Wip saa

[GTJC460]

This is a Taylor's SAA (Uberti) I just started. I've got the backstrap finished and the cylinder about 1/2 way complete. I'm using a combination of 1800's and 2010 patterns from Mike Dubber.

This is my first one, so I figured I use a good pattern instead of fighting design issues. It's been a learning experience so far. The shovel head was particularly difficult. At least I'm having fun at it.

 

[Beathard]

Looks really good... Wait till you start the recoil shield. Is it the standard SAA or the Smoke Wagon?

 

[GTJC460]

Smoke wagon

 

[JJ Roberts]

Bert, Really nice scrolls your off to a good start, are you going to bring the SAA to the engrave-in? J.J.

 

[GTJC460]

Thanks JJ. Actually I will be at the Silverado show in Howard county that weekend. It would be hard for me to miss that one. It's treated me good.

 

[GTJC460]

The finished cylinder and trigger guard.

I will start the frame, barrel and ejector rod housing tomorrow, depending on how far I get along.

 

[monk]

i like the way you left the bare area between the scrolls on the cylinder.

 

[Beladran]

nice looking work! did you make the jig thats holding the grip section?

 

[GTJC460]

No. I got all my fixtures from Carrell Rowels. There's a thread somewhere here that talks about the fixtures.

It would not be hard though to make them in hardwood like oak and bolt together.

 

[GTJC460]

I should have left the background plain on all of the cylinder. I think it looked better.

I had to do something though. I tried to bead dot the background but it wasn't being cooperative on the round surfaces. So I switched to a stippling tool. I think it made it too dark. Also learned a valuable lesson here. Always, always, always do the background first then shade accordingly. Big mistake that won't happen again!

 

[GTJC460]

I feel like a gymnast after cutting the outlines....

 

[Donny]

How do you like the Fixtures?

Donny

 

[GTJC460]

They are nice. And the price is very good.

 

[Beathard]

Bert, you said you felt like a gymnast... Did you tighten the barrel vise or leave it loose? I've done both. I like to have it loose sometimes so I can rotate it on its axis. It keeps you from doing so much up down arm movement attempting to keep the depth the same.

 

[GTJC460]

I had everything tightened. Basically I was twisting, tilting turning to maintain my graver control. I think I did a pretty good job on the outlines of the scrolls. The second side was a little easier once I got things figured out. I'm also really focusing on rolling my graver to achieve the flared bright cuts. I switched from my spitzer graver to a 120 and having much better results.

 

[GTJC460]

Some more progress

I decided to put everything back together to see how the coverage as a whole was looking. Still have a bit more to go...