Got Wood?
- Thread starter ripjack13
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OldMan
.410
^^ Nice indeed! ^^
It looks like you've got it sealed good. It's good that the crack at the pith didn't travel too far.
Lignum vitae is very dense wood indeed. I have heard that pecan is difficult to work with also.
It it appears to me it would be difficult to display and appreciate the beauty of highly figured wood as small as a grip would be. Still I vote for the zebra wood and purple heart above.
If you have a luthier supply locally maybe you can score some nice scraps cheap for possible grips. Just a thought on another source for wood other than WoodCraft.
Pen blank? Do you make pens?
I've thought about making some but never have.
It looks like you've got it sealed good. It's good that the crack at the pith didn't travel too far.
Lignum vitae is very dense wood indeed. I have heard that pecan is difficult to work with also.
It it appears to me it would be difficult to display and appreciate the beauty of highly figured wood as small as a grip would be. Still I vote for the zebra wood and purple heart above.
If you have a luthier supply locally maybe you can score some nice scraps cheap for possible grips. Just a thought on another source for wood other than WoodCraft.
Pen blank? Do you make pens?
I've thought about making some but never have.
OldMan said:
well sir...these are some samples i have found of highly figured wood grips. this is what i aim to do.
^^^^my favorite pic if wood grips....
i'm not looking to make mass quantity either. it would be only the members here and, maybe, some others for the time being. I have already amassed a good quantity of cut offs already. i always thought i would make pens out of them, but now that i see that i can put them to better use, and have less scrap from doing so, i'd rather do grips (scales).
they are small, need no large machinery, they are single units, so no two will ever have to be exactly the same. i can cut everything with a handsaw. use my hand tools, block plane & dremel. the only large machine would be a drill press. and that would serve double duty as my wife likes to make windchimes out of silverware and coffee pots, and old silverplated stuff. so she'd love to drill the sivlerware with the press!
here's her stuff....
i do all the drilling at the moment, and sometimes the bending...but she wants a drillpress. so it's a win, win, for both of us....
GirlsLoveGuns2
.30-06
How cool! So creative! I'm super crafty too, I just don't have the time.
GirlsLoveGuns2
.30-06
Lol!! Oh, the joys of parenting... I know I've used that same line many times.
Those are awesome grips!!
Those are awesome grips!!
ok..here's the pine test grip for Lazy Eyed Sniper's Vertec...
so far so good....lets hope it's just as easy with the ebony.....
my beretta's a little different, so that's why it looks like it doesn't fit. (pix #5)
for the round relief in the corner of the grip on the backside, i'll make it square, for my ease. it should still fit. (pix#2 & 3)
it's actually kinda simple to do. as long as my chisels are sharp, my file is clean, and i have some sharp xacto blades. i will need to invest in one more half round file, the one i have atm is just a tad to large.
thoughts?
so far so good....lets hope it's just as easy with the ebony.....
my beretta's a little different, so that's why it looks like it doesn't fit. (pix #5)
for the round relief in the corner of the grip on the backside, i'll make it square, for my ease. it should still fit. (pix#2 & 3)
it's actually kinda simple to do. as long as my chisels are sharp, my file is clean, and i have some sharp xacto blades. i will need to invest in one more half round file, the one i have atm is just a tad to large.
thoughts?
GirlsLoveGuns2
.30-06
Wow! Amazing, seriously.
GirlsLoveGuns2
.30-06
Yes... I'm waiting now though, because at tax refund I'm getting my own 1911 
I'll prob have it in the beginning of Feb.
I'll prob have it in the beginning of Feb.
SUHWEEEET!!!
Looking awesome rip! I can't wait to see them in ebony...
Looking awesome rip! I can't wait to see them in ebony...
Ok, I went and looked around my local Woodshop, and found a nice piece of Burmese Blackwood (instead of the ebony i was planning on using). I cut it open, and voila! it looks great!
Tomorrow I'll be cutting the other side and then shape them. Also I'll be testing some stain on the scrap cut offs I get from cutting it all up....
Tomorrow I'll be cutting the other side and then shape them. Also I'll be testing some stain on the scrap cut offs I get from cutting it all up....
SWEET!
Dang bro, I'm get'n excited to see them finished. You're awesome rip!
Dang bro, I'm get'n excited to see them finished. You're awesome rip!