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Hatchet-Jack said:
Update: after getting some advise from Dave Person here in the board to thin the areas around the lock and side plate I decided to go for it. As you can see I have removed quite a lot of wood to thin it out. I used a gouge to remove the wood at the front, then shaped it with a small file, then scrapers and sand paper.

I took it over to my teachers shop and he was pleased that I did this. He found a couple of spots that needed some adjusting but for the most part it looked good to him.

After that he gave me some carving lessons in a practice stock, stabbing in, relief and incise carving.

Below shows some before and after pics. I had to wipe the drawing and De-whisker the entire area. I'm back to where I can draw the carving outline and start stabbing it in.

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Looking great.
I always laugh (and get a little irritated) when someone interjects "advice" into one of Dave's build threads.
But I absolutely love it when I see threads like this where someone is building what will be a very nice gun regardless, then they take Dave's tips and advice and get results that are fantastic. Good job.
 
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Brokennock said:
Looking great.
I always laugh (and get a little irritated) when someone intersects "advice" into one of Dave's build threads.
But I absolutely love it when I see threads like this where someone is building what will be a very nice gun regardless, then they take Dave's tips and advice and get results that are fantastic. Good job.
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Thanks and I have seen that occur on Dave's posts. It's entertaining!
 
This is a practice stock my teacher let me borrow. Today I sketched a shell on it and did this carving. I feel like I'm ready to tackle the carving on the Fowler.
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Hatchet-Jack said:
I picked up my PA Fowler Kit in .62 cal or 20 gauge from Jim and Barbie Chambers at Friendship. They are wonderful folks. I had the pleasure of having dinner with them over at their camp site one night.

This is going to be my squirrel, Turkey and maybe even try to bag a Deer gun. I'll also use it at the primitive range at Friendship.

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looks great and fun. I really hope you post pictures when you are done. Good going
 
PathfinderNC said:
Nice looking design, and you appear to have good carving skills to do a fine job, so this should be sweet :thumb:
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Thanks PNC! I got some lessons from my friend and mentor who's very skilled and experienced at it. Then he lent me that practice stock so that was a real confidence builder. I got up today and felt like it was time to go for it!
A few more pics:
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