Engraving on my Tulle

[pegro1]

I was wondering and so I'm asking ya pro's. I have a French Tulle and the stock is plain with no fancy scrollings, carvings or etchings, or whatever you wanna call it. What is the best way to do this? I was gonna draw out my design and then using carbon paper redraw it onto the stock and using a fine point drimmel carve out my design on the butt. Nothing too fancy.

 

[chipper]

Sounds like your on your way but I personally would loose the Dremel tool. I've destroyed lots of stuff with those things. It's tempting to use them because they work fast, and that's kind of the problem.

Regards
Loyd Shindelbower
Loveland Colorado

 

[Bob Riegl]

:hmm: If you are not skilled/trained with carving with a motor tool---I would avoid that approach---I do intricate bird carvings and do use a Ram tool ( same idea as dremel )and if you are not skilled with that tool your wood will look as if the ternites decided not to hold hands anymore. Additionally the Dremel is not the tool to try any kind of "carving"as it is the clumsiest piece of machinery I have ever seen IMHO. All stock carving is done with knives and chisels, again requiring skill, training and a few years of experience thrown in on the side.Also I do not see any fancy carving on a Tulle. If you want to carve try a Dickert after you get a few years of experience under your belt IMHO. :thumbsup:

 

[laffingman67]

Avoid the dremel. It works way too fast! I've had a couple of awe (explitive of your choice here)'s working with a dremel. Get yourself a set of chisels from someone like Harbor Freight. The set is less tham 20 bucks.

 

[fallaloosa]

I would leave fancy carvings scrolls etc off the stock alltogether. These guns were originaly used for hunting and Malice useage. few if any had fancy carving on them. :v

 

[paulvallandigham]

I would leave fancy carvings scrolls etc off the stock alltogether. These guns were originaly used for hunting and Malice useage. few if any had fancy carving on them. :v

I agree. :thumbsup: IMHO,The Beauty of the Tulle style rifle or smoothbore comes from its elegant lines, and that plain wood stock without adornment.

Of course, its your gun and you can do anything you want with it. I would order a stock with the most interesting wood grain I could find, if I wanted a really eye-catching Tulle, but I would not carve it, or put inlays in it. I have seen some very beautiful wood ruined because someone just had to cover all the wood with inlays, or carving. Its the shape of the Tulle that makes people want to pick them up out of a gunrack, and put them to the shoulder. I would also spend some time working on making the balance of the gun correct, so that when someone does try out the gun, it feels lighter than it already is.