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Re: Spuddys 1838
« Reply #90 on: April 29, 2010, 01:23:10 PM »
Yes this one is a Co. gun . Yours was invested this morning and will be cast on Tuesday . ;D

I know it must seem like an awfull long time for this to all happen . Now things are kinda rolling .

Gary

I had an inscription on Gulfcoasts Morko , but it is faint to where it is nearly gone . I hope yours is clearer ?

 
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Re: Spuddys 1838
« Reply #91 on: April 29, 2010, 03:21:16 PM »
Thanks Gary.  I do enjoy the anticipation.

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Re: Spuddys 1838
« Reply #92 on: April 29, 2010, 04:10:50 PM »
I tink I taw a putty tat...

I ded...I ded!!! ;D

Aside from the inscription (I'm sure you'll let me know what it said), how'd they turn out?  Details look good?

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Re: Spuddys 1838
« Reply #93 on: April 29, 2010, 04:34:55 PM »
Yes they look good  ;)

One thing I've noticed is these guns really do ring like a bell when struck with something !



 
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Re: Spuddys 1838
« Reply #94 on: April 29, 2010, 05:45:19 PM »
   You have to get your camera fixed, Gary.  Well, don't be a stranger now; bring them down the road and don't be shy.  You know I got to thinking the other day and decided you are wrong, but in a good way.  You seemed to be a bit frustrated that things were not progressing as fast as those bronze cannon could be.  Every time we send an update to a customer, we just present the actual results and bunches of 8 X 10s on what has been done since the last update and if that's not fast enough, they already know exactly what they can do.  You can deal with people who want it FAST or Correctly Done; take your choice.  We only work for the latter folks, never the former.  Don't worry about speed, concentrate on quality, just as you have been doing.   That's our two cents and we have put lots of thought into that subject.  Carry on!

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I walks in my old brown gaiters along o' my old brown mule,
With seventy gunners be'ind me, an' never a beggar forgets
It's only the pick of the Army that handles the dear little pets - 'Tss! 'Tss!

From the poem  Screw-Guns  by Rudyard Kipling

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Re: Spuddys 1838
« Reply #95 on: April 29, 2010, 08:49:34 PM »
quality is always superior to quantity
go for the quality Gary
Dan Pettersson
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interested in early bronze guns

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Re: Spuddys 1838
« Reply #96 on: April 30, 2010, 01:04:32 AM »
Yes they look good  ;)

One thing I've noticed is these guns really do ring like a bell when struck with something !
PUT THE HAMMER DOWN!!! ;)

That's one of the nice things about bronze barrels - they sing!

+1 for quality over speed of manufacture.  I don't care how long it takes, so long as the finest materials and craftsmanship go into it, which is what you're doing! ;)

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Re: Spuddys 1838
« Reply #97 on: April 30, 2010, 09:10:48 AM »
Tim check these guys out ! ;)
http://www.customwagonwheels.com/

Gary

The 'nose art' on the home page is worth a look .
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