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Havnt really made a stick in a bit , but here goes it's a black buffalo top , fitted with a thin 2mm brass spacer for aesthetics, on a stripped chestnut shank , after stripping, given a wipe of teak spirit dye , just enough colour, it didn't quite start off looking like the finished article but changed as it went , one picture shows the spacer , glued up , angle cut on the bandsaw , as was the buffalo spacer & brass , to glue up securely, cut a piece of scrap chestnut , drilled the centre, then cut the same angle, so when screwd up applied even pressure across the joint , if that helps anyone!

Thank you , other books there too , will be kept , had to chuckle, good morning, a bag of gulls & curlew amongst other stuff ! Punt stuff interesting, remember in the 70's old man had one , other bits I found, will need a bit of reading is a lot of loose paperwork on browning solution recipes !

We've slowly been going through stuff , just been through the old mans cupboard, found these, some classic stuff & pictures in them , the wildfowling one is a 1911 edition...other magazine mainly about the dee in 1955 , shows the area that could be shot then ! All the boys outside the pub in mostyn on the annual pigeon shoots etc .... Fair few other books too...

Cheers Gordon, was toying with a fine blade on the bandsaw, probably be a cleaner cut , but with the fret, feel more in control ! Was thinking of two supporting pins in brass & two bosses let into the stock , with side grub screws to lock the height also in brass, think I can pull it off , got the lathe & tools , there probably will be a gap on the cut line either try a bit of veneer or got a brand new tub of devcon , bed the bosses into stock and why not use a thin layer of devcon between the stock & comb ? Make a flush fit & thin grey line wouldn't be amiss ! Just ideas at the minute, sort the brass out first and play on the lathe...

Looking for any input off people who may of done this , an adjustable comb riser for a rifle! Firstly it's a sako75 walnut stock , reason cheek weld using n.v , dont want to go down the foam/kydex route . I've scoured youtube/threads etc but welcome any input , to get it done professionally about £400 , and dont want to buy another grs, then pillar and bed it again, got 2 already, got a few ideas , can make the necessary metal work myself, thinking of brass which I have , I've just cut up an old airgun stock in beech and banged a couple of pieces of stud in to give a visual , internal metal work be a lot more refined, so any ideas welcome, be a project over the next month or so.

So just been tinkering, the first one is for friends in the states , idea being there local time, our time in the village, were they used to live with a temp gauge on a piece of yew . Second one is a cut off from I think a maple burl , no good for stickmaking, on an oak base looks decent, lastly the spalted beech one ! Finished now on clocks !

Sounds like it , didn't realise natural thumbstick, if the stick is tidy , cut the top off flush , look for a piece of antler slightly larger than stick diameter with decent wall thickness on the antler, could be just a straight piece, vee or a coronet! Personally use 8mm stainless stud & 2 part epoxy , get a decent joint and take the horn down to the stick on the joint , wrap a bit of tape around the stick to stop file damage, also can tip the horn to finish it off , buffalo looks nice....

Funnily on two points , a good friend of mine is into medieval re enactments, hes a bow man ! Likes his long bows, got baskets of arrows in his office! Secondly bloke down the roads just bought an Alaskan mill ! I know its possible to have it properly milled & not to much expense, will see...

Acquired today, been down for awhile, the crotch one be interesting, yew....

Been making, many chips ! Been busy flattening chainsawed bits up , from cherry , yew , some I'm not sure about and this is white oak in the picture, was the old mans , now its useful pieces, sled working well !

I was luckily enough to buy a good ruck of buffalo horn from them as closing down, ferrules & few other bits , be ok for awhile, dont know whose importing buffalo now ...

Wish highland horn was back ! 😔

A picture may help , a repair is usually more work than starting afresh , if the top is salvavable, possibly cut off broken piece & cap it off . If needs replacing probably loose 3 inch off the shank were the stud / spigot fits , secondly finding a suitable top , slightly larger than the shank , so can be taken down for a decent fit , if a collar fitted more problems , doable but a p.i.t.a...

Dave at kelton will put you straight...

Finished the spalted beech off , it's not perfect, but ok , next Time , do a few things differently, other is a piece of cherry , that is going as a gift.....

I'm currently experimenting on the back of it ! See how it goes....

Cheers will look it up...

Looking for a bit of help , I've sanded & started to danish oil these two spalted beech pieces, both starting to look good , photos dont really due justice, question is I'm looking for a finish that doesn't look plastic but brings out the colours of the disk , so thinking of shellac , briwax do some but new territory, so any recommendations more than welcome, cheers...

Just put these together for gifts , pine slices off a tree ,that came down in a pen , dark one was scorched, dont know whether to use some 223 case ends for numerals ? Be ok for in the kitchen ...

Really liking the bowls , gotta love wood , every bit different!

Bowl looks lovely !

Done another 3 today , plus a board nearly 5ft in length, coffee table in the near future! Working on a big piece of alder burl , no idea what its going to show pattern wise ...

You tube is your friend! Loads of ideas & techniques!

First piece milled , about inch thick , needs fully drying, just wanted a test piece, thinking of cutting a circle out and making a clock eventually...

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