Author Topic: Jim Chambers English Sporting Rifle build. Ver.2 (Read 15157 times)

flatsguide · « **Reply #75 on:** September 30, 2022, 04:16:08 PM »

Thank you Bob! I hope everything is ok with you and yours when Ian passes by. I lived in the Florida Keys and rode out a lot of hurricanes so I hope you stay safe.
Richard

BOB HILL · « **Reply #76 on:** September 30, 2022, 04:34:07 PM »

Thanks. Looks like we are going to get a blow.
Bob

flatsguide · « **Reply #77 on:** October 06, 2022, 06:26:59 PM »

Bob, I hope you weathered the storm with no damage.
This is the carving on the left side so far. It’s getting difficult to do the fine detail work even with 10x lenses in my optivisor. Getting old sux but beats the alternative.
Thanks for looking! Cheers Richard

flatsguide · « **Reply #78 on:** October 08, 2022, 02:04:22 AM »

I’ve finished the carving on both sides and no it’s onto the clam shell carving just behind the tang
Richard

Daryl · « **Reply #79 on:** October 08, 2022, 09:26:55 AM »

Looking GREAT to me.

flatsguide · « **Reply #80 on:** October 09, 2022, 10:14:23 PM »

Thanks Daryl,
Started to carve the shell today. I dished the shell to give it more form, first the gouge and the scraper to remove what little bulk was there then 360 wet or dry on a convex shaped balsa block, the paper was stuck on with double sided tape. Did the final shaping with the 360. The side view shows the contour but I put a little bit more “dish” in it after I took the photo. I’m in the process of laying out the ribs in the shell, I had to redo it as the first lines were in the wrong place....
Thank for looking

flatsguide · « **Reply #81 on:** October 10, 2022, 08:46:22 PM »

SLO going..

flatsguide · « **Reply #82 on:** October 15, 2022, 04:09:49 AM »

Well that’s about it for the wrist carving…A little bit of fiddling and I’ll call it done. I learned a lot, especially about layout, in this case it was somewhat lacking. I need carve the patch box lid but at present I’m lost for a firm idea…time for research and sketching.
Cheers Richard

Curtis · « **Reply #83 on:** October 15, 2022, 07:28:20 AM »

Lots of really nice carving going on there, Richard!

Curtis

Daryl · « **Reply #84 on:** October 15, 2022, 08:22:44 AM »

Oh yes - that is very nicely flowing lines. Love it.

flatsguide · « **Reply #85 on:** October 15, 2022, 03:31:03 PM »

Thanks for the kind words guys, very much appreciated. I have learned a lol, both what to and not to do. One thing I’ve found is when shaping the area around and on top of the wrist is not to take that area to its final dimension but to leave a bit more wood so one does not get that “sunken” look that you can see on the stock adjacent to the leaf on the finial of the clam. That, and laying out your. Design very accurately, especially when you have a bunch of parallel lines coming together as there are in the clamshell close to the tang, plus don’t drive your gouge in too deep when
Thanks for looking and commenting.
Cheers Richard

flatsguide · « **Reply #86 on:** October 15, 2022, 04:34:47 PM »

Curtis, thanks for the kind words. After the stock is finished(including the finish) I’ll make the sights, after that I’ll start to engrave it at my leisure. I sure hope the engraving turns out as nice as yours did on the beautiful Alexander Henry target rifle you built. Re the Alexander Henry target rifle, I have Rods kit and that build will be on my list for this coming springs build. Rod is coming over to my shop next week and we are going to play amateur engraver for the day.
Cheers Richard

Jim Kibler · « **Reply #87 on:** October 15, 2022, 06:54:51 PM »

So nice!

flatsguide · « **Reply #88 on:** October 16, 2022, 07:34:42 AM »

Thanks Jim!
Well the carving is finished and I spent the best part of the day candling the stock from the breech to the buttplate, along with detail sanding. In a few days I’ll finish the sanding and stain the English walnut that is too light for my taste. In preparation for staining I ordered some ground Alkenet root about a year ago and added some to a jar with artist grade linseed oil and another jar with alcohol.Today I tried the two mixes on another piece of English walnut and got two, very different results. The oil based Alkenet was a very dark brown, with a muted appearance the alcohol based Alkenet was a bright brown that had a rich vibrant lighter brown ,not muted at all. This was on a fresh planed piece of light hued English walnut. I was quite surprised at the difference. I guess the alcohol extracts different compounds from the root and as the alcohol evaporates it leaves just the extract???
Stay tooned!
Cheers Richard

James Rogers · « **Reply #89 on:** October 16, 2022, 02:06:30 PM »

Great work Richard. Do you have a photo comparison of the two results you got with alcohol and oil?

flatsguide · « **Reply #90 on:** October 16, 2022, 04:31:09 PM »

Thanks James! Photo to come..That got me to thinking about the color temperature of the light that I was using when I commented on the difference in color. I also used a 3rd dye, Fiebings brown dye. It’s heavy overcast outside now which tends to give a cool blue hue to photos, I’ll wait till it’s sunny out and get some photos for you James. Meanwhile here are a couple of snaps of the finish wrist carving.

James Rogers · « **Reply #91 on:** October 16, 2022, 11:42:04 PM »

That just looks superb!

J. Talbert · « **Reply #92 on:** October 17, 2022, 01:23:30 AM »

Excellent work!

Jeff

Pukka Bundook · « **Reply #93 on:** October 17, 2022, 04:16:12 PM »

That's a very bonny shell, Richard. Nice as I have seen!

flatsguide · « **Reply #94 on:** October 29, 2022, 08:15:11 AM »

Thanks for the kind words fellows! Slowly getting the finish on and the pores filled...slow going as it takes quite awhile for the finish to get really hard enough to sand this time of year. In the summer I can put the wood out in the sunshine and in thre or four days it’s hard enough to sand and not gum up the paper. Most all wet or dry paper around here uses the European P designation for paper and it is far different from the USA grades. Here’s a shot of the comb with the pores pretty well filled..
Cheers Richard

flatsguide · « **Reply #95 on:** October 16, 2024, 08:42:38 PM »

Screwing up the courage to start engraving on this rifle. This is the preliminary sketch for the end of the trigger guard tang…any suggestions?
Thanks Richard

rich pierce · « **Reply #96 on:** October 16, 2024, 10:50:43 PM »

Terrific work. Thanks for sharing with us!

flatsguide · « **Reply #97 on:** October 17, 2024, 08:06:28 AM »

Thanks Rich!
Cheers Richard

Craig Wilcox · « **Reply #98 on:** October 17, 2024, 04:10:11 PM »

Beautiful work, Sir. You've done very great work.

Steeltrap · « **Reply #99 on:** October 17, 2024, 10:19:43 PM »

I'm constantly amazed as to how anyone can carve and finish the carvings like that.

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