Author Topic: Vogler is now underway (Read 7473 times)

Marcruger · « **Reply #25 on:** November 19, 2020, 06:01:58 PM »

I look forward to seeing that Vogler guilloche engraving on that fine looking toe plate. It is almost silly to call one that long a "toe plate"....maybe a "lower plate"? :-) Great work Jim. Go man go. God Bless, Marc

bama · « **Reply #26 on:** November 23, 2020, 10:51:24 PM »

I got the Vogler style patch box and release made and installed. I want to give Marc and Ed Wenger a big thanks for creating and posting the Vogler release diagram, it was a big help. I modified the design of the return spring just a little from Ed’s sketch and it worked just fine

Now to do the cheek inlays and the forestock inlays, do the carving and engraving, put the finish on 😳 and I will be through. Finishing a rifle is always harder than getting one roughed in.

Cory Joe Stewart · « **Reply #27 on:** November 23, 2020, 11:08:46 PM »

Such a fantastic job!! Loving it.

Cory Joe

Rajin cajun · « **Reply #28 on:** November 24, 2020, 12:01:00 AM »

“Shame on you, Mr. Parker”.....!
You sure know how to hurt a fella.

Bob

BOB HILL · « **Reply #29 on:** November 24, 2020, 03:18:50 PM »

Outstanding, Jim. I love everything about it.
Bob

Marcruger · « **Reply #30 on:** November 25, 2020, 05:23:23 AM »

Yep, that's a Vogler patchbox alright! :-) With your engraving skills it'll be a beauty.

Credit where credit is due, Blake Stevenson of Old Salem NC provided access to how the Voglers constructed that patchbox release. Blake was patient with me as I got the drawing correct. He's a super guy.

God Bless, Marc

bama · « **Reply #31 on:** November 28, 2020, 05:09:19 PM »

Got a little more done on this project. Marc, I hope I did ok on the engraving on the toe plate ;

Bob McBride · « **Reply #32 on:** November 28, 2020, 05:38:55 PM »

Coolest toe plate ever...

Mike Brooks · « **Reply #33 on:** November 28, 2020, 05:56:12 PM »

Rising on the scale of niftyness.

Joey R · « **Reply #34 on:** November 28, 2020, 11:30:06 PM »

Gonna be a sweet piece.

bama · « **Reply #35 on:** December 04, 2020, 01:40:48 AM »

I got the patch box engraved and reinstalled, to put the first coat of finish on the stock.

J. Talbert · « **Reply #36 on:** December 04, 2020, 02:08:10 AM »

Yeah.. Now we’re talkin!

Looks great Jim.
Jeff

Your engraving keeps getting better

Marcruger · « **Reply #37 on:** December 04, 2020, 02:41:28 AM »

Gorgeous Jim. I love the engraving. My only helpful comment is to make sure you have enough "sear mating surface" on those patchbox latch parts so the lid doesn't pop open unintentionally. God bless, Marc

Mike Brooks · « **Reply #38 on:** December 04, 2020, 04:51:01 AM »

More niftyness!

duca · « **Reply #39 on:** December 04, 2020, 10:16:36 AM »

Wow! Great job!

Anthony

Ed Wenger · « **Reply #40 on:** December 05, 2020, 05:22:52 AM »

Lookin’ great, Jim!! Gonna be a super rifle..., love the engraving. Best,

Ed

Craig Wilcox · « **Reply #41 on:** December 05, 2020, 08:06:39 AM »

Rooster, Jim? And here I was loving the turkey flying on the cheek rest!

I am going to turn my life clock back about 50 years, because I know that it will take that long for my engraving skills to start to begin looking a bit like yours.

Was also admiring the lines on the fore end. The incised line with the scooped-out portion really looks nice. Did you do that "scoop" with a file or a gouge? I think I could manage that with a half-round, coarse cut followed by a smoother cut, followed by sanding.

Thanks for letting us tag along on your building journey.

bama · « **Reply #42 on:** December 05, 2020, 07:39:42 PM »

Craig thank you for your comments and thank you to all the others that have commented. I look back on my journey as a rifle builder. The places it has taken me and the people I have met along the way. There has been so many that it is hard to mention each and everyone but they all as a whole have shaped the way I build my rifles today.

You mentioned my engraving and how you feel it will take a long time for you to accomplish that level. I started playing around with engraving in about 2004. I took an engraving class from Mark Silver and one from Wallace Gusler at Bowling green which helped a great deal but I really started my path to being able to engrave when in 2007 I went to take a class from GRS in Empora KS. Notice I said I start my path, it is a path that I am still on and hope to continue until the Good Lord take me home.

I look back at some of the craftsmen that I have had the pleasure of attending classes with. Jeff Talbert and I were in a patch box making class that was taught by Gary Brumfield in about 2001 or 2002. Jeff is producing some really fine rifles today. Mitch Yates and I did a class with Hershel in about 2007, Mitch is doing great work. Jim Kibler and I took a couple of classes from Wallace, Jim has managed to almost completely revolutionized the kit building business on top of being a great gun builder. Darin McDonal and I have been to several classes together and we co built the Battle of New Orleans documentary copy for the CLA in 2013, Darrin is now working in the gun shop at Colonial Williamsburg. These are just a few of the talented guys I have enjoyed being associated with in my gun building career.

Enough reminiscing, Craig what I am trying to say is I started my journey and have continued and will continue until I can't or the Good Lord takes me home. You have started your journey, continue it, enjoy it, you will be surprised to see how well and how far you have come and how good the work is you are doing. I have seen the work you have posted and you are doing well my friend, continue on.

bama · « **Reply #43 on:** December 05, 2020, 09:07:38 PM »

Craig, I am sorry I got to reminiscing and I forgot about the fore stock molding question. I layout the parallel lines and cut them in with a rounded edge knife. I follow this up by re-cutting the the lines a little deeper with my skew chisel then I use a checkering tool to finish the lines. The rounded or gouged portion I start with a shallow gouge and then finish the hollow with a lollipop scraper. I don't use a file or rasp but they would probably work, I just like the finish I get by using the scraper.

Buck · « **Reply #44 on:** December 06, 2020, 01:55:21 AM »

Jim,

Wow is all that comes to mind. Excellent my friend.

Buck

bama · « **Reply #45 on:** December 09, 2020, 08:55:56 AM »

Well I got the Vogler project finished up and it will be heading to it’s new home tomorrow. Hope y’all like it.

Nordnecker · « **Reply #46 on:** December 09, 2020, 03:10:48 PM »

That's some beautiful work. Thanks for taking us on this journey with you.

Craig Wilcox · « **Reply #47 on:** December 09, 2020, 07:15:16 PM »

Jim, thanks for the kind words and encouragement. You have guided me a bit in the past, and I sure do appreciate it.

I think I just have to bite the bullet and apply graver to metal. With yours and the good Lords help, I may be able to make a crooked line a bit straighter!

Merry Christmas, my friend. Hopefully next year I will be able to come see you in person.

J. Talbert · « **Reply #48 on:** December 09, 2020, 07:19:27 PM »

Great job Jim.
What an awesome show of friendship.

Jeff

JTR · « **Reply #49 on:** December 09, 2020, 07:49:48 PM »

You do some nice work, that's for sure!
John

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