Horse pistol box underway

[dave951]

I just finished the assembly of a box I'm making for Pathfinder's horse pistol. Since it's a "french" gun, top has carved fleur de lis and scroll work. Next up on this project is sanding the carvings, oil the outside, put partitions inside and felt and it's ready for Pathfinder's cavalry pistol.

 

[hawkeye2]

Its got to be a pretty impressive pistol to deserve a case like that.

 

[1950DAVE]

Great craftsmanship! The wood?
Dave

 

[appalichian hunter]

Nice pistol box.

 

[dave951]

Great craftsmanship! The wood?
Dave

Wood is straight grain white oak harvested here locally by a friend of mine. His business is a mobile sawmill and he'll get the better grades and species of wood when a tree company drops them. He'll saw and kiln dry. He's pretty meticulous about keeping species and individual tree together for grain and color matching. His main customer base is guys (like me!) who do custom woodworking in expensive houses, custom furniture, restoration of historic buildings and such. My last serious project involving him was window sill repairs on a house built in 1842 that still has the original windows. This particular wood was a leftover from a project I did reproducing an original folding chair from the 1850s. I carry that chair with me when I'm out instructing in muzzleloading/black powder. Here's a shot of the chair.

My favorite time period for furniture and decor is circa 1900 and the Arts and Crafts movement. Here's a chest of drawers I built using wood from my guy. Partial inset drawer fronts, full dovetail drawers with recessed slides, maple on drawers and white oak for the rest. Design is a mashup taken from the pages of a Stickley catalog circa 1910.

 

[1950DAVE]

Thanks. I couldn't tell the specie from the box pic. I too have been into wood work for a while. Retired from more than 30 yrs of hardwood floor contracting about 5 yrs ago. We did real wood not so called pictures of wood pasted to a piece of resin/sawdust board backing. We did very little pre finished wood and practically no glue down.
I also build Craftsman style and buy and restore a piece occasionally. Fell in love with the style in my early 20's, 50 yrs ago.
Dave

 

[dave951]

Thanks. I couldn't tell the specie from the box pic. I too have been into wood work for a while. Retired from more than 30 yrs of hardwood floor contracting about 5 yrs ago. We did real wood not so called pictures of wood pasted to a piece of resin/sawdust board backing. We did very little pre finished wood and practically no glue down.
I also build Craftsman style and buy and restore a piece occasionally. Fell in love with the style in my early 20's, 50 yrs ago.
Dave

You'll probably enjoy this project then. The background story, it's a Morris chair in rocking chair configuration by Binghampton. It was a wedding present to my mom's grandparents in 1914 and was passed down through the family till my brother and I were wrestling in it in about 1972ish and we broke it. Wait till your father gets home was a dire threat back then! Fast forward to several years ago, mom had developed terminal cancer and I was over at their house doing some maintenance and saw the chair tucked away back in the storage shed. Time to make ammends while I still could. I disassembled the chair, remade the broken parts, restained to the correct finish, had new upholstery done, and reassembled in time for mom to sit in when we brought her home from the hospital. She was speechless and was crying as she hugged me. It was her favorite place to sit till she passed 5 months later. So here's a couple pix of that chair.

And yeah, I did a proper restoration job on the suspension of the chair.

 

[PathfinderNC]

I just finished the assembly of a box I'm making for Pathfinder's horse pistol. Since it's a "french" gun, top has carved fleur de lis and scroll work. Next up on this project is sanding the carvings, oil the outside, put partitions inside and felt and it's ready for Pathfinder's cavalry pistol.

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I think the French Dragoon pistol will be happy in this case.
Dave is really good at planning, layout and execution. The dimensions of this box will make for a nice fit. This case is the prototype and I can foresee Dave getting pretty busy with custom orders in the near future!

 

[JohnL]

Wood is straight grain white oak harvested here locally by a friend of mine. His business is a mobile sawmill and he'll get the better grades and species of wood when a tree company drops them. He'll saw and kiln dry. He's pretty meticulous about keeping species and individual tree together for grain and color matching. His main customer base is guys (like me!) who do custom woodworking in expensive houses, custom furniture, restoration of historic buildings and such. My last serious project involving him was window sill repairs on a house built in 1842 that still has the original windows. This particular wood was a leftover from a project I did reproducing an original folding chair from the 1850s. I carry that chair with me when I'm out instructing in muzzleloading/black powder. Here's a shot of the chair.

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My favorite time period for furniture and decor is circa 1900 and the Arts and Crafts movement. Here's a chest of drawers I built using wood from my guy. Partial inset drawer fronts, full dovetail drawers with recessed slides, maple on drawers and white oak for the rest. Design is a mashup taken from the pages of a Stickley catalog circa 1910.

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Beautiful craftsmanship.

 

[rafterob]

Very nice, I envy your woodworking talent and a shop to practice it in. But don't you really need a horse for that pistol?

 

[springfield art]

I just finished the assembly of a box I'm making for Pathfinder's horse pistol. Since it's a "french" gun, top has carved fleur de lis and scroll work. Next up on this project is sanding the carvings, oil the outside, put partitions inside and felt and it's ready for Pathfinder's cavalry pistol.

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OMG! This is amazing!