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    Inlaying leaves

    I have done various silver inlays, patch boxes, etc. I am pondering the idea of merging silver engraved inlays along with carved acanthus leaves in the entry thimble location (kind of a wrap of the leaf), the back part of the wrist from the back stock area and the tang area and perhaps a bit in...
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    J. G. Righter rifle

    I have rifle, percussion now, that has the above signature on the barrel. It also reads ?os Golcher on the lock plate. Appears to be about a .32 caliber with about a 40" barrel. The muzzle has a design of small circles in forming a circle around the breech. Brass trigger guard and a narrow brass...
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    gold lining a flash pan

    I just did a search for my subject and came up blank. Would someone(s) be so kind as to share how you go about lining a pan? I am planning on using a small 1 gram piece of .9999 bar that I have. Best I can remember is to raise a rough surface in the pan with a small punch and rub/swage to...
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    musket caps on percussion rifle??

    I need some help here. I have a customer that really wants to use a musket cap (says they are easier to handle than regular #11 caps) on a T/C Hawkins and a Renegade rifle (50 cal's). He is asking that I bend one of the hammers to so accomadate this desired change. Does anyone know of ANY...
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    Has anyone tried this?

    I am going to soon (hopefully) be doing a bit of scrimshawing on a horn. I have used ink to black the scratched in patterns in times past. I had the idea to try the black "ink" powder from one of our old copy machines cartridges to color and antique the horn. Somewhat like tempura black paint...
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    curly maple source

    I did a couple of searches here and could not find my answer so here goes... I am wanting about a 3x3x6 block of fancy curly maple to turn into a horn plug (I want to turn it down to size and then carve in some leaves and the like to match a rifle I have). Any sources? All I have called have at...
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    carving scrapers

    I know many of you make your own, but these came in the mail yesterday and looked like a decent set. Thought I'd pass it on http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=21180&productid=842120&mode=details#tabs I can make many tools, but sometimes I would rather spend my time on the project...
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    .030 silver sheets...best uses

    I was able to buy several sheets of .030 silver sheet for next to nothing. Am I correct that this will work fine for cutting into ribbons for wire inlay, but is too thin for flat inlay work. I had gotten this from a coin dealer friend who bought it from a builder who said he used it for "inlay...
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    Frizzen cover...best course

    I have not gotten around to making a frizzen cover for snow, rain etc., but last Sunday eve's deer hunt with an iced frizzen has motivated me (don't ask why)...A frizzen cover is about as straight forward as it gets, BUT do any of you use a better type of cover to keep your lock dry while out...
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    frizzen cover

    I have not gotten around to making a frizzen cover for snow, rain etc., but last Sunday eve's deer hunt with an iced frizzen has motivated me (don't ask why)...A frizzen cover is about as straight forward as it gets, BUT do any of you use a better type of cover to keep your lock dry while out...
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    HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

    This may not be the correct section to place this into, but since it is the one I use the most, it seems most correct in my way of thinking. (I ask in advance for administrator latitude and or forgiveness as it seems appropriate!) Have a great Thanksgiving all. I am thankful for all of your...
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    Wood patchbox placement...

    I have been studying some various pictures of LR's with the wood sliding patchbox. To my eye these look best when the forward point of the lid is positioned to point to the center of the wrist and the rear is centered on the center of the butt plate. I see many that are mounted so as to put the...
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    Shaping charge by concaving plug face

    I am curious to see what ya all are doing with regard to "shaping the charge" of flinters by cutting a round concave into the breech plug face. (It is done to get better push out of a given charge by more centralizing the charge behind the ball...if any did not know)
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    Final step...Sight-in

    I was talking with a friend Jerry Lauters of Lost Arts, Ltd. about the best way to sight in a rifle, He had told me that in his readings or conversations with an old gunsmith that a measured 12.5 yards was best to do a absolute dead on sight in with as it was to put the rifle on at about 100...
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    Case pattern for 60" flintlock

    I need some help...I searched and could not find if anyone had a pattern or even a picture of a case for an early Lancaster flinter 60+ inches long. I have some elk leather and want to sew up my own, I am thiniing something with some fringe and a fold over the top and tie shut type of closure...
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    Touchhole location trouble need help!

    I have scribed the lightening touchhole location for a Jim Chambers Lancaster. The centering of the touch hole on the vertical of the pan and the horizontal of the pan top (the classic "sunset") will put the edge of the touch hole countersink BELOW the flat egde! I had thought the complete...
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    aging silver

    I have a couple of silver inlays in the rifle I am working on. I am considering aging the brass and silver after the engraving is done. I know of the ways of aging the brass (used patches, plinkerton's etc) but have no clue what to do for the silver pieces. Any ideas?
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    Help for a sharp edge others might like to try...

    I just received a set of Pfeil chisels that was on my list after numerous comments from the carving posts. Here is the order SHIP TO PRODUCT NUMBER/ (SEE UNIT DESCRIPTION BELOW) QUANTITY PRICE STATUS 143656 1 1 6.50 WILL SHIP SLIPSTROP COMPOUND 143657 1 1 13.99 WILL SHIP SLIPSTROP 05Q20 1 1...
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    Fire Bluing Frizzen

    I know I had read about fire bluing a lock with some assorted info on how to get color w/o changing temper in frizzen. Of course I cannot find it now. Any help? (Zonie, as a side I thought you had commented on this just a bit ago???) Thanks! Rick
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    silver soldering coin silver

    have silver soldered coin silver in past. I know the cleaning, fluxing, neutral flame, etc. to use. Now, I tried silver soldering a coin silver daisy to a Lancaster brass patch box, the coin melted before flux even changed from white to clear...any clues? I tired heating the "blob" with a bit of...
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