Parts Kit Build By A Beginner(Running Thread)

[Zonie]

Well....
I was going to say the sideplate would look a little better if you reshaped it just a tad to make it have an even "reveal" or exposed area around the bolt head(s)but now that you've inlaid it "It is launched" as the French would say*.


* When working with some French engineers on a gas turbine engine installation they came to our company to show us what they had designed.
After looking at it I saw an obvious error that would not interface properly with our engine.
I told them they must redesign that area.

Their answer?

"It is launched!" :rotf:

 

[silly goose]

Any chance for an update, I for one am learning a lot from your build. Can't wait to see it finished. You might even have me trying this before long. :wink:

 

[Vtsmoker]

WOW Thought this thread had been forgoten about. The build has been on the back burner since my last post honestly due to a moderate lack of intrest on my part. Then life threw me a curve ball and have been working 60 hrs a week for the past 2 months to cover a coworker who left. Things are back to normal starting this week so I'll get back at it soon. Thank you for your intrest in this build. It means alot to me to know others are still watching :thumbsup:

 

[silly goose]

Life is full of curves, I'd consider your extra work a blessing at this point. Just an outside perspective, but I'm pretty impressed with all the things that you have been able to do with this build. We learn by making mistakes, and how rewarding would it be if it were "easy". And this is coming from a guy who is just contemplating a build of his own, and I don't think I have the skills that you have shown thus far. Keep us posted, and keep your front shoulder in, and wait on that curve, you'll nail that sucker after you see it a few times.

 

[Vtsmoker]

It's not so much skill as mind set. I am a very impatient person. I am also, as I've said previously, a perfectionist who visualizes something and when that vision does'nt come out I get frustrated. You can do it if you have the mind set and help from all the great folks here. GO FOR IT! If I can do it so can you :thumbsup:

 

[armymedic.2]

yup, im still watchiting vt :v


get er done

 

[DTCoffin]

Hi Vt, Been getting caught up on my backlog and found your thread.The first gun I built (1 of4) was a scratch build, I thought many times of discontinuing the build due to poor skills and ignorance.I stuck with it because I couldn't afford to buy one and I knew this would be a learning curve.That rifle now has some poor inletting etc. I thought about redoing it now with same parts but that gun is still my best shooter, why mess it, besides that now I can look at it and say I have gotten better.

 

[silly goose]

Where'd you go?

 

[Vtsmoker]

Funny you should ask! Had an hour or so to kill before the wife got home from work so went out to the workshop to play. Got the lock reassembled and started to bolt it back into the stock....then...oops. Realized I forgot to cut the lock bolts just as the head of the hammer screw BROKE OFF! :redface: . Will get a new one from TOTW ordered tomorrow. Thursday is my day off so I'm gonna finish shaping the stock,cut the pins down (and the lock bolts). I'll have some new pics Thurs. night.

 

[Zonie]

Don't take this personally but I think when folks are doing something, no matter what it is, I think they need to constantly evaluate the situation.

When some people decide to go from point A to point B, that is all they are thinking about so that's what they do.
Sometimes this can cause some real problems that could have been avoided.

Take for instance installing a lock screw.

The game plan is to insert the screw, engage the threads and then fully tighten it.

If they were evaluating the situation and suddenly the screw became harder to turn they should stop and try to see what was causing this new development.

It could be caused by a number of things and whatever the cause is it should be fully understood before proceeding.

If the unexpected happens, stop and find out why.

There are a bunch of people who would have avoided gaping holes in the fit between the lockplate and the wood if rather than continuing to remove more wood around the edges they would have stopped and studied the situation.
They might have discovered that another part of the lock was hanging up down in the lock mortice.

Changing the way folks work so they keep looking for feedback and constantly revising their original game plan can help them with all sorts of tasks.
It applies to all phases of building a muzzleloader or mowing the lawn, washing the dishes or anything else that one is wanting to do well.

 

[Vtsmoker]

What actually happened was I was in a hurry. I only had an hour till I had to get supper ready for the wife when she got home from work. Can't do this stuff when in a hurry! Leason learned :slap:

 

[brownie1934]

What actually happened was I was in a hurry. I only had an hour till I had to get supper ready for the wife when she got home from work. Can't do this stuff when in a hurry! Leason learned :slap:

Hi Mark; You probably have one but if you don't get a four in hand rasp. Available at most hdwr stores. Keep up the good work. Am enjoying this thread. Bob Reader

 

[Cheyenne]

Old thread...found it while looking into Sitting Fox......any progress? Great thread and helpful.

 

[Vtsmoker]

Actually lost intrest in it. Sold the unfinished gun about 2 months ago. Building is just not my thing but thanks for asking. As far as Sitting Fox...be careful. Found out from the purchaser the "pre inlet" stock was NOT for the barrel sent with the kit which was one of the frustrating hurdles I had to overcome and I didnt know it. :idunno: :slap: