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[pepperj]

Morning Bart

 

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[ARC]

Morning Bart... Bill.

 

[pepperj]

Top of the morning Bill.
For some odd reason you popped in to my mind a few times while baking up a storm of squash yesterday.

 

[Blak bart]

Morning pepper morning ARC morning bill morning dave.

 

[Blak bart]

Woops....good morning rook.

 

[Rookster]

Morning bart. ARC. Dave. Bill.

 

[Blak bart]

My first attempt at a gun quickly devolved into a fantasy piece. Immediately I lost the scale of the piece and just went with my instinct. Dosent really resemble any known gun designs but does pass for a gun !! As is always the case this mahogany turns under sharp tools like a stick of butter !!

 

[Blak bart]

The cascabel will have to be added later.

 

[Blak bart]

I've got 4 more blank cylinders to work with.....confidence is high that I can complete an exact replica, but its not easy one wrong cut and you've lost your dimensions and scale of the piece. Time to break out the calipers !!

 

[RTR]

Watching my first "Beyond Oak Island"... About Laffite treasure.

Have you watched the one in the 1715 fleet ?

 

[ARC]

Have you watched the one in the 1715 fleet ?

Yes I saw several last night... I was impressed and left with a sense of applause for the brothers on this venture.

Good morning RTR.

 

[ARC]

Morning Rook.

 

[ARC]

Bart... forward reinforcement rings are correct... can you do rear ones same way ?

 

[RTR]

Morning all

 

[Blak bart]

Yes ARC...I can. Maybe you have an idea of a gun you would want to replicate. You know these guns well and I respect your opinion....which design should I attempt? I'm looking for something simple yet elegant without to much carving work. Im looking at a 1547 falconet that I like so far.....got any ideas ?

 

[ARC]

Yes ARC...I can. Maybe you have an idea of a gun you would want to replicate. You know these guns well and I respect your opinion....which design should I attempt? I'm looking for something simple yet elegant without to much carving work. Im looking at a 1547 falconet that I like so far.....got any ideas ?

Yeah... I will think on this... I definitely jus had a FLOOD of designs just go through my head... lol

Um... let me stew / ponder this... just keep up "dialing it all in"... I will submit some ideas for sure if you really want me to.

Um also...

 

[Blak bart]

Morning roger....it sure is nice to have ya back on the ship...we missed ya !!

 

[ARC]

I am not sure how you planned on doing the trunnions...

Suggestion... bore straight through proportionate hole... then insert a cut "dowel" through.

 

[bill from lachine]

Good morning Roger hope you're keeping well.

 

[ARC]

TAHT IS... if you are not doing "full muzzle bore".. heh