GEEZ LOOEEZY!

 I blink, and it's been a month since I last updated y'all!  Crazy!  Been working almost exclusively on the Baker shotgun, between bouts of asthmatic attacks - I guess the asthma I brought back from Iraq has decided to step up it's game.  I have never experienced this lack of free airflow before. Or the amount of strain my system has to do to get these dark yellow chunks up and out. I thought my eyeballs were going to pop out the other night!

Anyway, I have some more pictures of the stock work. It's nearing completion, which means I am really, really getting a little "gun shy" about taking things down to the final dimensions... whew!  

          

 

 

 

I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves. I'm getting to the point where it is best if I just do an hour or two of work, then walk away before I get excited and start going too fast on things.  This will take time, patience and sharp tools to get done. But we are almost there!

Got some good work done

 I have spent about four hours so far on the new buttstock for the Baker shotgun. I chose a nice piece of Black Walnut to work with.  I am using the stock from the Gold Hibbard/Belgian shotgun as a guide.  I like the way that stock fits and looks. 

So that was on Monday, January 2nd. A good day to start new projects!  Here are the photos of what I accomplished today, January 4th.  I find I work best, when starting a new project, if I spend just a couple of hours each day on it until the full picture reveals itself and I know for a fact what I am trying to accomplish.

There's some good pattern to this chunk o' wood. I think it will really pop when I get down to staining and finishing!

My basic layout seems solid. From here on, I will be taking very, very small bites out of this until I am close to what I want to see - and then, take smaller bites!