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Hawkdancer:
Handsome >:D at work under visor (lol)! Nice build along!
Hawkdancer
Russ:
I might build a muzzleloader once i get a job, but i dont know if i hace the right tools so ill just watch you for now`
Eric Krewson:
I fixed the trigger by adding a piece of metal to the trigger bar to give it more leverage. The piece looks huge but works just fine. I may make it a little shorter if I have trouble cocking my lock, the trigger is right up against the sear now.
Hawkdancer:
Deer hunter,
Bows are easier! You just start accumulating tools one at a time, but buy the best you can afford. Avoid cheap tools, but watch garage and estate sales. Eric and the other gun makers can give you plenty of advise on what you need to start with. Some of the tools cross over to both skill sets. Learning those basic skills are also very important, as is developing patience. Digging a hole is the only place tou can start at the top! >:D
Hawkdancer
Eric Krewson:
Tang bolt time; This always is a pain to get the hole centered on the tang, no matter how much I measure, punch and drill a pilot hole I usually get the hole off just a smidge. I did on this one as well but I am likely to be the only one that notices it.
For those who haven't done it; one drills a hole in the tang, down through the wrist and into the front of the trigger plate. Next you turn things upside down and drill with your tap drill back through the trigger plate. Then you pull the trigger plate and drill a clearance hole through the tang and wrist followed by a tap to thread the trigger plate for the tang bolt.
I counter sink the tang hole and always make a chattered mess of it but it doesn't show. my barrel shifted as I countersunk the hole and I was a little off on the angle. When I tightened the tang bolt the barrel moved up a little. One has to countersink at the same angle as the tang hole is drilled or this will happen. I redid my countersinking and corrected this barrel moving problem.
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