Salmoneye
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I just make my own...
Saves on shipping lol
Saves on shipping lol
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JVaughn
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Those are dang fine Salmon, I like.
BCRider
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Salmoneye, spalted maple or spalted birch? Or some other spalted variety?
Darn nice work.
JVaughn, do you tinker around at things with your hands at all? Because it really isn't THAT hard to do wood working at the level needed to produce SAA style grips. There's a few tricks and it pays to think ahead a little but in the end you're only risking a small piece of wood. And if you start out with learning on common lumberyard stock this amounts to about 20 cents worth.
The skills and lessons you learn? Priceless when you can produce something like Salmoneye's grip scales.
Darn nice work.
JVaughn, do you tinker around at things with your hands at all? Because it really isn't THAT hard to do wood working at the level needed to produce SAA style grips. There's a few tricks and it pays to think ahead a little but in the end you're only risking a small piece of wood. And if you start out with learning on common lumberyard stock this amounts to about 20 cents worth.
The skills and lessons you learn? Priceless when you can produce something like Salmoneye's grip scales.
JVaughn
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Yeah, I'm in construction. I do a fair amount of woodworking; but usually not decorative stuff so much. I don't whittle or carve; but i suspect i could manage some pistol grips if I wanted to. I am pretty critical of my own work, a little hard to please, so I usually stick to my strengths if you know what I mean.
BCRider
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Stradivari didn't make historically significant violins the first time around either.
Like you I'm my own worst critic. But for me it's the challenge of meeting my own standards and the joy I get when it does come together.
And hey! No one has to know it ever happened if the failures end up in the trash or fire....
Like you I'm my own worst critic. But for me it's the challenge of meeting my own standards and the joy I get when it does come together.
And hey! No one has to know it ever happened if the failures end up in the trash or fire....
Salmoneye
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Ayuh...
Those are Spalted Maple from my firewood pile...I took them to 400 grit sandpaper, and then did maybe a half dozen coats of Boiled Linseed with 4/0 Steel Wool between coats...
Did them last Spring...Have also done some for Rugers and Smiths from White Ash, and Red Cedar...Took me about 3 sets to get the hang of it...
Thanks for the kind words...
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If I can do it, anyone can...
The best piece of equipment I can recommend, is a spindle sander...
Those are Spalted Maple from my firewood pile...I took them to 400 grit sandpaper, and then did maybe a half dozen coats of Boiled Linseed with 4/0 Steel Wool between coats...
Did them last Spring...Have also done some for Rugers and Smiths from White Ash, and Red Cedar...Took me about 3 sets to get the hang of it...
Thanks for the kind words...
ADDING:
If I can do it, anyone can...
The best piece of equipment I can recommend, is a spindle sander...
huntershooter
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Another option;
BCRider
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I'm nearing the end of my retirement shop renos. So most of my tools are still not available. Yet that didn't stop me from doing a couple of sets of scales.
My main "weapons against the wood" for this size of project were a 12 inch half round and a 3/8inch round coarse metal files. They cut aggresively but still slowly enough that you can sneak up on the final shape with excellent control and best of all they don't tear out the grain if used with a lighter touch during the finer shaping.
My main "weapons against the wood" for this size of project were a 12 inch half round and a 3/8inch round coarse metal files. They cut aggresively but still slowly enough that you can sneak up on the final shape with excellent control and best of all they don't tear out the grain if used with a lighter touch during the finer shaping.
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