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Offline Hatchet-Jack

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Progress on the Moravian
« on: August 28, 2022, 01:12:35 AM »
Working on the Moravian today at Jeff Talbert's workshop. The Ramrod channel is drilled. The stock trimmed downed on the band saw.



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Offline rich pierce

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Re: Progress on the Moravian
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2022, 06:12:32 AM »
Looks like you’re making progress! I can’t wait to see the hatchet part of the stock shaping! ::)
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Re: Progress on the Moravian
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2022, 01:40:02 PM »
Well, you got all the hard stuff done.
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Re: Progress on the Moravian
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2022, 04:09:39 PM »
Quote from: rich pierce on August 28, 2022, 06:12:32 AM
Looks like you’re making progress! I can’t wait to see the hatchet part of the stock shaping! ::)
Thanks! Yea I can thin the stock out fast with my old hatchet!  ;D
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Re: Progress on the Moravian
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2022, 04:16:23 PM »
Quote from: alacran on August 28, 2022, 01:40:02 PM
Well, you got all the hard stuff done.
And it was fun!
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Online Cory Joe Stewart

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Re: Progress on the Moravian
« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2022, 02:23:08 PM »
looking foward to seeing more. I like your shop set up.

Cory Joe Stewart
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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: Progress on the Moravian
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2022, 05:42:46 PM »
I'm looking forward to the patchbox part.
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Re: Progress on the Moravian
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2022, 10:51:29 AM »
Quote from: Hatchet-Jack on August 28, 2022, 04:09:39 PM
Quote from: rich pierce on August 28, 2022, 06:12:32 AM
Looks like you’re making progress! I can’t wait to see the hatchet part of the stock shaping! ::)
Thanks! Yea I can thin the stock out fast with my old hatchet!  ;D
Time to burry the hatchet
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Offline Hatchet-Jack

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Re: Progress on the Moravian
« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2022, 06:42:48 PM »
Here's some recent updates on progress. We shaped the stock on the bandsaw, inlet the back of the barrel. We are almost done inletting the bolster and tang.







Jeff taught me how to make the Barrel underlugs.




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Offline D. Taylor Sapergia

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Re: Progress on the Moravian
« Reply #9 on: October 17, 2022, 07:00:28 PM »
Your bandsaw pictures gave me the vapours!!  If I may be so bold, please lower the blade guard to expose only enough blade to do the cutting.  With the guard that high, it looks like you might be cutting steaks off a back bone...very dangerous.
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Re: Progress on the Moravian
« Reply #10 on: October 17, 2022, 11:36:51 PM »
Quote from: D. Taylor Sapergia on October 17, 2022, 07:00:28 PM
Your bandsaw pictures gave me the vapours!!  If I may be so bold, please lower the blade guard to expose only enough blade to do the cutting.  With the guard that high, it looks like you might be cutting steaks off a back bone...very dangerous.

Taylor, it’s a metal cutting band saw.  There is no such guard.

Jeff
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Re: Progress on the Moravian
« Reply #11 on: October 17, 2022, 11:54:24 PM »
Relax it's all good!

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Offline bob in the woods

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Re: Progress on the Moravian
« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2022, 01:51:08 AM »
Quote from: Hatchet-Jack on October 17, 2022, 11:54:24 PM
Relax it's all good!



Looks like it's all good....for accidentally  cutting off important body parts  :(
I like to have only as much exposed blade as I need
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Offline Daryl

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Re: Progress on the Moravian
« Reply #13 on: October 19, 2022, 03:17:49 AM »
I am quite surprised it has no blade guard as well.
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Re: Progress on the Moravian
« Reply #14 on: October 19, 2022, 02:50:19 PM »
It's one of the variable speed potable metal cutting bandsaws. The one shown is from Harbor Freight. Looks like it has  has been placed in a homemade holder and a small table added to function as an upright bandsaw. A clever set up. However, carelessness can still get produce nasty cuts, even at slow metal cutting speeds.

J.B.
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