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    whiskering

    Hey I know you were not being a smart a$$ and I have always appreciated your advice. It all worked in the end and I'm quite happy with the results. This is going to turn out like a typical first project with all the obvious mistakes. I've kept a log and recognized and entered my most glaring...
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    whiskering

    Thanks for the reply Zonie. As I mentioned in the previous post I did finally achieve success. I then tried your lye water method and stained with LMF maple diluted and am letting it sit over night. Tomorrow I'm going to seal it with real tung oil and the next day I'll start the finishing...
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    whiskering

    I'm sorry oldarmy I wasn't clear in my post, I had all ready sanded the stock with progressively finer grades of paper up too 220. I had been whiskering with 220 before I tried 400. Dropped down to 320 with success. odis
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    whiskering

    I have starting the whiskering stage on my stock. I started out using 220 against the whiskers and after four attempts I tried 400 grit. Still raising whiskers. how many times does it usually take. By the way for a plain stock the curl is impressive when its wet. odis
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    Zonie's staining methed

    Will the Lye affect glue or acraglas bedding? odis
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    Movimng a swamped barrel back in a pre inlet stock

    I know where your coming from. I went ahead and finished the inlet of my barrel then inlet the plug and tang before checking the location of the vent hole to the pre inlet lock mortise. I then had to move the whole tang and barrel mortise back about 3/16th and of course a little deeper which...
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    Lyman Great Plains Pop Quiz

    I bought my kit in 05 and the sheet that came with it specified european walnut. When I finished mine I sealed and oiled it no stain and it appears to be darker than some members that have been stained. odis
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    dovetailing with a drill press?

    Just remember the part you are cutting the dove tail for can be filed to fit the dove tail. Don't cut the dove tail to big. Its alot easier than you would think. :thumbsup: odis
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    Robust Bench

    Looks nice, good job.
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    My new Love

    Nice rifle, nice play room. Hoppes #9 wd 40 RCBS Redding its all one big international language. odis
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    My Build so far

    Thanks for the encouragement Mike you too J.D.. I have a couple from the TOW site that I have printed out and keep tacked to the peg board at my bench. I'm sure I'll be going through erasers faster than pencils. odis
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    My Build so far

    Oh Mike I've looked at both of your tutorials many times. I'm wondering if you have a series of designs that are on templates that you transfer with carbon paper. I know you used one for the beaver tail because you pointed it out on your tutorial, I was just wondering about the design along side...
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    My Build so far

    For gaps I have been using a plane on the scrap piece that came with the stock. But for the holes that were botched :cursing: I've been using the scrapings from the sure form cheese grater. Has any body tried using a leather crafters swivel knife for cutting curved guide lines? I've found that...
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    My Build so far

    I figure I've reached the half way point with my TOW Bivins kit. I've learned alot, by far the most important thing I've learned is that I should have gone to dental school back in the 70's. I seem to have a natural talent for mixing up glue and shavings and then filling in cavities with it. I...
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    Lubricating a lock

    It seems to me I read once that they had a saying in the old days that went like this "never let the sun set on a dirty gun". odis
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    4 Bore Blunderbuss Update

    Wow I like it. Been thinking about you and this project for a long time. If you use it for home defense mount a camera on it I would love to see the expression on the goblins face when he's looking down the barrel. odis
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    Wanting to build a Flint lock Small Game Rifle

    Bioproof that is a nice looking stock for $125.00. Am I wrong to assume that the barrel channel is for a straight barrel? Did you buy the rest of your parts from the also? odis
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    Experience with Great Plains Hunter?

    When I bought my GPR kit a few years ago a friend got the GPH. He really likes it and has filled his deer tag with it every year since. He pays about the same for fifteen or twenty conicals in 54 as I do for 100 50 cal. balls.odis
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    First gravings

    Is that German silver or is that polished steel?? odis
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    Build A Blunderbuss

    Zoar order the parts and start in. Your driving me nuts. While I'm working on my current project (a Bivins Lancaster) I'm constantly thinking about my next which will be a fowler. When I have finished my current and started my next I hope to be fantasizing about a 4 bore blunderbuss build!!! So...
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