vaquero

[didyoung]

hard to get good pictures
making some progress

 

[Dale Hatfield]

Looks great.
I was at Colonial Williamsburg last weekend and saw that border from the cylinder on the ceiling Crown molding . It was in the Governors Palace.

 

[vanknife]

Good work Shawn,
Quite different to cut on a barrel, Compensating for the cylindrical arc and keeping all at the same depht. You always make it looks so easy. Keep up the good work.

Regards

VAN

 

[GTJC460]

That's coming along quite nicely. I'm looking forward to seeing it completed!

 

[didyoung]

thanks guys
i got lucky van....i didn't have anything to practice on so the first scroll took me a little time.
there are flat spots here and there...... i did my best to hide them. i am happy with the rest

 

[mrthe]

Great job Shawn!!!

 

[glstrcowboy]

Looks great! Is that stainless or in the white?

 

[Gun Nut]

Wondering that my self, about the original finish. Looks outstanding so far. Thanks for posting.

 

[didyoung]

it is stainless.

 

[Roger Bleile]

Watch out for the loading gate. It is usually glass hard unless you anneal it.

 

[didyoung]

how do you anneal the gate roger?

 

[monk]

i like the entire job, but esp the rear portion of the cylinder. a neat border treatment

 

[JJ Roberts]

Shawn.Did you scrib a line on the right side of the barrel before you took off the ejector housing?you need to do this so your scrolls are not hiden under the housing. J.J.

 

[didyoung]

I am past that point jj.......yes I did make sure of the scroll location

 

[Jakob Johansson]

Looking really good, also looking forward to see it completed !

/LGDagger

 

[silverchip]

What?,you working at home today?

 

[didyoung]

a little bit of progress.
time to move on to the frame.

 

[mtgraver]

Looking good Shawn!

 

[Roger Bleile]

how do you anneal the gate roger?

Put the loading gate in a furnace or kiln and bring it up to cherry red then turn the furnace off and let the piece cool slowly. To prevent scale on the piece you can wrap it in metal foil with a piece of wood inside or you can polish off the scale.

 

[didyoung]

thanks roger