Jim Kibler posting some videos

[Docgp]

For us complete newbies, Jim Kibler is posting some great video's of assembly and fitting of his new kits. Real helpful to us. So many here are very accomplished, and don't need this type help, but great for me.

Jim's video #1

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[coloradoclyde]

Smart!....Now he just needs a real video camera.

 

[hawkeye2]

Very informative, a little amaturish. He mentions redoing them later in one. I had come across them last week and have watched 2.

 

[Eric Krewson]

I thought he did very well considering it was all ad lib with no editing.

I had my granddaughter shoot one of me explaining the bow tillering tool I invented. I am sure glad she had editing skills because it is easy to get tongue tied while you are explaining things in front of a camera.

Even with a lot of editing my video looks a bit amateurish.

 

[hawkeye2]

"I thought he did very well considering it was all ad lib with no editing."

I agree and I picked up a lot from the 2 I watched. What I noticed were little things like not laying out all the tools before begining, having to answer the phone a couple of times, the barking 3 legged dog, etc.. When I started teaching in one of the courses I took we were taped (VHS) giving a brief presentation. I gave mine and thought it was quite good till I saw it from a classroom desk. The mistakes I made were simple ones and most everyone did the same but it's amazing how unpolished a camera can make you look. :grin:

I recomend his videos and the best one was inletting the breech & tang on one of his Colonial Rifle kits. It showed just how little hand work it took to do the job.

 

[stubshaft]

Jim makes it look so easy.

 

[hawkeye2]

If you are sitting on the fence looking at Kibler's kits watch his vids, they will push you off in the right direction when you see just how easy it is.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

There is sitting on the fence....,

And there is working on piling up the money..., :haha:

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[bender20]

X2

 

[Henry Bowman]

I bought my very first kit from Jim at the CLA. I've never built a gun before. Motorcycles, many...guns, never. Those videos have been priceless to me. I don't care about the video quality, Jim's quality of teaching is very good. I'm nearing completion of the initial assembly of my .58 Colonial.

I sometimes run them at 2X speed and low video quality when I watch them for the second or third time. I watched them ahead of building, took notes, and got the right tools that Jim mentioned before moving forward. I'd never of thought of many of those tips on my own, like flipping it and tapping the buttstock to loosen the barrel. I'd probably have broken something.

I've learned an enormous amount from those videos...and if you're reading this, Jim, THANK YOU!