Good instructions for cutting down polymer grip frame?

[19-3Ben]

Later this week, I am going to be picking up a used "like new" Kahr TP45.
I want to chop the last little bit off the grip to give it a P45 length grip frame (a "TP45 covert" if you will).
I think it would just about the ideal CCW .45.

It seems pretty obvious to me how to do it. Measure twice, cut once. Cut long and then file/sand down to size and shape etc...
But is there a step-by-step guide somewhere from someone who has done this before with a polymer frame? I know it's a pretty common job, where people cut a Glock 17 to Glock 19 frame size, etc...
Like I said, i can figure it out, but if there are directions/picture tutorial from someone who has done it before, it may save a little bit of reinventing the wheel.

 

[19-3Ben]

Guess not.

Ok, then I'll take good pics and do a write up for the sake of more people who could want to do a similar project in the future.

 

[Outlaw Man]

Issue #10 of Recoil Magazine had a DIY article on reshaping the grip of a Glock. They didn't cut so much as fill the void between the rear of the grip and the magwell so they could sand the back thinner. I suppose the methodology would be similar.

Good luck with your project.

 

[usp9]

A search of the Kahr forum may yield a thread on creating a covert. I think the best advice I've seen is to cut a little too long and sand down to the final fit. look here for one example;
http://www.kahrtalk.com/showthread.php?8001-My-new-quot-Covert-Weapon-9-quot&highlight=cutting+grip

 

[Big Shrek]

Sometimes replies come within an hour, sometimes they take a few days...
the day you ask a question has much to do with it...
best to be prepared to wait a weekend for the best answers...
as some of the good folks here have actual lives...or wives and a honey-do list....

 

[Drail]

all you need are a Dremel and an attitude.

 

[verdun59]

Go over to the XD forum, there are detailed pictures and how to write ups on this, but you've got the gist of it , cut long and the sand down. Good luck.

 

[Hometeached1]

How did it go?

I've been thinking of doing something like this since the budget line of Kahrs are relatively inexpensive, thought it would be a cheap way to have a CCO style .45 or maybe a 9mm.