Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by outback

The repair went well on the 75¢ scales, so this set's going in, and the set for the Lancet, are coming out of the oil bath.

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Perfect finish on that! I like the grain pattern..

Good Lord those Lancets are sexy! I'm now about to get on Maggard's site while the wife naps, sick with a cold. If I spend too much, I'm blaming Roy!

edit: I wish they carried that huge sample pack of Oleo Soapworks like WestCoast. So many of the newer artisans I haven't tried-I always do that with sampes. Choices, choices, hmmm....

Finally done sanding and polishing the 75¢, razor.





Now its time for a break.

Mike, if The Turkey starts giving you the evil eye...
It's time to stop.

But if ya drink enough..ya can't see it anymore.

I remember my Dad telling me a lawyer helped him with a case years ago and wouldn't bill him. Lawyer finally said he would take a bottle of Wild Turkey.
Dad said he took him the biggest bottle they had in the store!

Is that just hand polishing Mike? Sure looks good! Have a drink for me too.

The rest of my pieces came in so it's time to start working new skills . I'm going with streaked honey horn which was warped when I got it. Thanks to SRP I found like 5 or 6 different ways to deal with it. Went with wrapping in a wet paper towel and toaster oven at 325 for 3 minutes, clamp, freezer, room temp - perfectly flat. Here's the design I've come up with.



Do you see any functional problem with this design? The different shaped wedge area won't let me re-use the old lead wedge. I have some lead sheet and some ingots of bullet lead alloyed with antimony (increased hardness). Would either be fine or would the harder lead be better? I kinda like the idea of the bullet lead and am thinking of trying my hand at making some copper collars from bullet jackets. I'll be getting a doming block for a future restore. I was thinking the flat base of a jacket would be a good starting point for forming a dome. Sorry if I'm throwing a lot of questions out. You all have been so helpful on my other projects. So much good info on this fourm, seems like 98% of my questions were answered like 5 years ago.

The point on the hinge end of the scales looks a little to much. I would test strop it before final pinning.

Give it a go and you can always shorten it if needed.

I agree with Tim, definitely do some testing.

For lead I’ve used shotgun slugs but I don’t see why antimony wouldn’t work, just may take a little longer to shape. I use a tack hammer with a flattened face and hammer on the anvil of my vise, really easy to dial in the wedge, at least with pure lead. I cut mine to rough shape with a sharp chisel then after pinning used a file for finishing the shaping then some careful sanding then a light touch with a buffer.