I needed the exercise

[Leonredbeard]

This is me cutting some maple for a Muzzleloader stock. I have cut out two of them in the last week just this way. I used both hands so as to exercise both sides. One of the stocks will be for my upcoming matchlock.

volatpluvia

 

[54mountain]

Dang! that looks like alot of work, I can see why they invented the band saw :bow:

 

[Bob Riegl]

:bow: I can recognize a smart man, it's March not August, otherwise there'd be a pool of sweat under your feet and you'd look like a dish rag. S'matter no one has a band saw in your neighborhood? Wow, that's the place I would have quit, heck no I wouldn't have started---let' see your work progress. :hatsoff:

 

[arilar]

Aprile fool`s joke, right?? :haha:
Regards,
ARILAR :grin:

 

[wulf]

Even with a ripsaw that would be an impossible
task....careful you don't cut your nice cabinet
in half as it is not much of a support for your
energy..... :shake:

 

[Leonredbeard]

Thanks guys,
It took me around an hour per stock. I filed the rip saw just before I started on the first one. I really did need the upper body arobics, or I will balloon up like a blimp.
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[Leonredbeard]

Oh yeah, Pasquenal,
These are just cut from the wet stump. I cut them now so they will dry a little faster. I will likely make the lock for the matcher and the pistole wheellock before I get at stock making. They need to dry for the rest of the year.
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[Titus]

lovely piece of wood. :bow: :bow: on the hand sawing.... :applause:

 

[BillinOregon]

"I really did need the upper body arobics, or I will balloon up like a blimp."
Boy howdy. I was effortlessly skinny until my late 40s. Now, at 54, I can tell the difference on the scales the next day even between drinking a six of light versus regular beer. It's NOT FAIR.

 

[Charles D. Prokopp]

Nothing like doing it the hard way, eh?
It builds character and gives one bragging rights.
I find wheel locks fascinating, especially the Tschinkas of Russia.