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This the feather inlay done by Mark Fisher for me at the SEARBs meet
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St Croix SC4 4 to 10lb with some burl and cork grips i turned up
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Built this for a good mate of mine on a MHX hi mod spin jig blank 4 to 10 lb.Went away from the cork to the dark side.Had to cut up a grip from Tony and bore out to fit the KDPS hood.A bit of Matagi bling to touch it up.
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A grip set i turned up with birch bark,red burl and bits of rubberized gasket
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A couple of different hoods i have been experimenting with
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3rd attempt at a birch bark grip on a Dblue blank given to me at the last SEARBs meet thanks guys
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Butt insert
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Just use an old toothbrush and some soapy water simple as that.
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Problem could be the threaded rod. If its not straight that could be part of it.Roll it on a flat surface and see if its true.
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Thank you for your replies.Phil interested to know if you apply any finish to your work or do you just leave it natural.What type of tool are you using to take material off with ? Steve very lovely work i have seen the product on the net are you using a home made vacumn or a store bought model. Does anybody work with any other types of bone. cheers
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Just wondering if anybody has done any stabilizing of woods,bone or animal horns etc. I am looking at doing something like this to make trim parts and winding checks. I haven't been using any of these on my builds for quite a while as IMO the metal doesn't complement the cork grips i make.So just wondering if anyone has experimented with doing there own stabilizing and what sort of results they
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Guess the first thing you would want to know is where the dust coming from.And I have found it unavoidable even though I have a purpose built room. So for me i haven't worried about the dust if it has settled but much more if there is some sort of air movement which causes the dust to be transported in the air around the room. If you are lucky enough to have an area where you can do the finish
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Guess the first thing you would want to know is where the dust coming from.And I have found it unavoidable even though I have a purpose built room. So for me i haven't worried about the dust if it has settled but much more if there is some sort of air movement which causes the dust to be transported in the air around the room. If you are lucky enough to have an area where you can do the finish
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X2 on those pictures of materials they are something else.They are truly custom pieces of work.They are something that i will be aspiring to.Thanks for sharing.
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As Tom said a piece of dowel just a bit longer than the rods taped to the rods. I bring quite a few rods across the country and have never had any problems despite going through two sets of baggage handlers.
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G'day Pascal I have dealt with them a few times and as Tom said they aren't great responding to emails but the products good. cheers
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G'day Rod I may have something laying around from Col if it doesn't work out with Scott.I will have a look when I get back next week. cheers
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