May 30, 20197 yr Popular Post friend of mine is into that Black Powder stuff. He had a jig, to hold a revolver steady so he could reload it. he had this thing.. The butt of the grips sit into the gouge area...just doesn't sit in tightly, was cut at the wrong angle...Felt area... Is where the cylinder sits, with the hammer at half-cock....only..the hammer won't go that far...makes it hard to rotate the cylinder. hinge wasn't done the best, either. Bought some 3/4" x 4" x 24" White Oak..some new hinges, and a set of Dremel bits... Bandsaw to cut 2 pieces. Blade has way too much set...need to plane the rough edges.."shooting Board & plane? Not exactly. Stanley No. 3c. test fit the two parts.. Will do, for a start..set up the Dremel with a cutting disc..and, once I located where the cut needed to go.. I cut a line straight down. Old one was at an angle. Move the pattern out of the way, grab a gouge and a hammer.. Chop out the waste. Then lay out for the hinge's location.. To match the old one's location. Chop a recess... Make sure it fits... mark the locations of the screws.. Start a hole for the drill to follow ( they tend to wander a bit).. Drill a couple pilot holes...and.. wax the screws up, and grab a screwdriver. Laid out the other cut, and rough cut it to shape.. Not attached, yet. need to adjust to fit the revolver better, when Mr. Bishop stops by tomorrow afternoon...he can add his own felt, once the jig is stained and finished,, I even tried to match the grain to the old jig....hope it works like he wants it to... stay tuned
May 30, 20197 yr What a neat re-creation Steve, thanks for sharing, I especially like your creative way of dishing out the concave area. Kind of keeping in the same spirit as the original builder I would say.
June 5, 20197 yr Author Popular Post Still haven't figured out this rename set up on this computer...won't let me delete anything, either... So, if nobody minds, I can just post anyway? First off, needed to take the OEM jig apart...hate square drive screws...as I needed to cut a new profile New prototype...Needed it's hammer notch cleaned up, before I can trace things out on the old one Quite a change? bandsaw was worked on, had way to much set, stoned that back a bit...cuts smoother, tends to burn things.. Dremel with a sanding drum to clean it up, and ease the edges a bit ( need to restain things, anyway) Didn't like the way the hinges were set...way too floppy...we have ways.. Instead of the hinge sitting on the surface, I recessed it a bit... Hate square drive screws. Got this one done, and set aside...went to work on #3.. Dremel and a gouge to make the grip rest groove...then Lay out and recess a hinge...and dug out the "VIX" bit... That pointy thing retracts into the grip....You place it in the screw hole on the hinge, and give the pin a few whacks Just like that, you have a perfectly centered pilot hole...repeat for the next hole Almost ready for the screws...I wound up "chasing" these holes, screws are longer than the tip on the vix bit....candle to wax the threads of the screws Grab the old Yankee screwdriver and put things together.. Then sand things down....and set all 3 aside.. As I had metal work to do next...steel chips and Oak don't play nice, together....these jigs will fold down when not needed.. Still need to find a paint brush, and stain all the "new wood" showing...white "tape" is where I blanked out the owner's name..and address. We tried a Remington Army revolver for size..and to make sure it fit....then make all 3 the same. Should have a finish on these tomorrow..I hope Now IF I can just figure out what happened with my photo edit stuff.... Edited June 5, 20197 yr by steven newman
June 7, 20197 yr Author Popular Post Finish is done... So...which is the OEM one? The one with the label. All set for Mr. Bishop to come over and pick these up...
June 7, 20197 yr Author Fellow picked them up this morning...taking them along to a match in IN. Will let me know how they worked...
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