Author Topic: How to deal with this Chestnut rifle finished 3-20-22  (Read 5518 times)

Offline ReneeJDeane

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Re: How to deal with this
« Reply #25 on: March 21, 2022, 11:25:14 AM »
Hard to tell from the picture but if you sink the barrel deeper than your pencil line indicates you might lose the knot. the channel should tell you what you need to know.
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Offline Percy

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Re: How to deal with this Chestnut rifle finished 3-20-22
« Reply #26 on: March 21, 2022, 04:47:00 PM »
Well done! You were up to the challenge and did a fine job turning "fire wood" into a very nice gun.

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Offline heinz

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Re: How to deal with this Chestnut rifle finished 3-20-22
« Reply #27 on: March 21, 2022, 08:05:16 PM »
Nicely done. I like it a lot
kind regards, heinz

Offline Ken G

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Re: How to deal with this Chestnut rifle finished 3-20-22
« Reply #28 on: March 21, 2022, 08:43:21 PM »
Looks good to me and as an added bonus I got to see the 3 base sight.  Well done sir.

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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: How to deal with this Chestnut rifle finished 3-20-22
« Reply #29 on: March 22, 2022, 05:22:41 PM »
You can use leather dye and a small brush and drag the grain lines out of the patch across the joint to make it disappear more, You can do this after you have the finish on and put more finish over the dye to lock it in place.

I didn't mention it earlier but I actually blackened the edges of the patch wood and inletted it into the wood very carefully like I would a metal part before I glued it in to minimize the glue line.






This patch didn't have any curl in it so I extended the curl below the patch into the patch with leather dye. All of the bottom molding showing is the patch.





« Last Edit: March 22, 2022, 05:36:05 PM by Eric Krewson »

Offline mountainman70

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Re: How to deal with this Chestnut rifle finished 3-20-22
« Reply #30 on: March 22, 2022, 07:38:10 PM »
Thanks guy's I appreciate the kindwords.
Eric, I did stain all edges and the glue too
Im glad it turned out as pgood as it did
No way I was not going to build it.
Have a goodun y'all
Dave 8) 8)