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Here the patchbox is further being fitted - it will be flush with the stock when all the filing is done. SW


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gonna be fantastic , it has class , i like mine alot but i like that as well - tad more ornate and i like the look , i still like mine just fine , your "customer" will be pleased im sure when it is done ,

Close but no cigar - the pencil marks seen indicate more expensive wood to be removed. SW


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i need to watch my spell check - but im very pleased to think you might finaly keep one for yourself , o know you made your mothers , you need to enjoy some of the fruits of your labor my friend ,

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The patchbox is being deepened here. More shavings to be kitty letter! Also the kitty who keeps our hero busy removing the cat "tootsie rolls" from said litter!

He told me he took off work early to do this - probably looked at too many "special interest" pic earlier!

You'll get in trouble with the house commander, kaintuck! SW


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He couldn't stand the rough look of the unfinished patchbox & dived in when he got home... No word if the shop foreman needed more shavings to finish *his* work! SW


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I finally fired up the ol computer................



here's the final days end!.....getting it to lay in the wood is really filling up my cuss jar........I need to make a door, and figgure out how we put this hidden hinge in.......
This is a good way to ruin a nice piece of wood...turn me loose with tomtom telling me 'keep going"!
I got a hankering to keep going tonight....but I better pay attention to shewhomustbeobeyed, or I will be living at Jacobs
nite fella's....................
marc n tomtom

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Now the patchbox is pretty much where he wants it... next comes the lid. Pretty big patchbox!

Looks like there's enough room for everything you need so you wouldn't have to carry a man purse! SW


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When hogger gets home, he can post a couple pictures I sent him.....about this dang lid.....I spent the better part of the afternoon trying to get a hidden hinge domed lid to work......well, you can't fool Mother Nature.....geometry can't be messed with....so made a flat lid, and redid the whole hinge shebang.....
Now, next is the release and hook, and the spring.....it's a hobby, but I can get mad sometimes cause dang things are so hard!
And tomtom just lays there........

Nite all....tv land here I come----------

Marc n tomtom

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Well, I was goofing off all afternoon, but here are pics of the patchbox lid...

The pig? No clue - might be the shop foreman's squeak toy. SW


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i see no mistakes here at all ,

No....that last picture is a statue of Briney wearing glasses.....

Ahahahhhhh........
Marc n tomtom

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i did see that - really beautiful work marc

No rifle work today, just shots of the shop foreman who is apparently from south of the border. Which begs the question... does he have a green card? Is the cat a wetback???

Inquiring minds want to know! SW


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party time .......

More actual rifle work here... I don't completely understand the process so he can explain it.

I do have an ignorant question, though... why is does the ramrod have a round end? Given that you ram home a round ball, shouldn't it be concave or at least flat? SW


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Looks like I'm in line for a silver medal in jumping to conclusions... The ramrod wasn't finished at all! Shown here are both ends - one for ramming the ball & the other with a worm for pulling loads. I should have known!

Last pic shows the grain to good advantage. SW


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That there is a tip a feller in kalifonicate makes for the BP crowd. That fellows rifles make my build junk.....his dad was a jeweler engraver, and he took up the trade. His shop is really neat, with every toy we can imagine....and his engraving is fantabulous
Thanks jogger for posting, I'm working on the phone door latch now.....trying to keep it simple but strong......I want a nice little 'click' when it closes

Marc n tomtom

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