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  1. jm190

    Kit vs Scratch

    Hi All, The FDC walnut pre-carve from TOTW goes for $339 while a walnut stock blank from MBS goes for $160. There's less of a difference if you go for maple but it's still around $100 less for the blank. There's no discount on the price of parts when buying a kit from TOTW. John
  2. jm190

    difference between these two parts sets

    The Jedediah Starr kit looks exactly like the "Late Lancaster" kit from Pecatonica River. The hardware picture is the same as well. http://www.longrifles-pr.com/latelancaster.shtml
  3. jm190

    Colonial pistol progress

    SWEET! +1
  4. jm190

    French Dragoon

    Thanks for the compliment! It's walnut from Muzzleloader Builder's Supply. It's been treated with several coats of hand rubbed linseed oil.
  5. jm190

    French Dragoon

    Here's my latest project...put this together from a blank. It has a 12" .62 cal barrel. Used the photos of a French Dragoon from an European auction house. I assembled the lock from the small Siler kit. Assistance from this website helped me get it sparking properly and I'm grateful for the...
  6. jm190

    Early Rifle from a Plank

    Thanks for all the compliments; much appreciated!
  7. jm190

    Early Rifle from a Plank

    Thanks for the compliment! I have several years of carpentry/furniture grade-woodworking and several decades in aircraft maintenance under my belt. I did assemble a Traditions kit and built a pre-carve Early Lancaster from Pecatonica River before this rifle.
  8. jm190

    Early Rifle from a Plank

    Hi All! I'm posting a few photos of my first creation from a plank. I wanted an early rifle with a stepped wrist. Inspiration came from the early rifles shown in Chapters 5 and 6 of RCA Vol. 1. and comments I found on the web of the characteristics of early rifles from the 1760s. My plan...
  9. jm190

    Lock sparks 3 out 5 times...

    Yes, I had the black flakes as well. Cherry Red on order from Blacksmith's Depot if the re-facing doesn't work.
  10. jm190

    Lock sparks 3 out 5 times...

    Thanks for the reply! The sparks are definitley not white; I would say they are orange. I did heat treat and temper the frizzen according to the provided instructions from Jim Chambers. I heated the frizzen with MAPP till it lost magnetism and then just a little more. It was immediately quenched...
  11. jm190

    Lock sparks 3 out 5 times...

    I've assembled this lock from the small Siler kit and this is the best I've gotten for sparking. When it does spark it sets off the primer just fine. Everything has been hardened/tempered according to instructions. All moving parts have been polished so there are no rub marks on any of the...
  12. jm190

    oversized front sight dovetail

    I had a similar situation and fixed it with a piece from a brass feeler gauge set. My sight was brass and I had several feeler gauges around so I used the brass gauges. I measured the gap and was lucky enough to be able to select a gauge that was a little more than 0.001 thicker than what I had...
  13. jm190

    Rust didn't change color when boiled?

    Hi Buckskinn, The second and third application of the rust blue solution I used produced a color similar to to what you're looking for. The color does start out light and gets darker with each application. Maybe you can achieve the same effect with the Chamber's product.
  14. jm190

    Rust didn't change color when boiled?

    So far, I've blued my three barrels with the breech plug installed. You don't have to worry about lining up the breech plug-top barrel flat and possible damaging your finish and you only have to plug the muzzle to keep browning/rusting solution and boiling water out. Not my own idea, I'm...
  15. jm190

    Rust didn't change color when boiled?

    Hi Jim, Thanks for the reply. That is a photo of the raw, unoiled barrel. I applied one more coat of the slow rust blue with no change to the color. It will get a coat of oil later today.
  16. jm190

    Rust didn't change color when boiled?

    Hi Dave, Thanks for the chemistry lesson! I was familiar with the basic transformation but now I know the complete chemistry. You hit the nail squarely on the head! The barrel was in the sweat box for over eight hours while I was waiting for the rust to cover the whole barrel. Lee...
  17. jm190

    Rust didn't change color when boiled?

    Thanks for the reply. I'll have to look into your gutter boiling container. I've been using a length of PVC pipe. My wife is fairly tolerant and should allow me to use the stove as you have. Any thoughts on why the rust didn't change color? Thanks! John
  18. jm190

    Rust didn't change color when boiled?

    Hi Dave, Thanks for the reply. I'm trying to figure out what you are telling me in comparison to my results. I've been placing the barrel in a length of PVC pipe and adding boiling distilled water. Every time the rust has changed color, from red to blue/black within a couple of minutes, no...
  19. jm190

    Rust didn't change color when boiled?

    Hi All, The 7th application of Mark Lee Slow Rust Blue rusted up fine. But when I boiled it the red rust didn't change to black. It did take on a brown tint but that was all. When I carded it the rust was hard and required "0" steel wool to remove it. The finish underneath returned to a...
  20. jm190

    Rust blue advice needed

    Thanks for the suggestions. I've discovered I was trying to rush the rusting process and not carding sufficiently. I've stripped the barrel back to bare metal and have started over. Through experimentation I finished the barrel with 400 grit. It gives a finer rust which cards easier but it...
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