A little progress. I’m going to make at least one adjustable stand that will sit on the second set of legs on the left.
A little progress. I’m going to make at least one adjustable stand that will sit on the second set of legs on the left.
Finished the extra storage and the extension stand that is height adjustable.
Playing with a Winchester trapper 357 magnum, I bought a Lyman folding tang sight.
Upon recieving said tang sight, I was really unhappy with how sloppy it was.
Sent it back for a refund!
But before sending it back I made a blueprint!
Made this a long time ago, been sitting in the ole Gerstner for getting close to 30 years now!
As parts
Still not done!
Maybe someday!
Oh, thankfully I never drilled that 357 trapper! Whew!
Upon recieving said tang sight, I was really unhappy with how sloppy it was.
Sent it back for a refund!
But before sending it back I made a blueprint!
Made this a long time ago, been sitting in the ole Gerstner for getting close to 30 years now!
As parts
Still not done!
Maybe someday!
Oh, thankfully I never drilled that 357 trapper! Whew!
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Did some metal casting that I never put in for you to see.
One of the amenities at the RV park we are at is a Lapidary shop, free to use after a training session.
Since Arizona has no shortage of rocks, I thought learning to work with rocks might be interesting.
Completed the first project today with about 13 hours of time building stone handles for a 440C stainless fillet knife blank.
It starts with finding a cool rock and slabbing it out.
After tracing the outline and doing rough cutting with a tile saw, you move to various diamond coated wheels of different grits to start the finishing process.
After more hours of shaping and final polishing you get the finished project.
It’s called blood stone because of the color. The rock I found in the Superstition Mountains has fossils in it which are the white spots.
This knife will be a gift to my son, so tomorrow will start on my knife.
Since Arizona has no shortage of rocks, I thought learning to work with rocks might be interesting.
Completed the first project today with about 13 hours of time building stone handles for a 440C stainless fillet knife blank.
It starts with finding a cool rock and slabbing it out.
After tracing the outline and doing rough cutting with a tile saw, you move to various diamond coated wheels of different grits to start the finishing process.
After more hours of shaping and final polishing you get the finished project.
It’s called blood stone because of the color. The rock I found in the Superstition Mountains has fossils in it which are the white spots.
This knife will be a gift to my son, so tomorrow will start on my knife.
Beautiful job on the knife! Also a very interesting amenity for an RV park
Very familiar with the Superstitions...been a long long time though. There're a few places over in that area with a lot of Apache Tears.
experimenting with epoxy for a table project
Got a heads up on the location. Love to get some of the Apache Tears.
I've seen one of those in a Woodcrafters catalog of projects. Man, I hope yours turns our as nice as the one in the catalog. Absolutely beautiful when done.
