hey every body ! ! !

[bob1961]

the piece of popular was ripped on end in half so i have two strips of 3/6" x 14" left....if you look in my post about builders benches you'll see the two pieces there....
good idea i was thinking of it already :blah: ....
what next the knife handles also :: ...............bob

 

[musketman]

Could you turn out a wooden percussion cap box?

What is pictured is a wooden pill-box, but it should work the same...

 

If I ever learn to send pictures on this #"##!! computer I will show you some boxes that I turn on my lathe .

 

[bob1961]

if i had a lathe and a perc gun to use it for the caps.........................................bob

p.s.....if you have a extra one you know you could let me take care of it for ya for awhile ::....

 

[musketman]

if i had a lathe and a perc gun to use it for the caps.........................................bob

Make the wooden cap box, this will give you the excuse to buy a percussion gun...

Just thinking outside the box... :winking:

 

[bob1961]

hey musketman....i used the back side of the 2000 golden dollar in the popular inlay in the patch box frame in my T/C stock to show the eagle and the us of america....pics to follow tommorrow.....also thinking of staining it with the same color stain as my maple stock has on it....it gives the dark walnut a red tint.........................bob

 

[musketman]

I like the red cherry stains myself, reminds me of Zonie's teeth... :haha: :haha: :haha:

I'm sorry Zonie, I ment tooth... :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha:

 

[Stumpkiller]

I like the red cherry stains myself, reminds me of Zonie's teeth...

That particular greenish shade of red is hard to match. Sort of like the heartwood of Sumac. :: ::

 

[bob1961]

well now that hunt101 is up and working again....here's the finished inlay of the 2000 dollar i talked bout....i think i have another pic of it but not sure so hers what i have............bob

 

Nice job

 

[NORD]

Very nice! :thumbsup: You do very good work! Have you thought about being a gunsmith? Just a thought!

 

[bob1961]

Very nice! :thumbsup: You do very good work! Have you thought about being a gunsmith? Just a thought!

just a hobbie and just starting out on my own gun now....let me build my own gun in the spring first so i'll know what not to do on others ::........................bob

 

[bob1961]

ttt.................bob

 

Bob
I am a log procurement manager for a large mill here in Va and originally from Pa and have been in the log / lumber industry for 30 plus years.
From the picture of the wood you posted for the inlay it is neither poplar. nor white oak , nor aspen. as has been suggested.
You said it it a hard dense wood and heavy...... AlL of these are NOT consistant with poplar or aspen .
The wood is not white or red oak nor any other kind of oak either.
What wood you used for the inlay is Red Maple more commonly called Soft Maple.
Don't let the name soft maple confuse you. It is called soft because it is of a more softer texture than Sugar Maple more comonly known as Hard Maple.
Soft Maple is very hard espically after it has been kiln dried. You will bend a nail being pound into maple or oak and poplar can nailed into like hemlock or pine with no problem.
Poplar and aspen and basswood are all soft even after haveing been kiln dried.
Most curly maple is of the Soft Maple species. It is more common than curley hard maple and in fact as a general rule has more figure or curl in it than Currly Hard Maple.

Hope this helps you in understanding what wood you are working with.

 

[bob1961]

yes it will thanks very much :thumbsup:....i guess we were all wrong :cry:...............bob