Ever have a drill-out?

[soggy]

Last winter a young fellow was in my shop getting some work done when I mentioned that I was making a powder horn. He offered to give me a rather large ox horn. Later on when I had some time I decided to do something with it. Well after laying it out I proceeded to drill the neck........ you guessed it :cursing: :cursing: out throught the side. Well not being one to throw things away I put it up until a few weeks ago. After considerable thought and a few questions to some fellow forum members I decided to see if I could salvage somthing from it.
I then cut the horn off just below the drill out . I then drilled the upper end of the horn using a 1-1/4" hole saw to a depth of about 1"
Next I turned a piece of curley maple on my wood lathe, and then drilled it with a 3/8" bit to form the neck.
After I finished the body of the horn I epoxied the neck in place, and added the brass tacks for looks. The butt plug is also a piece of curly maple. All wood was finished with a Min-Wax red mahogany stain.
The horn now measures 16-1/2" overall, the neck is 5-1/2" long, and the butt is 2-7/8" in diameter
Waste not want not :grin:

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[snagg]

Soggy:

That is outstanding!! Great way to make something that was a mistake into something that is unbelievably beautiful.
Did you also do the scrim work?

Looks Great, snagg

 

[ol vern]

Very nice!
:bow: :bow: :bow:

 

[TANSTAAFL]

Looks great, and pride of workmanship is evident.

A true craftsman is one who knows how to correct mistakes, and looking good in doing so. :bow:

 

[renovato]

That came out amazing! I think having the extra wood balances out the horn nicely. If I ever get around to making my own (too many projects already), I may do something similar. Thanks for the pics!

 

[hawkeye1755]

Soggy that's a brilliant idea! :bow:
A beautiful horn.Wood and horn. :applause:
:thumbsup:

 

[soggy]

Thanks for all the positive comments fellows. I guess if you enjoy doing something it makes it all that much easier. I can come in from the shop bone tired after working all day, and then go down to the basement and spend an hour or so doing something like this and feel really refreshed.
Snagg: Yes I did the scrimshaw also
Soggy

 

[bnail]

Soggy:

That is outstanding!! Great way to make something that was a mistake into something that is unbelievably beautiful.
Did you also do the scrim work?

Looks Great, snagg

There are no mistakes, just happy little accidents :winking:
That's an absolutely ingenious recovery that resulted in an outstanding horn. my drill-outs are magical, they allways end up flying acroos the shop :redface:

 

[soggy]

:thumbsup: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: Good one!

 

[Christiaan]

Soggy, that is some creative and neat Outta-box thinking. If you did not tell me I woulda thought you planned it that way. Sure came out good. :thumbsup:

 

[wildeagle]

Soggy, GREAT SAVE. It's neat how the little bumps in the road create detours, and the scenery on the detour can sometimes be just breathtaking. Sweet horn, I just love how it turned out.

 

[billk]

Awesome horn and a great solution to the mistake.
Billk :hatsoff:

 

[50cal.cliff]

I use to work with a fellow he always said that was a sign of a cratsman. One who could take an oh-oh and make it looked like he planned it that way! :rotf: :rotf: Looks great! :thumbsup:

 

[soggy]

I use to work with a fellow he always said that was a sign of a cratsman. One who could take an oh-oh and make it looked like he planned it that way! :rotf: :rotf: Looks great! :thumbsup:

:grin: Well I didn't exactly say " oh-oh" but it was something like that :rotf: :rotf:

 

[CZMark]

That might be a better horn than it would have been without the drill-through.

 

[Greg Weeks]

Like everyone else has siad, "Well Done!!" It will look nice hanging from one of your newly woven straps. Almost as nice as it would look hanging from one of mine. :wink: :wink: :bow: :bow:

 

[soggy]

:grin: Thanks again for the positive comments, I kinda forgot about this thread............it's been a while :redface:
I've still got the horn but will be donating it to my clubs annual shoot in August. It will most likly be awarded in the smooth bore catagory, or possibly a woods walk. You're all welcome to come on up and shoot for it :rotf:
Soggy