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  1. davec2

    Copy of an original blunderbuss

    OK....so after looking at it lying on the bench for a couple of weeks, I decided that the trigger guard that was the correct shape really had a finial that was too elaborate for the rest of the gun. I had another trigger guard that had the right finial but was the wrong size and shape.....so I...
  2. davec2

    Another .36 cal Rifle from a Plank

    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..... Like a computer, this angle grinder, with a 36 grit disk, will allow one to screw things up at the speed of light. However, I hate removing the wood on the...
  3. davec2

    Another .36 cal Rifle from a Plank

    I completed the barrel keys. As I have done in the past, I milled a slot in the body of the keys and then riveted a very thin leaf spring in the slot. Eliminates the issue of fitting keys "just right" and then having things wear or having the change in humidity make the keys too loose or to...
  4. davec2

    Another .36 cal Rifle from a Plank

    As noted previously, now starts the hard part.....the design of carving, engraving, patch box, etc., etc. Twelve years ago I posted the following picture here on ALR. Two rifles, the top one by John Noll and the bottom one by George Nunnamacher 1797. I asked back then if anyone had a lead to...
  5. davec2

    Another .36 cal Rifle from a Plank

    Most of the shaping done. Some sanding done. I decided to cut a decorative molding on the forstock as I usually do. I like a more complicated molding including a concave surface. I used the brass tool I made to run in the ram rod groove and make a nice clean, easy to do, concave cut all...
  6. davec2

    Another .36 cal Rifle from a Plank

    Phill......good catch.....cans are empty :)
  7. davec2

    Another .36 cal Rifle from a Plank

    Got the trigger guard bent to fit the contour of the stock and inlet.... Then went to work removing any wood that didn't look like it belonged on a very slender .36 caliber rifle..... Next step is to make lock bolts, a tang bolt, ram rod ends, and then modify the barrel keys for...
  8. davec2

    Another .36 cal Rifle from a Plank

    As is my usual MO, it has been a while since I picked up a graver, so I always start on the trigger and trigger plate to get the feel back. If I really mess up, these parts are easily replaced.....and if I only mess up a little (as in this case) I'm ok with it since the engraving is hard to see...
  9. davec2

    Another .36 cal Rifle from a Plank

    While waiting for paint to dry on my cannon wheels I had the time to rout out the patch box on this .36 rifle. Not CNC by any means, but I clamped the stock with screwed wood blocks to a plywood base and then set it up in the mill to remove all the patch box cavity wood. Does a nice neat...
  10. davec2

    Another .36 cal Rifle from a Plank

    Bouncing back and forth between the cannon re-build and this rifle....so moving a little slower than usual on each. (This quite a transition each day moving from a bore of ~3 inches to a bore of .36 inches). Had a chance last evening to get the muzzle cap placed and then start in on shaping...
  11. davec2

    Another .36 cal Rifle from a Plank

    Back at the bench, I did get the barrel tang inlet and bedded, the ram rod pipes installed, and started in on the lock inletting...... With all of that out of the way, I started in with a plane and a spoke shave to release the .36 caliber rifle that I know is buried inside that maple...
  12. davec2

    Another .36 cal Rifle from a Plank

    On the subject of the lock.....quite some time ago I modified a Chambers late Ketland lock for a half stock English rifle that is still in work. I had another unmodified Ketland on hand and decided just to go ahead and do the same esthetic modifications to it. Here is the unmodified...
  13. davec2

    Another .36 cal Rifle from a Plank

    Nine or so years ago now I made a close copy of a beautiful rifle that Jim Chambers had originally done. It was not the same caliber, etc., but I did copy the engraving and carving on the rifle I made up from parts I had on hand. (Original link...
  14. davec2

    Copy of an original blunderbuss

    The fellow that commissioned this duplication of a blunderbuss asked if I could mimic the original proof marks and I said I would give it a shot. Now that the barrel has been proof fired, I spent some time trying to duplicate the original proof mark tools. I have a set I purchased from Track...
  15. davec2

    Copy of an original blunderbuss

    Jstroke, I just use an electric match (which I use in rocket propulsion testing and they are used by the thousands in the fireworks / pyrotechnics industries) to set off powder at the touch hole on the barrel. Here is a picture of the electric match before I secure it with tape.....The match...
  16. davec2

    Copy of an original blunderbuss

    Brokennock, Don't think I didn't think about launching it....finding it might have been the problem...:)
  17. davec2

    Copy of an original blunderbuss

    Ran the proof test today. First proof was 473 grains of 1F powder, 315 grains for the second test. Both pushed 2,100 grains (~5 oz) of lead shot. I set it off electrically each time. Just to give you a feel for how large the charge and shot column were, on the first test they took up 7 inches...
  18. davec2

    Copy of an original blunderbuss

    I'm going out to my Mojave Desert test site for some work related stuff tomorrow. It presented a good opportunity to proof test the barrel since I cannot really do the test in my backyard here in town. So I quickly make up a wooden fixture to hold the barrel while it is being fired. I will...
  19. davec2

    Copy of an original blunderbuss

    James, You are absolutely correct about bulges not looking all that good in some (even most ) places. In this case the new barrel is a nice straight taper and it looks nice and straight. And above that, my fingers do not detect a “lumpiness”, which makes me feel better personally. ;) Now if I...
  20. davec2

    Copy of an original blunderbuss

    Tejano.......sorry I missed seeing your question. Can you send me any kind of a picture of the part you are missing ?
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