Traditional Muzzleloading Association
Craftsmanship => Accoutrements => Topic started by: Bigsmoke on December 05, 2009, 09:46:05 PM
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Had a pretty good day in the horn shop on Friday. Start to finish, I got 5 horns done, and that includes the time it took to ship two of them and take to the post office.
(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii161/bigsmoke72/horns.jpg)
Obviously, the two not pictured were the ones that were sent off.
Incidentally, going back to a previous thread about lathe turning horn, I took the horn tip from one horn and turned it to be the finial on that horn. Kinda fun.
(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii161/bigsmoke72/hornfinial.jpg)
To do it, I flattened each end on a disc sander. Drilled a little hole in each end and mounted between centers (live center on the tailstock). If you tighten up the tailstock and don't put a lot of pressure on the lathe chisel, it will work. Then it's just a matter of figuring out what profile you want. I matched the stopper design to the finial design also, just to give it a unified look.
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OH OH!!!!!!!! Johns on a roll now!, looks good
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Lookin good John!
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You startin' with polished horns? I'm betting "yes."
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Yes, Kermit, I am starting with polished horns, but only because that is the way I buy them.
After the base plug is installed I fire up the 2x72" belt sander and knock all the original finish off them and taper the tip down to an acceptable profile. Then I dip them in some potassium permanginate, let them dry, and then hit them with a 400 grit belt, dip them again and resand again. When all the little sanding marks are gone, it's good enough. Then I hand sand to get rid of the belt sanding swirls, then polish with steel wool. Then I do the flats and the rings and grooves and fancy stuff.
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Looks to me like you did a fine job on the ones that you have pictured.
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Yer good at that, pilgrim...
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Looks good, what do you do in your spare time
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Spare time?
Is that something you get at the local ethnic delicatessen?
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Spare time?
Is that something you get at the local ethnic delicatessen?
:rotf :rotf
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wal-mart sells it but there usually out of stock