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Offline Tom Cooper

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Making it look like
« on: October 14, 2008, 06:13:25 AM »
Sheet metal instead of a casting.

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Re: Making it look like
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2008, 06:34:34 AM »
Looks better than the cast plate that I used on my current project.   Nice job!   What thickness of stock did you start with?
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Re: Making it look like
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2008, 07:20:11 AM »
Tom,
I like the looks of that. I feel like the Bivins butt plate is too thick when compaired to the Originals I have seen. I had a Iron one that weighed about two pounds it seemed. How did you form it?
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Re: Making it look like
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2008, 05:15:19 AM »
Maybe I misrepresented myself on this, but this is the Bivins small Lancaster BP.

I started out by eliminating some of the curvature and then proceeded to make it up, after I was happy with the fit I drilled and countersunk the holes.

Scary Part...

I then took a 4" handheld grinder and started removing everything that didn't look like a slim BP, I then took a half round file and evened it up and finished with drawfiling to make it like I thought I seen in the books.

Thanks a bunch both of you for your input, and I feel you are correct Dave as most of the castings are to fat.
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Re: Making it look like
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2008, 05:33:18 AM »
Tom,
It was looking very familiar :-\, I like the way you have modified it.
It is one of my favorite sets of hardware but the thickness of the butt plate has always bugged me.
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Re: Making it look like
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2008, 05:40:37 AM »
My mentor has a saying that relates.

Nothing Is Sacred...


I have since rolled over the point and it is now rounded.
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