RyanAK
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Post by RyanAK on Jun 10, 2022 9:37:43 GMT -7
Oh… start a thread! Good on y’a brother. And put me on the order book!
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Jun 10, 2022 10:46:33 GMT -7
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Post by hawkeyes on Jun 10, 2022 10:46:33 GMT -7
Oh… start a thread! Good on y’a brother. And put me on the order book! Absolutely will! I'm very much looking forward to really honing the craft from such an experienced and knowledgeable person.
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Post by brokennock on Jun 10, 2022 14:41:25 GMT -7
Oh… start a thread! Good on y’a brother. And put me on the order book! Sounds like two threads to me... A Hawkeyes Horns, topic. And, a topic in the pole lathe.
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Post by RyanAK on Jun 10, 2022 16:07:41 GMT -7
Wait… pole lathe?!
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Post by spence on Jun 10, 2022 16:15:39 GMT -7
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Post by RyanAK on Jun 10, 2022 16:20:01 GMT -7
Yeah… it’s on my list of primitive tools to build. I just think they’re damn neat and think it’s cool Hawkeyes apparently had one. 😜
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Post by hawkeyes on Jun 11, 2022 16:36:00 GMT -7
Made the bed and poppets today and cut the oak for the foot pedal. One poppet will be fixed while the other is wedged with white oak. The engine that drives shall be an 8ft piece of hickory I'll suspend from the roof trusses. It's not big, just large enough to turn plugs and horn ends for spouts. Possibly have it finished up tomorrow. Not a period piece by any means besides the operation. what is my resolution
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Post by hawkeyes on Jun 27, 2022 12:09:13 GMT -7
Finally got an afternoon of working a rifle. Pipes/ thimbles inlet and pinned, touch hole drilled, dovetail for the front blade cut and some more file work on the trigger. Besides copious amounts of shaping and final finish she's together. Not sure if anyone has had the "pleasure" of working an ash stocked rifle before but it'll be my last...
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Post by artificer on Jun 27, 2022 12:54:29 GMT -7
Besides copious amounts of shaping and final finish she's together. Not sure if anyone has had the "pleasure" of working an ash stocked rifle before but it'll be my last... You piqued my curiosity with that statement. May I ask why? Gus
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Jun 27, 2022 14:49:03 GMT -7
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Post by hawkeyes on Jun 27, 2022 14:49:03 GMT -7
Besides copious amounts of shaping and final finish she's together. Not sure if anyone has had the "pleasure" of working an ash stocked rifle before but it'll be my last... You piqued my curiosity with that statement. May I ask why? Gus Sure! It's not forgiving in any way and certainly not maple in the way it accepts tools. The open grain pores make it difficult to avoid chipping so I've had to make sure my tools are continually stropped. I've managed that very well and have not had any particular issues. However! It's utterly been the hardest and most dense piece of wood I've worked, as in rock hard. It hasn't wanted to give an inch, I've learned the most important thing to avoid issues is complete patience on my part. Inletting the thimbles today became rather tiring as the amount of wood removal was minimal and it just wouldn't curl and cut in thin slices like maple. It's an experience, one I'm glad I have done. It's truly a beautiful curly piece that will be one fine rifle in simplicity I'm sure of it. To add, I did have an issue dropping my trigger plate back in with a small tear out. Had to splice a new piece in which is now barely noticeable. One last thing to add. I take notice to the sound when slicing through a piece of wood with a chisel. With maple it always seems to resonate with a crisp and clean "slice" intonation. This ash is more of a hard dull chomp that you feel through your hands.
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RyanAK
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Post by RyanAK on Jun 27, 2022 15:31:25 GMT -7
Having done a few ash ax handles I can attest. It would be a bear to fine work. I guess we know why there weren’t more ash guns made!
The rifle looks wonderful. It’s truly special. Good on y’a, brother.
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Jun 27, 2022 16:25:12 GMT -7
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Post by hawkeyes on Jun 27, 2022 16:25:12 GMT -7
Having done a few ash ax handles I can attest. It would be a bear to fine work. I guess we know why there weren’t more ash guns made! The rifle looks wonderful. It’s truly special. Good on y’a, brother. You got it! As you know once them handles were done probably took an act of the all mighty to break them. It's surprisingly turning out very well. I planned to do some incised lines and relief work but I'm not sure my nerves can handle it, besides doing some simple cheek work. Given the figure I think she'll make just a fine barn gun and I'll let the wood draw the eye and tell the story. I'm very pleased with the trigger. I spent some extra time fiddling with the set and she's perfectly fit to my liking.
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Post by artificer on Jun 27, 2022 17:40:53 GMT -7
You piqued my curiosity with that statement. May I ask why? Gus Sure! It's not forgiving in any way and certainly not maple in the way it accepts tools. The open grain pores make it difficult to avoid chipping so I've had to make sure my tools are continually stropped. I've managed that very well and have not had any particular issues. However! It's utterly been the hardest and most dense piece of wood I've worked, as in rock hard. It hasn't wanted to give an inch, I've learned the most important thing to avoid issues is complete patience on my part. Inletting the thimbles today became rather tiring as the amount of wood removal was minimal and it just wouldn't curl and cut in thin slices like maple. It's an experience, one I'm glad I have done. It's truly a beautiful curly piece that will be one fine rifle in simplicity I'm sure of it. To add, I did have an issue dropping my trigger plate back in with a small tear out. Had to splice a new piece in which is now barely noticeable. One last thing to add. I take notice to the sound when slicing through a piece of wood with a chisel. With maple it always seems to resonate with a crisp and clean "slice" intonation. This ash is more of a hard dull chomp that you feel through your hands. Thank you for the explanation! I've never worked with that wood for gun stocks and now I know to stay away from it. Grin. Gus
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Post by hawkeyes on Jun 28, 2022 7:35:15 GMT -7
Sure! It's not forgiving in any way and certainly not maple in the way it accepts tools. The open grain pores make it difficult to avoid chipping so I've had to make sure my tools are continually stropped. I've managed that very well and have not had any particular issues. However! It's utterly been the hardest and most dense piece of wood I've worked, as in rock hard. It hasn't wanted to give an inch, I've learned the most important thing to avoid issues is complete patience on my part. Inletting the thimbles today became rather tiring as the amount of wood removal was minimal and it just wouldn't curl and cut in thin slices like maple. It's an experience, one I'm glad I have done. It's truly a beautiful curly piece that will be one fine rifle in simplicity I'm sure of it. To add, I did have an issue dropping my trigger plate back in with a small tear out. Had to splice a new piece in which is now barely noticeable. One last thing to add. I take notice to the sound when slicing through a piece of wood with a chisel. With maple it always seems to resonate with a crisp and clean "slice" intonation. This ash is more of a hard dull chomp that you feel through your hands. Thank you for the explanation! I've never worked with that wood for gun stocks and now I know to stay away from it. Grin. Gus I'm honestly 50/50 on it... Its truly beautiful in its own right. Personally curly ash is something I've never seen in any number for sure. Given the crisis with our ash trees I wanted to build a rifle from a fine piece if one could be found. Would or will I do another from ash? I'm rather confident in saying no I will not. The experience is under my belt with it and I'm glad. Shaping should go much quicker and hopefully easier. I haven't gotten to use my shinto rasp on a build yet and I'm betting it'll be the cats meow with that process. On a side note, that Japanese rasp is amazing...
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RyanAK
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Post by RyanAK on Jun 28, 2022 8:02:14 GMT -7
Oh please do let us know how the Shinto rasp works. I’ve one in my Amazon cart for about 8 months when I was buying ax hafting tools and never pulled the trigger.
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