shaneymack Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 I love the way the handle turned out. Great job Brendon. Sent from my XP7700 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted August 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Rifles call remote triggers a bullpup design. yes, ithe would be a firearm equivalent to a mid action bullpup. This is going to sound weird but, is it possible for the oil from one wood to color the other? The area of padeuk where it touches the purple heart is starting to look quite purple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weithman5 Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 i think so.i just had a new fence put in, the redwood caps seem to have stained my white cedar posts.i suppose there could be another factor but i am blaming thisthis is a cool build by the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Yes, not only possible but quite likely. I made a laminated picture frame of maple, bloodwood and wenge and the bloodwood definitely colored the maple a bit. You can't see it in the photos but it is definitely there. yes, ithe would be a firearm equivalent to a mid action bullpup. This is going to sound weird but, is it possible for the oil from one wood to color the other? The area of padeuk where it touches the purple heart is starting to look quite purple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted August 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Yes, not only possible but quite likely. I made a laminated picture frame of maple, bloodwood and wenge and the bloodwood definitely colored the maple a bit. You can't see it in the photos but it is definitely there. A) thanks for the info 2) sweet azz frame.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Brendon what do you do to get a good balance to the spear gun? Seems that working on it, doing all the shaping and everything, your going to have a nice feel for it in the shop that might change once it is in the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted August 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 (edited) Brendon what do you do to get a good balance to the spear gun? Seems that working on it, doing all the shaping and everything, your going to have a nice feel for it in the shop that might change once it is in the water.tthat action is called ballasting. Once done, I'll load it withe a spear and bands any any other hardware and take it into the water. Using 1/2oz fishing weights I'll add weight until two things happen. 1) the gun begins to very slowly sink and 2) move the weight front to back until it balances in hand.Once the weight and location are known, I'll drill out a trough with a first forstner bit, melt down the needed weight of lead in my crucible then pour it into the cavity. Epoxy will take up any more space and a mahogany cover should make it "dissapear"My brothers 62" FEQ teak gun took about 11 oz if I remember correctly. Edited August 28, 2015 by Brendon_t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted August 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 With the handle finished, I turned my attention to the gun body. The mortise for the handle was cut by hand. The router plane made controlling depth o super convenient. Then came a slight taper to the nose. I struck a line, free handed it on the Bandsaw then cleaned up the cut with the lajp.The sides will each receive a taper also but not until the spear track is cut.The nose shaping and band holes finished out the day.Now I'm stuck waiting on parts to get here. Waiting sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 Looking awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 Shame you can't use it on Bambi and radical vegetarians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 Looks cool, what are you gonna finish it with? Given it's gonna be used in the water, I'm imagining it must be coated with some sort of marine finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted August 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 Steve, I've got 5 compound bows, 2 set up for hunting so bambi is covered.TC, my primary target will be giant white sea bass, halibut, and yellowtail. The gun will be coated with many coats of varnish. It will be totally submerged at times but not often as hook and line are still my primary fishing method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted September 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 About time for an update. The router table has definately been my friend on this project.After laying out the mortises off of the actual mechanism, a 1/2" mortise was hand chopped from the top to receive the mech, then 1/4" mortise for the trigger was pounded out on the bottom.The epoxy cavity was routed and filed with epoxy on one stock.The other stock received the routing for an all wood track. The track is a two part process. After finding center with calipers (way more technical than my usual woodworking) a 1/4" bit is used to hog out a bit then followed up with a specialty ball mill bit that is .020" oversized for a 9/32" shaft. I know I'm missing a lot in the interim here but got a wild hair last night and stayed up until about 3 am shaping and fitting. There are 3 different tapers on the stock, transitions from 1/2" radius bits down to 1/4" roundovers. After a lot of fitting, hours of hand sanding and some compressed air, it's ready for finish. . Don't mind the mess. Everything kind of exploded. . Final shape after sanding 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 Wow! Really starting to take shape! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 Pretty darn nice Brendon. How much you think that will weigh before you balance it with the lead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 Looks fantastic Brendon. I love the contrast of the handle. Really cool. Hope it shoots as good as it looks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted September 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 I'm not quite sure. The metal is all stainless and mahogany is pretty light. I was actually a bit surprised earlier after so much routing and shaping how light it was. I'll weigh it before I ballast it and let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted September 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 Looks fantastic Brendon. I love the contrast of the handle. Really cool. Hope it shoots as good as it looks!thanks man. I almost scraped the handle for an aluminum frame but decided to stick with it. Now with the Santos mahogany peeking out in places, I'm happy I did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted September 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 First coat of watco "teak" oil hit it this morning. Dang does that make a huge difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 Pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted September 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 Pics?surely. Blank on the right is finished. Left is still rough ish before shaping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 I might have missed it someplace but, what did you use for plugs?Looking awesome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted September 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 (edited) What plugs are you talking about?The holes you see are not plugged. They are drilled all the way through. Those three points are where stainless steel rods will pin in the trigger mechanism in the back and remote trigger about 12" up. Edited September 6, 2015 by Brendon_t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 Ok.. Maybe it's just the pics or my old eye balls.. They look like they have plugs in them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted September 7, 2015 Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 Brendon, do you guys have Triple Tail fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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