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New build
Jun 28, 2022 8:59:09 GMT -7
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Post by hawkeyes on Jun 28, 2022 8:59:09 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. $23 right now... May buy another.
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Post by hawkeyes on Sept 29, 2022 5:05:37 GMT -7
The hands of time keep ticking as do the projects. Theme for the past few days has been continued progress on my ash stocked schimmel gun, or just simply put an everyday beater firelock. I had anticipated going another route with shaping the stock but that changed. I ended up snapping a 3" piece of the forend near the muzzle. The resulting injury to the broken wood was not repairable. I engaged the idea of scarf jointing a piece of donor wood and fitting a horn cap but decided against that. My efforts came to a hault and I reevaluated were I was going. Knowing this gun isn't based on any historical examples I wasn't concerned about adhering to the rules. My two main goals now were 1. Continue on with no compromise in build quality and craftsmanship, 2. Do something I've never done... Well so far I've stuck with both goals. I've never built a rifle from ash and it's been something, it's tenacity as a hard wood has not let me down! I also have never shaped and slimmed a rifle forend down so much as to reveal the side flats. I was once told when removing wood from a rifle stock, remove enough till your scared, then remove a little more! That is certainly the case. Overall I'm very pleased with how it turned out. The straight wall barrel looks very nice sitting in the stock. Concerning weight, being a straight wall barrel stocked in dense ash I was concerned about weight and balance. When shaping the butt area wood was left to hopefully counterbalance the forward weight of the long barrel. My efforts in that area paid off and while still a tad heavy she's not uncomfortable to hold steady on target nor awkward to shoulder, swing or carry. After removing 20lbs of wood I started to realize this contemporary creation just needed to be a well made woods gun for hunting and shooting. I decided to leave some rasp and file marks in the wood without sacrificing appeal and craftsmanship. She just needed a little hand made character. Moved on to draw filing the barrel, thimbles and working the lock. Stayed with the same theme of leaving a few filing marks. Concerning the lock for me working this one particular piece is always my favorite step. Setting her up, all the polish work on contacting surfaces and tedious filing becomes therapeutic. This large siler should now provide many years of reliable use. The first sealing coat of permalyn was applied to the stock last night. Being ash it reacted differently than maple or walnut. Took more time and patience to allow the sealer to really soak in. I will say the figure and character is absolutely beautiful just after one coat. With continued applications of finish I only anticipate the figure and character to increase. More to come. The images are before I applied sealer, she's allot more perdy looking now. Also, stock length is exactly 56" and I adjusted my pull to be exactly 12.750"
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Post by hawkeyes on Oct 1, 2022 6:59:14 GMT -7
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Post by spence on Oct 1, 2022 7:25:55 GMT -7
Very nice, Hawkeyes. Now make some meat with her.
Spence
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New build
Oct 1, 2022 7:49:12 GMT -7
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Post by hawkeyes on Oct 1, 2022 7:49:12 GMT -7
Very nice, Hawkeyes. Now make some meat with her. Spence Thank you Spence, that indeed is the plan come time! I'd venture to say the knee will be completely healed by then to traverse the forest safely.
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Post by spence on Oct 1, 2022 8:27:03 GMT -7
Very nice, Hawkeyes. Now make some meat with her. Spence Thank you Spence, that indeed is the plan come time! I'd venture to say the knee will be completely healed by then to traverse the forest safely. Where there is a will there is a way. Spence
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New build
Oct 1, 2022 11:16:27 GMT -7
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Post by brokennock on Oct 1, 2022 11:16:27 GMT -7
Thank you Spence, that indeed is the plan come time! I'd venture to say the knee will be completely healed by then to traverse the forest safely. Where there is a will there is a way. Spence Please don't encourage him to rush out and bust himself up more 🙄 😆 🤣 😂 😆
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New build
Oct 2, 2022 3:20:53 GMT -7
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Post by hawkeyes on Oct 2, 2022 3:20:53 GMT -7
Thank you Spence, that indeed is the plan come time! I'd venture to say the knee will be completely healed by then to traverse the forest safely. Where there is a will there is a way. Spence Be an excellent project for the wood lathe! Sometimes that will certainly gets me into trouble! 😄
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