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This morning I thought we'd change things up a little bit, with a featured video instead of an image. Selfishly (my new interest) I have installed this video about a young man who builds Flintlock rifles from scratch, from the forging of the barrel, to the carving of the stock.

 

Wallace Gusler was a well known gunsmith for period rifles, he has passed away but he left behind a legacy that is honored and sought after to this day.

This film made in 1968, was shown in many high school wood shops and metal shops back in the day, an educational video.

 

As woodworkers we have much in common with the gunsmith, and in this video you won't be disappointed.

I sat down yesterday and finally watched the video from beginning to end, and loved it, it's almost an hour long, I know many just don't have the time to sit and watch a suggested one hour video, but if you find yourself in an "interested" mood, and you have an hour to spare, you'll love the craftsmanship that this young man at the time possesses, it's amazing what he knows, his talent is hard to find today, only a handful of gun builders can do what he did.

Enjoy!

 

 

...Don't have time now, but I think I remember that video from either wood, or metal shop.

 

......Does that make me a woodsmith, or a metalworker? 

Busy weekend. Got a drill press off Craigslist.  Almost new!!

 

Then tore into side of house to replace a vent for the attic.  While there I noticed the fan didn't come on.  Motor died.  Says Feb 2008.  It did okay.  So removed that and made a better mount for it. Be couple days before I am ready to install.  Vent is all done, vinyl siding matched up as well as can be expected.

Have a few more cherry log pieces to get roughed into bowl blanks.

1 hour ago, Larry Buskirk said:

..Does that make me a woodsmith, or a metalworker? 

Larry it makes you old. I saw that at Williamsburg when I was posted at Fort Eustus down the road. That was in 72. Guess that makes me old too. 

 

Will continue working on carved carved vase today and got lots of wood in shop I need to turn. 

Positively absolutely NOTHING lol.  Tried pen making but that failed miserably will be trying again.  I've got three bowl blanks that should be here tomorrow.  I guess I should do a quick edit on this one I gamed and made people rage quit the game LOL LOL.

Edited July 27, 20205 yr by AndrewB

20 minutes ago, Gerald said:

when I was posted at Fort Eustus down the road

I used to pick up soldiers, hitchhiking from there, when I would come home from NAS Oceana in 1964-1966

Same as Andrew. Absolutely nothing accomplished shopwise. Today, it's back to screw extraction. Turns out, I cammed out more than I realized. I'll not be using the drills to set these screws EVER again.

Edited July 27, 20205 yr by Gene Howe

I'm completely out of pen blanks that are 3/4 diameter so I'm trying again with a 1 inch diameter block cut to 5 and then cut again to the desired length LOL sheesh.

40 minutes ago, Gerald said:

Larry it makes you old.

.........So that's what happened! ...

16 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

Absolutely nothing accomplished shopwise.

Ditto. 

Too HOT! 

Well if it is worth anything its going to be about 95 here today maybe hotter which is generally too hot for t his state.

 

Relative to camed  out screws. picked up a valuable hint about phillips screws-----Japanese Industrial Standard---jis----different tip design---purchased a set------tried out very satisfactorily. I ended up removing all my regular phillips out of reach---  wish I would have learned of this long ago.

Hmmm...

 

Worked on a jigsaw puzzle...

Not enough dados...

We fix...  Taking today off, because.....well, you know that "Monday" thing....

1 hour ago, Marv Rall said:

Relative to camed  out screws. picked up a valuable hint about phillips screws-----Japanese Industrial Standard---jis----different tip design---purchased a set------tried out very satisfactorily. I ended up removing all my regular phillips out of reach---  wish I would have learned of this long ago.

When I was in the Navy there was a screw head called "Reed and Prince", it looked just like Phillips but the angle of the point was different.

59 minutes ago, lew said:

When I was in the Navy there was a screw head called "Reed and Prince", it looked just like Phillips but the angle of the point was different.

The GSA must've bought a train load. Thats what we had in the AF, also. They had a really sharp point. Came in handy if you lost the church key. 

Years ago, I had a pop-up camper that needed some repair work.  I had to buy a whole set of drivers to get a "clutch driver" that was everywhere.   Nowadays, they seem to use square drives.  If you've ever been to Elkhart, IN, RV builders are everywhere.

Replaced distributor pickup on Jeep...

spent a few hours at the  restore today and saw this on a table.   looks to be in decent shape but i didn't power it up.

 

Anybody tell me what these slots in the bottom of a typical Drill Press are used for?

 

 

Red circle in picture