Author Topic: Building a Lancaster Rifle (Read 27940 times)

Bill Raby · « **Reply #50 on:** July 11, 2019, 06:42:59 PM »

Here is Part 21

Bill Raby · « **Reply #51 on:** July 16, 2019, 01:11:48 PM »

Here is Part 22

Bill Raby · « **Reply #52 on:** July 22, 2019, 12:32:50 AM »

Here is Part 23

Bill Raby · « **Reply #53 on:** July 26, 2019, 01:12:23 PM »

Here is Part 24

Bill Raby · « **Reply #54 on:** August 01, 2019, 12:58:18 PM »

Here is Part 25

Bill Raby · « **Reply #55 on:** August 06, 2019, 01:01:06 PM »

Here is Part 26

Bill Raby · « **Reply #56 on:** August 11, 2019, 02:16:29 PM »

Here is Part 27

Bill Raby · « **Reply #57 on:** August 17, 2019, 09:05:39 AM »

Here is Part 28

Bill Raby · « **Reply #58 on:** August 22, 2019, 06:21:43 PM »

Here is Part 29

Bill Raby · « **Reply #59 on:** August 28, 2019, 12:56:56 PM »

Here is Part 30

Bill Raby · « **Reply #60 on:** September 03, 2019, 12:57:40 PM »

Here is Part 31

Bill Raby · « **Reply #61 on:** September 10, 2019, 12:55:02 PM »

Here is Part 32

Bill Raby · « **Reply #62 on:** September 16, 2019, 06:44:04 PM »

Here is Part 33

Bill Raby · « **Reply #63 on:** September 22, 2019, 10:24:15 PM »

Here is Part 34

Jeff Durnell · « **Reply #64 on:** September 22, 2019, 11:32:58 PM »

I apologize Bill. I was following along for a while but got behind because my phone was shutting down due to data usage limits. In the next week or two I intend to watch them all on the computer at home. I need to, because I'm going to kick my own rifle work into gear soon, and I certainly need the inspiration and instruction. I need to catch up. Again, your effort is greatly appreciated and I'm anxious to see where you're at in your build. Thank you.

Bill Raby · « **Reply #65 on:** September 23, 2019, 08:39:29 AM »

Quote from: Jeff Durnell on September 22, 2019, 11:32:58 PM

I apologize Bill. I was following along for a while but got behind because my phone was shutting down due to data usage limits. In the next week or two I intend to watch them all on the computer at home. I need to, because I'm going to kick my own rifle work into gear soon, and I certainly need the inspiration and instruction. I need to catch up. Again, your effort is greatly appreciated and I'm anxious to see where you're at in your build. Thank you.

No need to apologize! I am glad that I am able to provide some inspiration. Building a rifle may seem like a huge, complicated job. Reality is that it is just a series of steps and they are all pretty simple when taken one at a time.

As far as instruction goes, I am only showing one of many different ways to do things. I am using the tools that I have available and techniques that I have experience with. You are going to have different skills, experience, tools than I do and it is a likely that a different method of doing things will work better for you. This forum contains a vast amount of knowledge and experience. Many here have much more experience than I do. So don't think of anything that I do as showing you the RIGHT way to do things. Do your research and learn several ways to do something and go with what seems best to you.

Tonight I finished inletting the patch box. Made it from 1/16 brass sheet. That will be on YouTube in a few weeks. Doing that will take up several videos. I go into a bit of detail on it. Lots of metal forming stuff and I show how to make a curved hinge that actually works. I go a bit into how to stretch metal to close up gaps. Stuff like that. I have a lot of fun with this sort of thing.

Doing the video is probably as big of a job as building the gun. But it is no real effort. I enjoy doing it. At this point it is hard to imagine building a gun without the camera going. I will likely be doing it for every gun in the future. Here is something I figured out that can help you. Doing the video eliminates quite a lot of mistakes. It helps a lot. If you do a video similar to what I am doing of building your rifle it will make a big difference. And if you don't do a video, pretend that you are. Before I do anything I have to think of way to explain exactly what I am doing and why. Also the best way to go about doing it and what problems I may run into. The video forces me to slow down and think everything through before I do it. If you take the time to explain everything you do to a camera or an imaginary friend it is going to make a big difference in how things turn out.

Jeff Durnell · « **Reply #66 on:** September 23, 2019, 12:42:19 PM »

You are right about that. I started making longbows and recurves about twenty years ago. After a while I was pretty decent at it, but my own work and understanding improved more after I began helping others. There can be a big difference between just standing there doing something vs. showing a room full of folks how, while answering questions and explaining everything so they can understand it and do it well themselves. Often after they'd leave, I'd study or experiment on things that they'd raised questions about or anything I was unsure of or needed to explain or demonstrate in a different or better way the next time. It was to help them, and to help pass the torch, but it helped me too... more than if I was just out there in the zone making bows. Good stuff. Thanks again for the effort. It's appreciated.