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Offline Craig Wilcox

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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....Now ....cutting out a side plate !
« Reply #50 on: August 05, 2024, 08:42:37 PM »
Beautiful work, David, and chock full of good tips and ideas.  I do envy you for all the precision on the parts/pieces.  You turn wood and metal into eye-pleasing artwork.

Body no longer capable of much of what you teach with words and pictures, but my mind is still capable of passing the ideas and how-to's along to others.

Many thanks - Craig
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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....Carving start...
« Reply #51 on: August 05, 2024, 09:11:33 PM »
Quote from: davec2 on July 29, 2024, 12:35:28 AM
Thanks for the encouraging words.  One thing I forgot to take pictures of when I was shaping the butt area around the cheek piece.....for the first time I used this.....




That's just an oversized Dremmel.  :o ;D ;D
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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....Inletting the side plate
« Reply #52 on: August 08, 2024, 02:24:09 AM »
Haven't had much time lately to work on this rifle.....but I did get the side plate installed (inlet ....or is it "inletted"?) last night.....

I'll post pictures when the  "imgbb.com" thingy is working again.....it just told me to, basically, buzz off.....???.....OK.....Now it will let me upload pictures







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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....Inletting the side plate
« Reply #53 on: August 08, 2024, 06:12:49 AM »
Inlet is proper Englais.
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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....Inletting the side plate
« Reply #54 on: August 08, 2024, 08:04:16 AM »
Daryl,

Thanks....I just had a mental block there for a minute (or an hour.... :o )
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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....Inletting the side plate
« Reply #55 on: August 08, 2024, 09:22:34 PM »
Most everyone our age has them. I call them senior moments.
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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....Inletting the side plate
« Reply #56 on: August 09, 2024, 02:56:54 AM »
Daryl,

I call them "brain murmurs".....you think you have the correct answer... but then suspect that there is something wrong with it.  And then, in a flash of inspiration, you figure out what the correct answer is...only to discover later that your inspiration was wrong.... >:( :o
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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....Starting the detailed carving....
« Reply #57 on: August 12, 2024, 07:32:01 PM »
First cuts.......



Starting the refining process.  Not done yet but getting close.....


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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....Inletting the side plate
« Reply #58 on: August 12, 2024, 08:53:08 PM »
Quote from: davec2 on August 09, 2024, 02:56:54 AM
Daryl,

I call them "brain murmurs".....you think you have the correct answer... but then suspect that there is something wrong with it.  And then, in a flash of inspiration, you figure out what the correct answer is...only to discover later that your inspiration was wrong.... >:( :o

Or you already forget the correct answer before you write it?  :o :o ;D
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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....Starting the detailed carving....
« Reply #59 on: August 12, 2024, 09:27:49 PM »

Dave

Placing a photo in a topic is always useful if you click on it and enlarge the photo.

It helps you and gives you a different view of your work.

Good start
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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....Making screws....
« Reply #60 on: August 15, 2024, 02:54:00 AM »
Time has come to make some of the required screws.  Made the two lock screws and the tang screw today.  The forward lock screw has a reduced diameter in the middle.  The web between the bottom of the barrel channel and the top pf the ram rod hole is very thin, so the necked portion allows the ram rod to pass without tapering the end of the ram rod.






Completed screws.  Then setting up in the slotting jig for saw cutting slots.  Also counter bored the side plate for the screw heads......














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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....Making screws....
« Reply #61 on: August 15, 2024, 06:27:25 PM »
The tang carving is exceptional. Superbly done. The machining on the screws is very nicely done as well. 
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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....The long, slow attempt at more carving....
« Reply #62 on: August 18, 2024, 05:06:27 AM »
Did the preliminary carving around the rear entry pipe.....pretty much a duplicate of the barrel tang carving...here is the start....




Nearing completion......



Pencil layout for the carving behind the cheek......


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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....The long, slow attempt at more carving....
« Reply #63 on: August 18, 2024, 06:19:35 AM »
Oh! That's going to be nice.
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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....The long, slow attempt at more carving....
« Reply #64 on: August 19, 2024, 06:22:52 PM »
And it begins.......just the start but beginning to take shape.....



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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....The long, slow attempt at more carving....
« Reply #65 on: August 19, 2024, 07:15:51 PM »
 Very nice distribution
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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....The long, slow attempt at more carving....
« Reply #66 on: August 19, 2024, 07:19:04 PM »
Nice work 8)
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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....The long, slow attempt at more carving....
« Reply #67 on: August 19, 2024, 07:36:39 PM »
Wow! Going to be a dandy one  :)
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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....Whiskering & Carving....at the same time ;)
« Reply #68 on: August 20, 2024, 01:11:04 AM »
Getting closer to a finished background and starting sculpting.  In the past I would work like crazy to get the background as flat and smooth and possible and then have to start all over again after whiskering.  Now I get everything close and then wet the carving....do a quick re-smooth...wet again...let dry...and then do the final "beat yourself senseless" work to get the sculpting and background as good as possible.  Here is the current state of the butt carving with the first application of water.  Waiting for it to dry now.....


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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....Whiskering & Carving....at the same time ;)
« Reply #69 on: August 20, 2024, 05:23:23 AM »
OK.....done for now.  I usually go back several time to try to correct things I see along the way while I'm doing other things on the rifle.....but for now, I'll stop futzing with it before I mess something up/







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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....Done with carving....for a while....
« Reply #70 on: August 20, 2024, 05:55:06 AM »
Bravo Dave - and a vote in favour of the rope detail.
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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....Done with carving....for a while....
« Reply #71 on: August 20, 2024, 06:46:40 AM »
More like a hawser! Nice crisp carving Dave. I particularly like the carving around the entry pipe.
Cheers Richard
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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....Done with carving....for a while....
« Reply #72 on: August 20, 2024, 05:49:09 PM »
Special!! :o 8)
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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....Done with carving....for a while....
« Reply #73 on: August 22, 2024, 05:48:13 AM »
That is absolutely stunning.
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Re: New .36 cal Rifle....Done with carving....for a while....
« Reply #74 on: August 22, 2024, 06:50:56 AM »
Thank you for the kind words.  Need to finish up brass parts....patch box, toe plate, new ram rod tip (I messed up the first one I made).  The decisions about a thumb piece ?  Inlay in the cheek rest ?  Engraving designs for all of it.....?????  Doing the carving / engraving / designing is the hard part.  Execution is fairly straight forward.... ??? ??? ???
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