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MI Models: Building the Jim Chambers Lancaster Flintlock: Inlet Trigger guard and Ram rod tubes
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Friday, June 10, 2016. Building the Jim Chambers Lancaster Flintlock: Inlet Trigger guard and Ram rod tubes. The trigger guard is very time consuming; it has a 100 ways to be off. The casting has to be bent back into alignment which is fairly easy with soft brass. First I undercut and curved the two areas to be inlet. I chose to pin both ends. Took a break from making to set up my chisel collection,I have never done a lot of small scale carving so I pulled a piece of scrap wood and set this up. Building ...
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MI Models: May 2016
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Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Building the Jim Chambers Lancaster Flintlock: @ the Workshop. Too much reading will get you interested in something or other, in this case I have read several of the Leather Stocking. Series, a Biography of D. Boone. And The Long Rifle. Did my research regarding the American Long Rifle and settled on the top of the line. Lancaster. Partly because he offers a workshop too. I have already decided on next years WS. The stock is rough machined and since every inside corner is round by...
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MI Shop Tools Inventions: Why I hate my Ryobi 208B 18V Hand Drill
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MI Shop Tools Inventions. Trained as a Draftsman over 30 years ago I have been in Advanced Vehicle Engineering all that time. With a BFA in Crafts from CCS I have been making art in my studio all that time too. I love ALL Crafts and have a fantastic shop that includes a hand-crank Sherline lathe and mill, and a CNC Sherline lathe and mill. Thursday, April 2, 2015. Why I hate my Ryobi 208B 18V Hand Drill. I have always been happy with Ryobi tools in the past. Posted by Tom Carbone. Metric Over - Under Dri...
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MI Shoe Making Craft: Bespoke Handbag: Calf skin
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MI Shoe Making Craft. In 2006 I decided to shift my primary craft focus to the Art of Making Shoes. Shoes are hard to make. This is where I am so far. I like to call myself a "Self Directed Apprentice" I also make custom tools for Shoe and Boot Making. Monday, December 1, 2014. Bespoke Handbag: Calf skin. When my friend Marcia stopped me in the middle of the street and asked if would remake. Her favorite bag with a calf skin she recently found, I simply said Yes. The old one was in bad shape. Fashion and...
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MI Vintage Book Reviews: The Virginian by Owen Wister (1902) illu.
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MI Vintage Book Reviews. During the winter of 2009 I started back into reading on a daily basis. I am reading the classics and some of the background history that illuminates them. My favorite period is the early 1800's. Wednesday, July 3, 2013. The Virginian by Owen Wister (1902) illu. When I asked my new friend and shoe making associate Lisa Sorrell. What do you read to get. And I always like to read from the area of the world that I'm in. After rescuing the maiden from a faltering wagon the Virginian ...
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MI Vintage Book Reviews: August 2014
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MI Vintage Book Reviews. During the winter of 2009 I started back into reading on a daily basis. I am reading the classics and some of the background history that illuminates them. My favorite period is the early 1800's. Thursday, August 7, 2014. J W Waterhouse by Anthony Hobson (1989). OK not a vintage book, but a book about one of the great vintage Artists. The book has a large (but not all) collection of his works, the website. Posted by Tom Carbone. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). McKay Champion 77 Forum.
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MI Vintage Book Reviews: January 2015
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MI Vintage Book Reviews. During the winter of 2009 I started back into reading on a daily basis. I am reading the classics and some of the background history that illuminates them. My favorite period is the early 1800's. Saturday, January 3, 2015. Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott (1821). I'm on a S.W.Scott tear and so after Durward I decided to stick with the 1500's and get into Kenilworth. Its a story of intrigue, love, deception, hate, and ambition (to name a few.). Kenilworth is an excellent book. This ...
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MI Vintage Book Reviews: June 2015
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MI Vintage Book Reviews. During the winter of 2009 I started back into reading on a daily basis. I am reading the classics and some of the background history that illuminates them. My favorite period is the early 1800's. Tuesday, June 30, 2015. The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea by James Fenimore Cooper (1840). The Pathfinder may well be the best of the three Leather Stocking series I've read so far. I have also come to believe that JFC was trying to create a desperately needed America myth. It hasn't...
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McKay Champion 77 Forum: Champion 77 Whirl Replacement
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McKay Champion 77 Forum. The old 77 is pretty cool, I'm inviting all owners to weigh in, send pictures, and share how too. Let's get all this info in one place, maybe even a registry? Thursday, November 7, 2013. Champion 77 Whirl Replacement. I decided to replace the Whirl and Pinion today. Following the instructions in the manual of course but because the machine was already stitching very well I took careful note of the small hole location before I removed it, and that was a good decision.
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MI Shop Tools Inventions: July 2015
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MI Shop Tools Inventions. Trained as a Draftsman over 30 years ago I have been in Advanced Vehicle Engineering all that time. With a BFA in Crafts from CCS I have been making art in my studio all that time too. I love ALL Crafts and have a fantastic shop that includes a hand-crank Sherline lathe and mill, and a CNC Sherline lathe and mill. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Shop Orginization = Time. Shop organization is not totally about storage, its about time; clean-up time. Tools and Taps on Trays.