fingers284
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Alberta Cowboy Ranges
Man I'd bring beer & pay just to watch you work...attention to detail that is seldom seen these days...
Just somethin I been working on ~ Yes, I am still alive!!
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whiteinterceptor
CGN Regular
- Location
- Oshawa, Ontario
I would bring the beer and pay to watch an epic fail and see a stock thrown across the room, you can only stand so much detail and perfection for so long... 
Where should it go?
No head room!
Lathe maintenance is a continuing project
bandsaw is 72" high... I had to jam it between 2 floor joists...
built like a submarine!
Has anyone ever seen a lathe copy attachment like that? it's pretty heavy duty (about 80lb!) - would be nice to be able to put a brand name to it and see if I can find replacement parts to get it working.
No head room!
Lathe maintenance is a continuing project
bandsaw is 72" high... I had to jam it between 2 floor joists...
built like a submarine!
Has anyone ever seen a lathe copy attachment like that? it's pretty heavy duty (about 80lb!) - would be nice to be able to put a brand name to it and see if I can find replacement parts to get it working.
Remington 700 is off to the races now!
Going to be free floated & pillar bedded - fitting the pillars here. These are aftermarket ones, easier than making them.
Router guide Mk.III (or possibly Mk.IV - I've lost track.) That bench is on it's way out, so I am just screwing it to the bench top for now
Last minute check on the stock bolts...
Rout out the main part of the channel....
The rest has to be hand bombed out - gonna be a lot of work
Going to be free floated & pillar bedded - fitting the pillars here. These are aftermarket ones, easier than making them.
Router guide Mk.III (or possibly Mk.IV - I've lost track.) That bench is on it's way out, so I am just screwing it to the bench top for now
Last minute check on the stock bolts...
Rout out the main part of the channel....
The rest has to be hand bombed out - gonna be a lot of work
Dark Alley Dan
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Darkest Edmonton
Reckon the Observation Lounge is housed in one of the ducts. If Bruce Willis can do it...
Getting REAL close on the 700....
All nicely inlet, just have to relieve it for the action bedding
I actually found a router bit that is the exact same diameter of the receiver! what a time saver
final bit to inlet - not real impressed with this plate from Brownells, it need a decent amount of work to clean up... oh well.
One last bit to do before the shaping.
This little guy for the grip cap...
plan was to use a bit of ebony for the insert, but it was a huge amount of aggravation and kept cracking soooooo....
I have some nice Eucalyptus burl that should fit the bill nicely.
Yup ... easier to work
just needs a polish
Also taking some skills building days here and there - been working on scale patterns
All nicely inlet, just have to relieve it for the action bedding
I actually found a router bit that is the exact same diameter of the receiver! what a time saver
final bit to inlet - not real impressed with this plate from Brownells, it need a decent amount of work to clean up... oh well.
One last bit to do before the shaping.
This little guy for the grip cap...
plan was to use a bit of ebony for the insert, but it was a huge amount of aggravation and kept cracking soooooo....
I have some nice Eucalyptus burl that should fit the bill nicely.
Yup ... easier to work
just needs a polish
Also taking some skills building days here and there - been working on scale patterns
Yotarunner
CGN Regular
- Location
- Eastern Alberta
That's awesome! How do you make scale patterns like that?
lots of practice!
I laid out the pattern in Illustrator in 3 sizes, really I want to get them down to about 1/3 of what you see there. but then trace that onto the wood & cut the scales with a gouge that has roughly the same sweep as the scale...
You basically cut straight down with the gouge around all the scales, then start shaving the edges with a knife or chisel.
Yea - took a bit of a break, much needed. But back to work now !
The material is pretty soft... just in case there is future warping, I added an aluminum bar to both shore up the fore end and take some of the muscle out of the wood.
even if it does warp then this can be easily removed and replaced with a torsion bar
Prepping for bedding with paste wax, modeling clay and packing tape
What a mess!
But cleans up real nice.
I think the red clay is a mistake - it's pretty hard to clean up and stains the wood. a different color or something else in future jobs.
Almost there .... next up lining the barrel channel and finishing.
The material is pretty soft... just in case there is future warping, I added an aluminum bar to both shore up the fore end and take some of the muscle out of the wood.
even if it does warp then this can be easily removed and replaced with a torsion bar
Prepping for bedding with paste wax, modeling clay and packing tape
What a mess!
But cleans up real nice.
I think the red clay is a mistake - it's pretty hard to clean up and stains the wood. a different color or something else in future jobs.
Almost there .... next up lining the barrel channel and finishing.
What have I been up to??????
Well it's not a gun but hopefully it's kinda fun for a change
IT'S A BARN!!!
Mom asked me to make a copy of the barn in the first pic, made by my great grand dad (or possibly grand dad) around 1940ish
Goit a barn cat already!!
Well it's not a gun but hopefully it's kinda fun for a change
IT'S A BARN!!!
Mom asked me to make a copy of the barn in the first pic, made by my great grand dad (or possibly grand dad) around 1940ish
Goit a barn cat already!!
That and a little miroku SxS - cam e with no butt stock and was not in ~rough~ condition, but has seen better days.
some before pics
The barrels blued up beautifully
Finish is pretty rough, will lose some of the detail on the left side, but hopefully not too much. (probably that entire "500" banner will be gone
And some more work on the Jager...
Both these guns are going to be DONE by the end of this month!
some before pics
The barrels blued up beautifully
Finish is pretty rough, will lose some of the detail on the left side, but hopefully not too much. (probably that entire "500" banner will be gone
And some more work on the Jager...
Both these guns are going to be DONE by the end of this month!
