1911 Grips - Caspian Arms Logo

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I designed these for my Father-In-Law since he wanted a specific grip to go with his Caspian Arms 1911. This was my first major endeavor with Autodesk Inventor and I'm happy with how it came out, even though it's not perfect ;) . My Father-In-Law loves the grips and they look pretty awesome on his 1911. I'll try to get pictures from him of the grips on his 1911. Print Settings Printer: P802MA Rafts: No Supports: No Resolution: 0.1 Infill: 80% Post-Printing Step 1: Sanding I sanded the grips with increasingly fine grits of sandpaper: 150 220 320 400 Some of the sand got stuck when using the 150 grit because I was uisng an old sanding sponge at first. After removing them and resanding I found that it actually gave a weathered wood type look to parts of the grips. So I got a cool effect out of a mistake lol. Step 2: Priming After Sanding I sprayed the grips with 5 coats of White Primer and lightly sanded again with the 400 grit sandpaper. Step 3: Finishing Finally I sprayed 5 coats of a Satin Finish and VERY lightly sanded the grips again and wiped them with a soft cloth. How I Designed This Design Remix I traced the Caspian Arms logo in inventor and extruded it into the STP files provided by atooltoscream . After many failed prints and attempts at redesigning the logo I finally got something that looked good and printed decently. The original Caspian Arms logo had too many small/fine details that needed to be blown up for printing.