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Accoutrements / Re: Horn rehab project
« Last post by LongWalker on Today at 02:23:16 AM »Got some shop time this weekend (could have had more if I wasn't so lazy!). Figured out some fixtures for some carving I want to do, tried a new holding fixture for the lathe (didn't work, but a plywood wall and metal ceiling do wonders for hiding any damage when something comes apart on the lathe). Figured out how I'm going to copy a feature on an original I recently saw. Put on some music (I know I'm concentrating enough when I'm not aware of the background music) and got some work done.
Turned a plug for the current horn, got it j-u-s-t right: airtight without sealant, no light under the lip that covers the edge of the horn. Popped it out and set it aside for carving and fitting the staple. Burnished up my favorite scraper and paced around final scraping the horn. . . not sure I like the current raised ring at the spout, I may have to do some more work there.
Started work on a planned copy of an original buff horn. This one is a decent size, roughly 1 1/4# of powder. I need to find a horn big enough to make a ring for the big end, right under the end plug.
Heck, I need to find some decent relatively-thick horn to make rings as my stash is depleted. Got two blanks for rings out of my cutoff box, but too small for this horn. They cleaned up and rough-turned nicely though, which is a pleasant surprise given that the horn they were cut form had some serious flaws. I set aside the rest of that horn for cups/salt horns, may have to re-visit that and make more rings.
--and paced around final-scraping a horn.
Turned a plug for the current horn, got it j-u-s-t right: airtight without sealant, no light under the lip that covers the edge of the horn. Popped it out and set it aside for carving and fitting the staple. Burnished up my favorite scraper and paced around final scraping the horn. . . not sure I like the current raised ring at the spout, I may have to do some more work there.
Started work on a planned copy of an original buff horn. This one is a decent size, roughly 1 1/4# of powder. I need to find a horn big enough to make a ring for the big end, right under the end plug.
Heck, I need to find some decent relatively-thick horn to make rings as my stash is depleted. Got two blanks for rings out of my cutoff box, but too small for this horn. They cleaned up and rough-turned nicely though, which is a pleasant surprise given that the horn they were cut form had some serious flaws. I set aside the rest of that horn for cups/salt horns, may have to re-visit that and make more rings.
--and paced around final-scraping a horn.
