ha

[Bob Roller]

I hate polishing locks. On the last gun I built I found a great solution--After inletting the lock, I gave the lock pieces to the customer who was getting the gun with some instructions and he polished it while I built the rest of the gun!

I have polished a lot of locks but then started concentrating mostly on the
real part of the lock,the internal mechanism that IS the lock.
I make small polishing boards from sticks from ice cream bars and glue
a variety of grits from rough to 4/0 polishing paper.Paint paddles can
be used for king size versions.Also very fine files like #8 cut which are
supposed to be 233 teeth per inch according to Baiter (Biter) in
Switzerland..
Bob Roller

[rick/pa]

I am certainly no pro but I use fine files to remove any casting lines, followed by sandpaper, starting with 150 oxide then going to 220, 320, 400 and 600, followed by crocus cloth and Simichrome polish.