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Offline davec2

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Re: Copy Of a Lovely Chambers Rifle - Starting Carving
« Reply #25 on: January 04, 2016, 11:39:04 PM »
Well, for obvious reasons, November and December did not leave much time for work on this rifle.  However, I was determined to get at least a little of the carving done between Christmas and the New Year.  Since this is (mostly) a shameless copy of Jim Chamber's beautiful rifle, I didn't have to spend much time trying to decide what to carve.  Here is the layout of the butt carving sketched directly from a photo of Jim's rifle.......



This next photo shows the start of cutting in the outlines.......



And then some of the relief carving..........



A lot of refining and smoothing yet to go, but at least some progress has been made here.  I did also get to the same stage of unrefined carving at the barrel breach, the rear pipe, and the patchbox side of the wrist..........







Happy New Year to all.
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Re: Copy Of a Lovely Chambers Rifle - Starting Carving
« Reply #26 on: January 05, 2016, 12:36:41 AM »
Thanks for the update. Love to see works in progress.
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Re: Copy Of a Lovely Chambers Rifle - Starting Carving
« Reply #27 on: January 05, 2016, 01:15:23 AM »
Lovely work Dave.  I admire your talent.
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Re: Copy Of a Lovely Chambers Rifle - Starting Carving
« Reply #28 on: January 05, 2016, 05:39:18 AM »
Very inspiring!! "Thank you" Dave!....
Is it ok-normal to just stare at the screen of the same picture for hours??  ;D
These threads are just! fun follow...
And "Thank you" Dennis for running this show!
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Re: Copy Of a Lovely Chambers Rifle - Starting Carving
« Reply #29 on: January 05, 2016, 05:59:13 AM »
Beautiful
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Re: Copy Of a Lovely Chambers Rifle - Starting Carving
« Reply #30 on: January 05, 2016, 08:09:48 AM »
Thanks for the encouragement, but this is just my poor attempt to copy Jim Chambers' beautiful work.  Hopefully, it will come out acceptably, but, especially as I labor over this carving, I can tell you I am no Jim Chambers.....or Jim Kibler......or Bill Shipman......or (Acer, Taylor, Rogers, Brennan, Huddleston....just fill in the blank with your favorite gun builder !)
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Re: Copy Of a Lovely Chambers Rifle - Starting Carving
« Reply #31 on: January 05, 2016, 06:13:20 PM »
Quote from: davec2 on January 05, 2016, 08:09:48 AM
....but this is just my poor attempt to copy Jim Chambers' beautiful work. 

Dave, you are pretending to come off as a hack, but the quality of your work says you are far, far from it. Stop pretending your work sucks, and knock our socks off, please.
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Re: Copy Of a Lovely Chambers Rifle - Starting Carving
« Reply #32 on: January 05, 2016, 08:13:15 PM »
Awesome work.   Just when I think I've got something going on, I'm reminded how far I have to go.  I love it.


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Re: Copy Of a Lovely Chambers Rifle - Starting Carving
« Reply #33 on: January 05, 2016, 08:41:24 PM »
Acer......one of my favorite Dirty Harry one liners is, "A man's got to know his limitations"
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Re: Copy Of a Lovely Chambers Rifle - Starting Carving
« Reply #34 on: January 05, 2016, 09:02:13 PM »
Quote from: Acer Saccharum on January 05, 2016, 06:13:20 PM
Quote from: davec2 on January 05, 2016, 08:09:48 AM
....but this is just my poor attempt to copy Jim Chambers' beautiful work.

Dave, you are pretending to come off as a hack.
Dave,
Looking good!  Continue to hack away.  In my latest project, I am at about the same point as you.  Back ground is complete and I am starting to model.  Should finish up modeling on Wednesday, let it sit overnight, final editing the following morning and start applying finish.
David
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Re: Copy Of a Lovely Chambers Rifle - Starting Carving
« Reply #35 on: January 05, 2016, 11:43:29 PM »
David,

I will get in touch with you shortly.....I have a brass blunderbuss barrel for you to inlet into a walnut blank. (I know how much you love to do those !)
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Re: Copy Of a Lovely Chambers Rifle - Starting Carving
« Reply #36 on: January 06, 2016, 12:43:46 AM »
I just wish tomtom would learn how to carve like that!.......he always messes up, then blames me~ all you fellows are way good...take a compliment....and if your mother in law says your good..........then take a bow!!!!!!!!! ::) ;D

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Re: Copy Of a Lovely Chambers Rifle - Starting Carving
« Reply #37 on: January 06, 2016, 07:03:26 AM »
Quote from: kaintuck on January 06, 2016, 12:43:46 AM
I just wish tomtom would learn how to carve like that::) ;D

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Once you get his claws properly sharpened, it's easy.  The hardest part is getting a cat to hold still while you run his claws across the stone.  ???
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Re: Copy Of a Lovely Chambers Rifle - Carving Nearing Completion
« Reply #38 on: January 07, 2016, 03:56:45 AM »
Carving is about as sculpted as I want it to be......needs some final refinements and, for me the hardest part, smoothing the background.........



To take a break from the tedium of carving, I scraped the butt plate with the angled edge of a box cutter blade.  It takes off brass more rapidly and more smoothly than a file and leaves a finish that does not take too much more work with fine abrasive paper.





Rear sight is installed......



Front sight.........



Lock parts case hardened and ready for final finish........


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Re: Copy Of a Lovely Chambers Rifle - Carving Nearing Completion
« Reply #39 on: January 08, 2016, 12:56:47 AM »
My complements on your job, well done.   Nice to follow your progress.  Learning all the time, Thanks.
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Re: Copy Of a Lovely Chambers Rifle - Carving Nearing Completion
« Reply #40 on: January 09, 2016, 05:09:03 AM »
Really nice work, Dave.  Carving is looking great, and I like the cheek piece more and more!


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Re: Copy Of a Lovely Chambers Rifle - Carving Nearing Completion
« Reply #41 on: January 09, 2016, 05:31:42 AM »
I love it. Wished it were mine. Can you tell me about the rear sight, is that an steel insert or am I looking at some glare of some sort?
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Re: Copy Of a Lovely Chambers Rifle - Carving Nearing Completion
« Reply #42 on: January 09, 2016, 05:35:21 AM »
Dave, you really set us up... 'Oh, my carving is so bad'
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Re: Copy Of a Lovely Chambers Rifle - Carving Nearing Completion
« Reply #43 on: January 09, 2016, 06:32:25 AM »
Thomas......didn't mean to trick you.  Let me re-phrase......my carving is lovely..... just not as lovely as the carving of several others on this board (who, if I didn't live on the wrong side of the country and have a day job, I would go and take lessons from...including you !)   :)

Ed....Thanks....I like the cheek piece more and more as well.  I think it will look great after the rest of the stock is stained.

Smylee....the rear sight is just a simple cast steel sight.  Can't remember if that one came from Jim Chambers or TOW, but it is one of the commercially available cast steel sights.  I didn't go to the trouble of making this one out of a meteorite as I did on the copy of one of Jim Kibler's rifles I built.  However, I do like the meteorite sights on that rifle a lot.
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Re: Copy Of a Lovely Chambers Rifle - Carving Nearing Completion
« Reply #44 on: February 11, 2016, 06:39:43 AM »
WOW!! What gorgeous piece of art. Very very nice....thank you for sharing. 
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« Reply #45 on: February 11, 2016, 05:28:11 PM »
Really inspiring work! Inspiration is exactly what I need right now. Thanks!
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Re: Copy Of a Lovely Chambers Rifle - Long delay but a partial project re-start
« Reply #46 on: June 13, 2016, 08:47:34 PM »
As noted in the blunderbuss post, gun building has taken a back seat to life for several months.  However, I am anxious to finish this copy of a Jim Chambers rifle and the last big hurtle is the elaborate patch box.  I have had to modify the profile somewhat because I was using up surplus parts and used a butt plate that is significantly different from the one Jim used.  However, the domed door had to go in first, so here is the recent, minor progress toward finishing the rifle. 





Cutting out the top and side plates now along with the silver inserts.

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Re: Copy Of a Lovely Chambers Rifle - Long delay but a partial project re-start.
« Reply #47 on: June 16, 2016, 05:27:08 PM »
Dave,
Beautiful job as I just saw Jim's rifle a couple of weeks ago at his class. I am in the process of building one of his Issac Haines rifles and am progressing but have a couple of questions. How do you get your slots so neat on your barrel loops? I drilled 3 1/16" holes in a row and we used  a bit to open them up but they are to nearly as uniform and neat as yours. I have thought about grinding a small round needle file to slightly less than 1/16" or making a small saw out of a hacksaw blade but you probably have a better idea.
My next question is after you file and scrape your brass buttplate, what do you use to finish out the butts plate or other brass furniture? Do you use graduated finer grits of emery or sandpaper? Thanks in advance and am looking forward to seeing this rifle completed. Good luck and good building.
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Re: Copy Of a Lovely Chambers Rifle - Long delay but a partial project re-start.
« Reply #48 on: June 16, 2016, 06:22:18 PM »
That's going to be a beautiful rifle. The ebony on the cheek piece will look great. I'm anxious to see it done.
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Re: Copy Of a Lovely Chambers Rifle - Long delay but a partial project re-start.
« Reply #49 on: November 28, 2016, 06:47:07 AM »
Ok.....I need to clear the work bench of all the half finished projects I have had sitting around for a year....so I can load it up with another batch of half finished projects !!!  I realized that this Chambers copy is complete except for the patch box and the finishing operations.  I started in again on the patch box only to realize that I cut the opening of the box a little too large for the type of release mechanism I wanted to use.  I didn't leave enough wood at the rear end of the box



After I removed wood for the release spring mechanism, I had broken through the wall to the inside of the box.



To recover the mistake, I made a patch that forms a new rear wall on the inside of the box cavity.







Having made that repair, I cut out the side plates and soldered in the silver flower parts.  Just need to complete the inletting and the engraving on the box now.




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