Carolina Gun / Iron mounted

[Rob M.]

I like how you made those rrpipes-cool! They look great.

Thanks bud . First time making them in iron . They were a b#+@% ! LOL ...I had to make half a dozen to get 3 good ones . ... Usually made in brass .

 

[Rob M.]

The " before " pics of taking forestock to roughed in shape .....workin up a sweat in here ! GEESH ! Glad I got the Amish air conditioner on ! ( fan ).

 

[Rob M.]

 

[springfield art]

Very cool ! Glad ya found ya an anvil .Ive had so many anvils and forges over the years , always had to sell my good stuff when times got hard . There's a standing joke , and its true , with the fellas I drink coffee with in the mornings at the store . Some pretty lady will walk by and go in the store and Jim or Tracy will say " I bet you'd sell yer forge for her Rob ! " LOL ... If it were just me all those years I'd never sold a single gun , anvil , forge or antique but ...the tools all go then the woman goes ... True true ....Done with that $#it , LOL.... The railroad track makes a nice anvil , I need to put er on a stump though . All I forge are trigger guards anyway , and the off oddity every once in awhile so even though I'd love to have and anvil or two at the shop there really ain't no real need . Can't wait to get my new forge going . Its awfully nice . Funny to live in ex coal country and can't find any coal though ! LOL ....

A fellow down the suburban street from me had a 275 lb. anvil on his patio for half century; when he retired, sold it to me, where it's displayed on my front lawn. Had a neighbor who's into amateur 'smithing offer to buy, but he has 1st dibs if I ever do. (I don't do actual 'smithing!). Surface needs re-surfacing, I'd guess, has no markings, but I enjoy having it around. I admire people who actually use 'em. It sits on a nice poplar wood base.

 

[springfield art]

The " before " pics of taking forestock to roughed in shape .....workin up a sweat in here ! GEESH ! Glad I got the Amish air conditioner on ! ( fan ).

I have 5 fans that run 24/7 during the Summer; never thought to call 'em Amish A/C's, but I will now!

 

[BillyC]

Can’t be Amish if they run on electricity

 

[Rob M.]

Roughing in front of S.P. mortice , gouge first then clean up with rat tail rasp

 

[Rob M.]

I have 5 fans that run 24/7 during the Summer; never thought to call 'em Amish A/C's, but I will now!

LOL ! We'll start a trend .... Its funny cause I live off grid, I make a bit of electric with solar but it ain't a bunch . My Buddy's are always raggin on me and my Amish ways / old timey ways of livin , LOL ... This morning they , all retired , were talking about the heat and how they were gonna turn up their A/C units and sit in their recliners watching TV all day long . I told them I'd be rasping on a stock in front of the Amish A/C all day . They just shake their heads ...LOL

 

[Rob M.]

Can’t be Amish if they run on electricity

Its a joke ....

 

[Rob M.]

A fellow down the suburban street from me had a 275 lb. anvil on his patio for half century; when he retired, sold it to me, where it's displayed on my front lawn. Had a neighbor who's into amateur 'smithing offer to buy, but he has 1st dibs if I ever do. (I don't do actual 'smithing!). Surface needs re-surfacing, I'd guess, has no markings, but I enjoy having it around. I admire people who actually use 'em. It sits on a nice poplar wood base.

Anvils are awesome . Strangely enough I would rarely use one now . All I forge are trigger guards and I use tinsmith stakes for them . I have the piece of R.R. track for anything that needs beat flat .

 

[Rob M.]

Ok ... One side ,S.P. side , done " in the rough " ...break time then onto the lock side ....

 

[BillyC]

Its a joke ....

I knew that, just saying

 

[Rob M.]

I knew that, just saying

Well thank you then . You are very helpful . Where is that button @TDM ?

 

[TDM]

That’s funny!

 

[Rob M.]

Ok ....so ...got the lock side all done to the " roughed in " stage . Took a coffee and bologna sammich break in town . When I get done feeding me and the stores stray cat I'll start on some metal work . Gotta find some appropriate metal and start laying out cutting out the side plate and thumb plate ....

 

[Rob M.]

Oops ...forgot to post these earlier ... These pics download SO fast in town ! GEESH !! Any who .....when I'm taking the forestock down to roughed in stage I take the wood down to where there is approximately an 1/8" thick border at the ramrod channel and the barrel channel . Then you take the ridge down in the middle and round it all off . Dont go any further ...this is just roughed in phase ... Finish is later

 

[Rob M.]

Layout then cutout ...the side plate and thumb plate . Funny ...me and dad were tearing out a drop ceiling at an old Kroger's in the late 90s . All these pieces of steel channel we were throwing away . I grabbed as many as I could get . Ive made a few gun parts and side plates out of this steel ....

 

[WALT53]

Oops ...forgot to post these earlier ... These pics download SO fast in town ! GEESH !! Any who .....when I'm taking the forestock down to roughed in stage I take the wood down to where there is approximately an 1/8" thick border at the ramrod channel and the barrel channel . Then you take the ridge down in the middle and round it all off . Dont go any further ...this is just roughed in phase ... Finish is later

Rob when you file the for stock do file from edge to centre from both edges.I’m surprised you could get that close with the barrel in.

 

[Rob M.]

Rob when you file the for stock do file from edge to centre from both edges.I’m surprised you could get that close with the barrel in.

The barrel actually helps .....it not only keeps stock from flexing , strengthens the while work piece and acts as a guide ....on barrel side I push rasp down till I feel it hit the barrel then I very slightly raise the rasp , and try to maintain that angle while raspi g side ways .... I do this constantly while working g on barrel edge .... Over and over again ....it goes surprising ly fast after the 40 th gun ! LOL

 

[Rob M.]

Rob when you file the for stock do file from edge to centre from both edges.I’m surprised you could get that close with the barrel in.

Oh yeah ....and how I rasp it ...uhmmmm .....think I'll have to take a pic ...its " into the edge " , so no splits ....I'll get pic for ya bud . These pics would be when doing the barrel side ...when done , turn the stock and do the RR channel same way .... At the angle necessary to make the 1/8" edge there will be a straight ridge left on top , in middle . Take that ridge down and round it all a bit ...