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   HWG | Aug 14, 2007 11:07pm | #1

   Well said!

   Woody

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   Napie | Aug 15, 2007 06:27am | #2

   I'd love to see some of your rifles, post some pics.

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   danmart | Aug 23, 2007 01:46am | #3

   Thought you might get a kick out of this rifle photo by a friend of mine. I submitted an article and picture of this to FW years ago and they turned it down as not in the magazine's theme. Oh well take a look at Larry's rifle. If you want more I'll send you some photos.

   
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   Napie | Aug 23, 2007 04:42am | #4

   WOW!!!! Who built that?

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   mapleman | Aug 23, 2007 05:28am | #5

   Damnart,

   Very nice rifle!!! I would personally love to see and hear about more of your friends work.

   I can understand why Fine WW declined to publish photos or a story - your friends work does not fit in with:

   A)  which router to buy under $100  

   B) How to sharpen a scraper

   C) How to make a pine potato bin your neighbors would be jealous of

   Cheers,

   Lee

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   Napie | Aug 23, 2007 04:42pm | #6

   Too funny!!

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   Back when it was a good publication they would have printed it, but that was at least 90 issues ago….

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   mapleman | Aug 23, 2007 05:33pm | #7

   Napie,

   90 issues ago, huh? Truer words were never spoken! How I miss the good 'ol days.

   Cheers,

   Lee

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   danmart | Aug 24, 2007 12:01am | #8

   To be honest-- it was back in the good old days that the proposal got turned down. I think the current staff is more agreeable to some new areas of woodwork. Maybe I'll try again.

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   HoustonHeights | Aug 24, 2007 12:49am | #9

   If that's not fine woodworking, I don't know what is.  Why not post your article on here?  I'd love to read it. 

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   danmart | Aug 24, 2007 01:03am | #10

   Some fine woodworking going on in some different places - that's for sure. I'm thinking of posting all my reference sources for videos and books on this site. Many of the techniques and ideas I would re-state are presented in video format at reasonable prices that would blow your mind with new ideas. One example and then I'll go: Wallace Gusler the master riflemaker at Colonial Williamsburg is an incredible carver and a fantastic rifle builder. He has numerous videos that would keep you glued to the screen for hours. In one of his videos he does a short blurb on sharpening gouges with an Arkansas stone. Nothing new right? He rests the gouge on the bench edge and rubs the stone back and forth on the tip of the gouge. I never thought of doing it the other way until then. Lots of things you won't see in a magazine.

   Dan

   Edited 8/23/2007 6:20 pm ET by danmart

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   alanplanesaw | Aug 24, 2007 03:56am | #11

   danmart,

   Looks like woodworking to me!

   Alan - planesaw

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   frenchy | Aug 24, 2007 10:03pm | #12

   danmart,

     I had a similar experiance with my sawmill.. it started out as a business arrangement but worked into a friendship.

     Today I get their cast off wood frequently for free or at a low price.. cast off wood is stuff with burls, or fiddleback, curly, crotch, birdseye etc.. because of the way sawmills are paid they lose money on wood with character, yet those same boards are the ones most highly prized..

     If they know that someone wants those specialty woods they will set them aside for you and you win they win and everybody get happy.

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   danmart | Aug 25, 2007 01:18am | #13

   Now I have the word Frenchy. If you stumble across a walnut crotch, send the word. Trading is good.

   Attached photo of a piece of a sugar maple tree that we dug out to get the root for some stocks. Notice the grain runs down with the drop of the rifle stock.

   You just need a little luck and wood radar.

   later

   Dan