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    ribbed trade gun thimbles, how to.

    Was wondering if there is a 'best' way to form the ribs in trade gun thimbles? My thought was to just whack them in with a blunt piece of steel or maybe a drill rod laid on the brass and the brass laying over a shallow groove in a piece of wood? Any thoughts or pics of a "real" trade gun gun...
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    wow precarves are a bargain

    Not sure if it is the thinking or the cutting but after 8 hours I can't help but think precarve stocks are a bargain. LOL. Mistakes galore but it mounts and points like a dream even without any cast. 10% shaped: [/URL][/img]
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    peening saves the day!

    So taking the "man up and do it" advice offered on here I headed to the shop to once again (two year battle) take on fitting a hooked breech. First diffrence this time was I took the plug out and fitted it to the tang and then reinstalled it. That helped bring the standing breech face closer...
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    16 siding a barrel?

    Wondering if anyone has a link to any disscussion/ideas on laying out for filing the octagon section of an OTR (tapered octagon to 16 sides) Well actually just the top flats that are above the stock. Or maybe just some pics of properly done 16 siding. I had a straight edge and marker out...
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    welding on a tang and hooked breech questions.

    My walnut build got side swiped and with lots of winter left I am desperate to start on another build so I dug out some parts that I have been avoiding. A Rase inletted blank with an Oregon Barrel Works tube and a new large siler. When I put these together I was even more ignorant then I am now...
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    Dam that was fun and easy and cheap

    Thought I'd share this cause so rarely in life is anything so easy and cheap and successful. Needed some thimbles and despite a drawer of parts nothing would work. Found a brass down spot at the hardware store for a couple bucks. Did not aneal, cut the brass with a good set of scissors. 10 mins...
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    something to snicker at

    In light of the endless help this board has provided I thought I'd post a pic of my build's current state of cobbledness. Might be head shakingly entertaining. No need at this point to I.D the imperfections (they are many and mourned :idunno: ) On the positive side a board member provided a...
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    stock blank layout pic heavy

    Had the kids sand this piece of wood today so the grain would be a bit more visible. Was surprised how hard it is to get a good picture. If a diffrent angle would help let me know. Was looking for input on laying out the pattern. My plan is for a Tulle fusil de chase. Does it look like there...
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    band saw alternative

    The postwoman drug a huge hunk of walnut up the driveway today and I am looking at it with an eye to making it look more like a stock. My usual method for this kind of job is to make a million cross cuts and whack them out with chisel. Would like to move beyond that for alot of reasons. What...
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    Fusil fin butt palte inlet, stumped

    Re found a brass fusil fin butt plate that I want to use for my current build. Totally stumped on how to deal with the complex non-tapered shapes on the tang extension (the part that goes on the comb) I completely understand "going down and then in" for butt plates with the usual tapered or...
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    locating sear bar

    Thought I'd post this idea. Worked well for me maybe it can be used by someone else. Was struggling trying to sort out exaclty where the sear bar was and what angle it was at. Pretty self expainatory. Apologies if it is old hat. Now just gotta carve out a trigger. [/URL][/img]
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    30 vs 36 flip a coin?

    Been pondering on my next build alot and to put an end to the endless waffling I told the barrel supplier that I'd place an order tommorow for either a 30 or 36 inch .62 cal tube. So I gotta either flip a coin in the morning or get some outside advice. I am gonna get a nice blank for it and...
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    20 inch .58 cal tube any PRB experience

    I am on the verge of thinking on a front and maybe a rear sight for a .58 cal 20 inch tube. Hoping for a 40 yard zero and 50 yard minute of lung reliability (hoping). In my fantasy land I got thinking that maybe I'd be able to burn 60 grains of powder in it and get 1100-1200 fps. Does that...
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    update with no questions

    Thought I'd post an update pic before I start butchering the side panels. [/URL][/img]
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    Drafting film

    This has been working so well that I thought I'd share, not sure if it is old hat or not. I had a stack of 3 mil high trans drafting film left over from the good old days when we used hard copy air photos instead of GIS for defining habitat units. What seems to makes it so useful is that if...
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    lock bolts in and bolster close

    tapped my first ever lock bolt today. Of course it was done free hand at the kitchen table amongst supper dishes :nono: worked out just great (i think) Bolt just kisses the barrel bottom, broke out by little enough that the wood was translucent. The second bolt, the one into the bolster, was...
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    how narrow a butt plate?

    When I was drilling my RR I was having alot of trouble rectifying where I knew the center of the barrel was with the view down the length of the stock, So I set about re- drawing the center of my stock blank (in relation to the barel) and noticed after two years in a desert the toe of the butt...
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    fat french girl goes on diet

    While not a thorough and complete thinning it is obvious that everyone was right and it is easier to do this stuff with out the extra bulk. still carrying some width at the bottom of the stock but I think you can see the line that represents the bottom. I am getting close to inletting the...
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    Saga continues, lock angles and crying babie

    OK first off let me assure you that despite the fact that you can inlet with a colicy baby in one hand in dim light at 3 am after a big day at work it is not a good idea. You will notice a large portion of my stock aft of the bolster is missing :cursing: Happened much faster then my brain...
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    forming a drill or soldering one on rod

    Feeling buildy so instead of cutting a ram rod groove from the inside and then capping it I decided to try and drill it. It is short, for a 20 inch rod so it feels doable. Went and bought a piece of 3/8ths rod and my plan was to grind a v in a 25/64ths bit and a corresponding v in the rod and...
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