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I built a few muzzle loaders from a pre carve stock and learned quickly that I lacked the patience for really good work.
There is a reason good stock work costs money, it takes lots of time.
I love that fact that lines needing to be straight are straight and curves are All a smooth curve.
It is the details that make the difference.
There is a reason good stock work costs money, it takes lots of time.
I love that fact that lines needing to be straight are straight and curves are All a smooth curve.
It is the details that make the difference.
Rick,
I'm a professional stock finisher, my own blend of stock finish is something I don't offer details on. ( A bit like asking Coke for the details in their formula for making Coke.)
I will say it has urathanes in it ( along with 3 other things ) to make it tough and resilient.
Ben
I'm a professional stock finisher, my own blend of stock finish is something I don't offer details on. ( A bit like asking Coke for the details in their formula for making Coke.)
I will say it has urathanes in it ( along with 3 other things ) to make it tough and resilient.
Ben
Ian
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Ben has seen these, I'm not a pro and I did this when I was a kid out of a dead black cherry tree on the homestead. My second checkering job ever, 22 lpi if I remember right, sure looks big in the picture but not in person.
The tang inletting is ugly on the right side, cherry wood has a tendency to chip and a big flake popped out, so it got filled in when I glassed the tang.
If you guys haven't seen Ben's portfolio, hassle him for the link, he does beautiful finish and repair work.
The tang inletting is ugly on the right side, cherry wood has a tendency to chip and a big flake popped out, so it got filled in when I glassed the tang.
If you guys haven't seen Ben's portfolio, hassle him for the link, he does beautiful finish and repair work.
Pros and cons to everything. I've limited the size of what can be uploaded, and it will resize down to that if you upload a larger size. That said, there's still a limit to how big of a file it will let you upload at all.
If you host elsewhere as long as that host is working, the images work and it saves space here. If you upload here, if this site is up the image works but it consumes server space here. So, there's no "perfect" answer.
Things that are on topic and important to the conversation are probably best put here. Off-topic humor stuff? Let someone else host that.
It's not a hard and fast rule; my thought is the folks here are adults, and can use their judgement.-Kevin
Thanks Kevin. Much better for me to upload images from my hard drive. Reducing file size is really easy and no problem for me. Most picture don't need to be full screen anyway. Picture was uploaded with "upload file" at bottom of window not from the image upload icon. Not a problem, just curiosity thing but hey, it's working. I'll try a .doc in a little while. I know that what Outpost75 is waiting on and I'm anxious to see what he has.
Ben has seen these, I'm not a pro and I did this when I was a kid out of a dead black cherry tree on the homestead. My second checkering job ever, 22 lpi if I remember right, sure looks big in the picture but not in person.
The tang inletting is ugly on the right side, cherry wood has a tendency to chip and a big flake popped out, so it got filled in when I glassed the tang.
If you guys haven't seen Ben's portfolio, hassle him for the link, he does beautiful finish and repair work.
That is some pretty impressive checkering.
Here are some of my stocks that I've finished , when
the link opens, click on " View as SlideShow " :
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/haysb/library/Gunstock Finishing Photos?sort=3&page=1
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