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General discussion => Gun Building => Topic started by: Roger Fisher on January 23, 2009, 04:14:43 AM
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Winter weather demands more questions on this site!
What are your 2 most favorite thingees about rifle/gun building??
Was tempted to ask what is the 'climax' of your rifle/gun building ??? ;) ;D
Life is short so enjoy!
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Roger has too much time on his hands. Anybody know his wife's email address? It's time to let her know. I'm sure she has a honeydo list.
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I love staining and finishing. It's the payoff for all the work.
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I look forward to the carving and finishing. I agree with Ken, it is like a payoff!
Ed
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I love staining and finishing. It's the payoff for all the work.
Ditto, a close second would be the planning stage
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Sighting it in and showing it off. And a close third....starting the next one.
Bill
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the whiskey
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Guinness Stout and Planning the next one. :)
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I love the rough shaping using hand tools after mr. band saws done. The planning of the carving is fun as well. I also like to drink a glass of red wine while contemplating the next project. We have a great little winery on the other side of Battle ground WA that is making some fantastic wines.
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i like the decoration process,wire inlay, carving,staining...and doing inlays.without the decoration its just a rifle....really admire that "golden age era"look!!!!
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My favorite part is staining, and finishing. On the squirrel rifle I helped by rubbing on the linseed oil.
Also firing the first shot was awsome!!! ;D
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My favorite task is making ramrod pipes, thimbles, patchboxes and nose caps. I enjoy forming all the sheet metal parts. I also enjoy inletting the patch box. Stock shaping comes in a close second.
DMR
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Butt plates and entry thimbles.....what else.
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Carving and inletting (even the barrel).
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sitting by the camp fire and rubbing a coat of beeswax in.. on a new rifle,,,,i could sit for hours and do that
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Blanking out everything else in the world.
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I enjoy filing out and polishing the metal parts be that barrel, lock, any of the castings or other mountings. My favorite part of the gun is making the lock.
Michael
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I think the final sanding right before everything comes apart to be stained. You can tell somethings been accomplished then. Oh yeah Accer, I like whiskey too.
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Reflection...I like to see the finished rifle and really look over what was done, what I might have done a bit different, reflecting on the spot (or spots!) that were a b*&^h that look fine now, what might I do to the next one...and of course a bit of Jack....
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finishing the hard parts successfully.
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Staring at finely inlet inlays and knowing it took a lot of work to get them set in. I also enjoy engraving....sort of like the frosting on the cake.
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I would have to say making the patchbox and inletting them, then the carving and wire inlay ...Geo.
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I like pouring nose caps. They look like !@@#$ after you take the dam off but with a little filing and sanding they come to life.
Tim C.
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That's excellent news to me Tim. I've got twoo nose caps to pour in a couple weeks. I may look you up for assistance and guidance. Lord knows I need it!
Bruce
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Lock inletting. It's always challenging and very satisfying when it comes out well.
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I know that I am weird but I enjoy fitting the buttplates to the wood. I don't like to drill the screw holes. I have problems centering the holes and squaring the screw heads up with the countersinks and despise to do them.
Dennis
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Just finished rifle #372 today. 8) I also like Guinness big time, but I also like making curls as the stick is shaped down with draw knives and spoke shaves. I also like getting so far into the job that the rifle begins to talk to me while I'm working on it even and tells me it's name. The best part is handing the finished piece to the new owner and having him or her tell you that the rifle is the prettiest looking, the best fitting, or the straightest shooting thing they ever owned. Cheers, Bookie
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I also like getting so far into the job that the rifle begins to talk to me while I'm working on it even and tells me it's name.
Bookie,
I have enough trouble parting with a rifle without getting personal with it. If it started to talk to me I doubt I would ever get rid of it! ;D
Dennis
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Dennis, at least you're gentleman enough not to call me crazy...like that pesky Ken Guy! Cheers, Bookie
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Considering how much of it I do in completing a rifle my favorite part must be procrastinating!
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In my case it is the final finishing the stock then those many rubbings with ol tyme linseed oil, then I really enjoy sighting them in (in particular when she behaves the way I want) and finally if I manage to win a shootin match with the new gal! ;D
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I can't think of anything that I don't like about building rifles, but mostly I like talking about building rifles.
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Just finished rifle #372 today. 8) I also like Guinness big time, but I also like making curls as the stick is shaped down with draw knives and spoke shaves. I also like getting so far into the job that the rifle begins to talk to me while I'm working on it even and tells me it's name. The best part is handing the finished piece to the new owner and having him or her tell you that the rifle is the prettiest looking, the best fitting, or the straightest shooting thing they ever owned. Cheers, Bookie
bookie, medication is available for that. ;)
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I also like Guinness big time, Cheers, Bookie
So do I and after a few of those everything in the shop is talking to me, I just tell the dog to turnout the lights when their thru and head up.
Tim C.
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Favorite Part?
After all the inletting and mechanicals are done, that transformation with drawknife, rasps & files, from a square blank to an in the round stock. When it begins to take shape...............................Lynn
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Dennis, at least you're gentleman enough not to call me crazy...like that pesky Ken Guy! Cheers, Bookie
Everyone is crazy to some extent, some people are just crazier than others. Most folks posting on this forum appear pretty normal to me. ;)
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My favorite parts are the black snot you get for a couple days after forging and the long splinters that go under your thumb nail up to your elbow
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Being very much a rookie (I'm working on my very fist kit) I have to say my favorite thing is any thing I do correctly. Oh and the whiskey. Leon
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My favorite part of the building is cutting the moldings on the cheek, just makes it jump from a hunk of wood into a rifle and lets me know I've turned the corner on that build - more is done than there is to go. Watching the first deer jump as the roundball smacks it is pretty dang good too. ;D
Having just moved and turned my old hunting shack into my workshop I'm also enjoying winter days, fire crackling in the woodstove, dog curled up on the floor and geese honking overhead all day while working on a gun. Breaking for lunch to walk down to the dock and pick up some oysters to eat ain't bad either...
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Carving,......I'm learning! and staining, sealing and finishing!!
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Easily, stock shaping. Shaping the wrist, the comb, sculpting around the lock panels, etc. All except for cutting out underneath the cheekpiece. That's just a pain.
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Seeing how I am still working on my first rifle, I guess it is somewhat early for me to answer. I'm in the process of shaping the stock now and so far I'm enjoying it the most. I guess because now she's starting to look like a rifle. I think maybe I will enjoy the final finishing as well, but can't say since I'm not there yet. ;)
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As a Retired Geezer, I can now appreciate what the late William Buchele told me when he was in his 70’s, and I my 30's.
He said that when he watched television his (whatever) hurt, something was wrong down here, this ached, &c.
But when he was carving on a rifle he didn’t notice any of these things.
Amen.