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General discussion => Gun Building => Topic started by: Acer Saccharum on November 09, 2019, 05:02:24 AM
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Dear friend Rich Pierce needed an inlay for a fur trade flinter. He sent a photo of an original cheekpiece to his artistic daughter, who did super nice black and white artwork of the deer. I brought that black and white into my CAD/CAM system, and created a multi level toolpath in aluminum. Then I went over the tool marks with a dremel, blending the surfaces, defining muscles and body mass. The antler tips and plant leaves required some chisel work.
Then I ran the die, sandwiched with .015 brass and a 1/8" thick rubber backer, through my hand cranked rolling mill. Puff-puff, lemme tell you. I'm very pleased with the results, and thought you might like to see something a little different.
The die right out of the milling machine, with all its toolmarks and warts.
(https://i.ibb.co/2tV5khq/mold.jpg) (https://ibb.co/SnYJ3yN)
Then the product, with the extra metal trimmed off, in brass. The plate is 2 1/2" long.
(https://i.ibb.co/8xVNfVD/deer-brass.jpg) (https://ibb.co/z2wQBwh)
Finally, in silver and brass:
(https://i.ibb.co/QfVm1Cb/Deer.jpg) (https://ibb.co/xDb5RfC)
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For a Deringer, perhaps? Nice work.
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I think that's correct, Elnathan. I don't know much about his work.
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Absolutely marvelous work, Tom.
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Here are a couple fur trade era inlays on Deringer rifles.
(https://i.ibb.co/KsbnPRZ/7-D421404-5-FB3-475-F-B6-A1-FF8922113-D0-D.jpg) (https://ibb.co/M1ZdvWT)
(https://i.ibb.co/2SmcZpJ/FEB3-ABAC-3947-49-EC-A95-E-612-B0-F046-E4-B.jpg) (https://ibb.co/r3T5dX9)
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Where are those from, Rich? I haven't been able to find much on Deringer rifles, part from Hanson's and Gale et al's books. Those pictures look like they came from somewhere else.
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One from For Trade and Treaty by Gale. Other from a gun that sold at auction. Kept the picture. The rifle I’m building is based on the Deringer in the For Trade and Treaty book.
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That would make a nice belt buckle as well.
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Impressive work....LP
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Hi Tom,
Beautiful work!!.
dave
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That is really cool Tom, I would have never thought of them being made by a roller.
Tim
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Excellent work Tom an to your daughter as well...Really like that folk art deer.. Has always been one of my favorites. Rich your a lucky guy. Can't wait to see how it turns out...keep us posted.. Oldtravler
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Beautiful work, Tom. I love it. You always end up doing the coolest projects.
Jim
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Tom, you don't know the meaning of 'impossible', do you?
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Taylor, I find some of our Canadian members impossible. 😁
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I bet you could sell a few of those. I would like one even if to just use for décor in the man cave.
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That work is extremely impressive.
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YOU COULD DEFINITELY SELL THOSE!!
hint hint. And the caps are intentional.
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Tom those are really cool items you made there. They will look great on a rifle.
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Tom, that is great work. I keep coming back to this and looking at that die. There is no way I would ever have figured out how to do that. It doesn't look like that would form what you made. But I can see the proof, do what do I know?
-Joe