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Offline Div Arty

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« on: March 10, 2010, 04:37:32 PM »
I just finished a sled for one of Dom's Coehorn Mortar's in soda pop can size.  The wood is mahogany unstained and varnished.  Usually I go with satin, but with the hardware it had to be gloss.  The sled is not scale, just what I thought would look good after viewing what was presented on the forum.  As to the hardware, everything except of course the barrel, elevation screw and the chain were hack sawed, filed and drilled out of flat brass stock.  Yeah, the nuts took some time.  
Very happy with the barrel.  You can see on the left trunnion Dom's name and date of mfg.  The right side has the size of the bore.  NEAT!
The pictures were a little off color, but you get the idea.  

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Re: Red Thunder
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2010, 05:01:49 PM »
Damn that Mahogany looks good , maybe the best mahogany finshed that I've seen . Like a cherry wood .

I am not usualy a fan of the stuff but that is real nice .
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Re: Red Thunder
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2010, 05:16:47 PM »
That is a very nice sled there!  How long did the hardware take to make with a hacksaw  :o

Very nice
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Re: Red Thunder
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2010, 05:44:57 PM »
Splendiferous! D-A; not having the machinery, I've got to work the metal the same way that you do, hacksaw, jewelers saw, files, and abrasives to polish, so I know the effort you put into fashioning the hardware. You also did an excellent job on that finely figured mahogany bed.
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Re: Red Thunder
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2010, 05:52:39 PM »
     Ron,   That is a real fine mortar!  I love the detail it has, a very, very nice job!  Hey, I thought Mike and I were they only ones to make all of our own nuts, hand filing all those chamfers.  We both love Mahogany, both for the looks and the fact that it works like a dream.  That Dominic-made tube ain't too shabby either.  Together, the bed and tube combination is outstanding.

Excellent craftsmanship, Ron, congratulations,

Mike and Tracy
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Re: Red Thunder
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2010, 10:13:06 PM »
I don't mind taking flak about promoting hand tools........as shown in your sled.......makes the difference between ' workmanship '     and ' craftmanship '    in my very humble opinion.  excellent crafting Div.
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Re: Red Thunder
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2010, 12:03:34 AM »



Ouch.


OOOW.


Yeeee.



I have to ask -



Pictures of SMOKE AND FLAME ? 


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Re: Red Thunder
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2010, 01:47:06 AM »
Beautiful! Very fine craftsmanship.
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Re: Red Thunder
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2010, 05:13:32 AM »
Wow , what a piece of "Art Work " !

Love all the brass , Great workmanship.  Congradulations on a fine museum quality,presentation grade work of art !   8)

That Mahogany is the prettiest piece of that species I have ever seen .
I used to teach wood shop / cabinet making in another life , a life time ago .

We bought most all our hardwoods from Martinez's up in Stockton, Ca.
Never seen any thing that beautiful grained ever come through the shop.

We used quite a bit of Mahogany as it was the "cheap" hardwood .
Gum wood when finished properly would resemble Walnut @ half the cost.
Gum wood was refered to as the poor mans Walnut in those days. 
We saved all the hard knots from the run of the mill walnut for a custom gun stock maker . He made beautiful  pistol grip caps for rifle stocks from it .
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Re: Red Thunder
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2010, 11:21:00 AM »
You made the chain by hand?  My heart goes out to you.  Nice work!  You should be proud.  You get out of it what you put into it.
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Re: Red Thunder
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2010, 12:15:35 PM »
You done a very nice job. Its nice to met people that can do something with there hands, I once work in a place that got casting from Brazial, They were shipped in on 4X6s of Mahogany and teak, Everone took it home to burn., Well whats the range on a beer can. Exc. work, Joe
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Re: Red Thunder
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2010, 02:49:54 PM »
thats a real beauty
its nice to hear that its still people living who can use hand tools
I guess that when our generation is gone there wouldnt be anything done that cant be done with a computer
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Re: Red Thunder
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2010, 03:24:41 PM »
As a big fan of mortars, i can honestly say- Wish it was in my collection.
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Re: Red Thunder
« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2010, 07:55:15 PM »
Quote from: Div Arty on March 10, 2010, 04:37:32 PM
As to the hardware, everything except of course the barrel, elevation screw and the chain were hack sawed, filed and drilled out of flat brass stock.

Quote from: Zulu on March 11, 2010, 11:21:00 AM
You made the chain by hand?  My heart goes out to you.  Nice work!  You should be proud.  You get out of it what you put into it.
Zulu


Made the chain by hand! C'mon Zulu, next thing you'll be asking is if Div Arty grew the mahogany from a seedling.:D
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Re: Red Thunder
« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2010, 06:20:32 AM »
Wow! awoke this morning and the sun was out and the power was turned back on, PG&E lost a transformer down in the valley, so off line for a while.  AND I WON A KEWPIE.  Many thanks for the kind words.
Smokemjoe asked for the mfg.  It is Dom Carpenter he is a sponsor and is listed in the stickies.
Southpaw, Martinez is not far from where I grew up.  Oakland.
Lostintex, you asked how long.  What's time when you are having fun.  You can ask Mike and Tracy I knew they would pick up on the bevels.  60 strokes with the mill file on each side of the nuts.  If you count they come out even.
Thanks Boom J for straightening Zulu out on the chain.  You have a way with words.  And yes I'm old enough to have planted those seed.

                                                       Div Arty     Ron
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Re: Red Thunder
« Reply #15 on: March 12, 2010, 07:38:16 AM »
Much evaluation of this project before I decided it met my criteria for the Kewpie award.

I was disappointed, given where you live, that "red" turned out to be mahogany. I had expectations for a different red.

This pattern doesn't particularly appeal to me as the carriage replicated was not wood it was iron.  That said, just about everyone who makes this pattern out of wood does such a wonderful job,  you have to ask what's not to like.  Add in the handmade hardware and a Kewpie is a given.   Beautiful work!!!
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Re: Red Thunder
« Reply #16 on: March 13, 2010, 09:16:37 AM »
Nice job on the on the woodwork and hardware.  Dom
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