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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: deepwater on January 14, 2010, 10:24:56 PM
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got some good hardwood while I was in the amazon. enough to build a couple 4 rifle stocks and some scrap fro pistol grips. want to cut the big pieces down to a decent 'blank' size to try and transport back to the states (one piece at a time). any suggestions on width, length? thinking lever gun first. of course the scraps I can finger out myself ;D .
thanks guys.
oh yeah, I'll bring some scrap cut down to 'grip' size blanks if anyone is interested. (if they aren't taken away by customs that is)
(http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv333/darrinheard/wood002.jpg)
deepwater
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I have a walnut blank I was going to measure for you, but
if you go to this site it will give you an idea of the dimensions of various stock blanks.
http://www.oldtreegunblanks.com/rifleblanks.php
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I have a walnut blank I was going to measure for you, but
if you go to this site it will give you an idea of the dimensions of various stock blanks.
http://www.oldtreegunblanks.com/rifleblanks.php
thanks, I guess 2" should be good. I'll keep what I shave off for grips. this stuff is pretty heavy, hopefully not too heavy to put on the ass end of a lever gun ;D
damn, they're proud of those blanks 500.00 dollars! I bought all this for about .70 cents ;D
deepwater
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Ok, I took some measurements..... it's 2.5" thick and 20" long.
For a lever gun it needs to be at least 16" long X 7" big end X 5" small end.
Hope this helps.
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yeah, it helps,
she's 4.5" by 3.5" and 23" long. still think I can do a 'small' big end by playing with the angles etc.. only one way to find out I guess.. thanks.
Deepwater
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thanks, I guess 2" should be good. I'll keep what I shave off for grips. this stuff is pretty heavy, hopefully not too heavy to put on the ass end of a lever gun ;D
damn, they're proud of those blanks 500.00 dollars! I bought all this for about .70 cents ;D
deepwater
Some are 2600 bucks! Guitar blanks are retarded money too for the nice stuff. Did you see the screwbean mesquite blanks (drool)
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Some are 2600 bucks! Guitar blanks are retarded money too for the nice stuff. Did you see the screwbean mesquite blanks (drool)
my only concern is finding trouble with customs. hopefully not. as I said, I bought this wood close to the source and paid less than .70 cents US. good wood too. the stuff that I wanted I can't (shouldn't) get because it is now outlawed. (endangered). but this stuff is nice and red. beautiful
deepwater
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Rosewood?
Purty! ;D
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my only concern is finding trouble with customs.
lol lucky you are not going to Australia
what they do here is make sure your declare it and Customs can organise to have it treated once that as happened then it can go in to the contrary
having never flown OS I don't know how it would go to the USA
looks like some very cool timber
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going to get one cut in the morn. see how well it sits on the bottom of my bag and hope they don't get too concerned about it. just bought some fiberglass luggage and it sits perfect in the bottom. we'll see. if you guys don't hear from me after the 18th please send bail money. thanks.
deepwater
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A wood I would recomend is sapele. its often used in guitars. Its still fairly cheap as well.
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Give it the "New Yankee Workshop" treatment, and you'll have a real beauty.
Plus it will double as a great club if necessary.... :o
going to get one cut in the morn. see how well it sits on the bottom of my bag and hope they don't get too concerned about it. just bought some fiberglass luggage and it sits perfect in the bottom. we'll see. if you guys don't hear from me after the 18th please send bail money. thanks.
deepwater
No Problemo,... ;)
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Hell DW........Just get your butt home in one piece!
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Hell DW........Just get your butt home in one piece!
That just gave me an idea on how to sneak the wood in. :o
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Hell DW........Just get your butt home in one piece!
home Fl or Peru? about to head to work for 3 months-ish. and returning to Peru is questionable, remember I pass through Hazarita country on the back ;D . the bail money post still stands considering the last. (hazarita) :o
;D ;D ;D ;D
deepwater
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That just gave me an idea on how to sneak the wood in. :o
dirty bastard!!!!!! ;D
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dirty bastard!!!!!! ;D
ROTFLMAO !!!
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ROTFLMAO !!!
YOU TOO!!! :o
I figured the title would have caused this thread to drift much earlier... in fact, thought of titling it 'measuring wood' ;D :o
deepwater
ps.
you're all a bunch of dirty, low bred, ..... well, you get the idea. ;D
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YOU TOO!!! :o
I figured the title would have caused this thread to drift much earlier... in fact, thought of titling it 'measuring wood' ;D :o
deepwater
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you're all a bunch of dirty, low bred, ..... well, you get the idea. ;D
Yes, it's why YOU fit in so well ;D
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Yes, it's why YOU fit in so well ;D
I AM a merchant mariner and an engineer... heeeeelllllllllllllllllllooooo what do you expect. when people say I cuss like a sailor... well, yeah, I am a sailor.. duh!
and you know... I have a way of finding all the folks that have no sense of humor! I have one! why can't the rest of the world?
y'all are crazy, not me. I'm the only sane one here!
;D
deepwater
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I won't pretend to compare sanity on our site. But I do seem to fit in.
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I won't pretend to compare sanity on our site. But I do seem to fit in.
Half the people who are members here are crazy. The other half humor them.