My apology for a long absence from this fine forum. I was having withdrawals from the good information shared by all whom post here.
Anyway,I have collected more wood for my projects and had the thought to share photos with the forum members. The wood is English Walnut from Oregon. Crotch wood up from the stump a bit. Air dried for 15 years.
Pictured are three slabs I obtained. I will use the slabs for making stocks for some of the barreled actions I have.
I have somewhat of a dilemma in laying out stocks on the slabs to obtain both the maximum number of blanks and good figure in each blank. I will spend some time with the Plexiglas tracing patterns before deciding just how to cut the slabs!
I will run the slabs across the band saw in a few weeks and then to the duplicator to begin the task of stock making for some barreled actions laying in wait.
The black stock in the photos is a pattern for the Brno 602. The black mark on the right hand slab is a burn mark from the drum sander. Nothing is on the slabs to enhance the figure, just plain wood.
Best part of the story is I have access to more slabs and will be selecting several to "bring home" after the Christmas rush is over.
For those that have not seen the duplicator photos in older posts, below photo shows the duplicator with pattern stocks set up on the centers, just for illustration purposes.
And below I am carving a pattern, with changes, from an existing pattern. One of the neat uses for a duplicator is making patterns from existing patterns, I do this when I need to change stock dimensions such as drop, pitch, cast off, pistol grip length, etc. I use hard Maple for the patterns.
