Another bullet board

[AeroncaTAL]

Here's a couple of pictures of a bullet board I made for my .54 Great Plains Rifle. The wood is from a Smoke Tree and has a beautiful yellow color.

I left the inner bark of the branch to give the board a rustic look to it. Also check out the knife that Two-Bellys made using the same wood for the handle:
Knife

Scott

 

[soggy]

:thumbsup: Nice bullet board there 41 A .
Maybe some of the old hands here on the forum will get a chuckle out of my next question, but I gotta ask.: You said the wood is from a smoke tree? Is that a species? or is it some condition that affects a certain tree? Either way that's real pretty wood. Just that I've never seen or heard tell of it before.
Thanks for showing
Soggy

 

[PitchyPine]

Looks cool that way, nice job. :thumbsup:

 

[AeroncaTAL]

Hi Soggy,
It's a species. The tree is Cotinus coggygria, common name the Smoke Tree. It's a small shrub-like tree native to the South Eastern US and produces a wispy, airy, pink flower, which ends up blowing all over everywhere, hence the name.
Scott

 

[tom hargrove]

that is nice and i like the bark left on it ,that is some fine color in that wood :bow: :bow: :bow:

 

[bioprof]

I think your bullet board is just gorgeous. I admire the creativity of many of the members of this board. I wish that I had half the imagination that many of you have. :bow:

 

[AeroncaTAL]

Thanks bioprof, but golly, I think the same thing about all of you. :shocked2:
I didn't start thinking about bullet boards until I saw the beautiful one you made, bioprof. Then Two-Bellys inquired about the smoke tree wood, and it slapped me in the face, why don't I make a board from this stuff. And if I wasn't so lazy as to shape it... :winking:
Actually I was going to trim and shape the board a bit, but when I pulled the outer bark off and saw the patterns, I thought man, this looks good!
I feed off of all you out there for ideas, and I hope that something I make inspires someone else. We are all creative in one way or another, and what a wonderful place to show it off.
Scott

 

[jeepwj992002]

Great job! I like how that wood looks on yours and Two-Bellys ' projects.:bow:

 

[bwhoffman]

Scott, you are gunna hafta get me a chunk of that!...since ya did 2 bellies and all!

another wood somewhat available to you and me on this coast is Juniper, its white and pink grained when dry and has lots of figure, unfortunately, I dont think we would ever find a chunk big enough for a stock. If we could, we would be the envy of all those birds-eye-maple people :grin:
I will see if I still have any.

nice work!

Brett

 

[AeroncaTAL]

Hmmm, Brett, next time I head over the hill to the Bend area I might go scrounging. There are a lot of areas where one can go cut wood. Juniper would be a fine wood to work with, suppose to make good traditional bows too...
Scott

 

[snagg]

Looks great. Beautiful grain. :thumbsup:
Nice job 41

snagg

 

[shmrck1]

That wood would set off just about any project.
snake-eyes :hatsoff:

 

[Dickert54cal]

What size drill bit does one use for a 54 cal roundball? :v

 

[tom hargrove]

17/32=5313----35/64=5469 the 35/64 bit will give you an oversize hole -just right for a .15patch.

 

[AeroncaTAL]

I didn't have a 35/64 drill bit, so I used a 9/16. I figured that 1/64 over was acceptable...

Scott

 

[Dickert54cal]

Thanks---I have a piece of wood I plan on making a second or 3rd board for hunting. :thumbsup: