Let The Flaming Begin

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30 September 2011, 10:11

kcstott

Quilted maple if i'm not mistaken.

Some guitarist is pist right now. Look great either way.

30 September 2011, 10:22

guncurtis2

"flaming"

Are you planning on tiger stripping it?

30 September 2011, 10:24

BaxterB

quote:
Some guitarist is pist right now. Look great either way

That would look a bueat on a LP with a little tobacco sunburst...

30 September 2011, 16:52

WoodHunter

quote:
Originally posted by kcstott:
Quilted maple if i'm not mistaken.

Some guitarist is pist right now. Look great either way.

Tone wood guys really pist off stock makers. They take a beautiful chunk of stock wood and saw it into 1/4" thick pieces 18" long.

30 September 2011, 16:53

WoodHunter

quote:
Originally posted by guncurtis2:
"flaming"

Are you planning on tiger stripping it?

No No No!

Its a nice piece of flame maple. I have lots of natural tiger stripe.

30 September 2011, 16:54

WoodHunter

quote:
Originally posted by craigster:
Looks very nice to me. What's to flame?

It is flame Maple.

30 September 2011, 17:15

theback40

Very nice!
is this going to be for a varmint rifle? it has a very tight pistolgrip, something I like for a varmint rig.

30 September 2011, 17:34

clintsfolly

My 458AccRel has a stock made from Quilted maple! Everyone that see it is just floored by the grain. Great looking job and will make a great rifle. Clint

30 September 2011, 17:39

fla3006

No flame job here, I like maple.

30 September 2011, 18:52

WoodHunter

quote:
Originally posted by theback40:
Very nice!
is this going to be for a varmint rifle? it has a very tight pistolgrip, something I like for a varmint rig.

Remington single shot, in one of those magic 22 centerfires.

Look out Coyotes!!

30 September 2011, 18:56

MJines

I love maple stocks. That one looks beautiful. It will make one very distinctive looking rifle.

30 September 2011, 19:51

Boss Hoss

Very bad choice ----- will shift POI every day!!!! Get rid of it at once!! Send it to me and I will take care of it for you!! Will test it for the next 30 years and send it back to you when it is ready!!!

STUNNING!!

30 September 2011, 19:55

WoodHunter

quote:
Originally posted by guncurtis2:
"flaming"

Are you planning on tiger stripping it?

No! Striped stuff below.

Tiger Wood. The angled blems are saw blade marks,

Sausage, pillow, flame, whatever the locals call it:

30 September 2011, 19:57

WoodHunter

quote:
Originally posted by 22WRF:
Woodhunter

When you say duplicator, does that mean YOUR duplicator?

The beast lives in my shop:

The NorthStar Master Carver. Ugly thing, Not recommended for children. I have posted the photos before, here is another go for those that have not seen them.

30 September 2011, 20:09

WoodHunter

quote:
Originally posted by Boss Hoss:
Very bad choice ----- will shift POI every day!!!! Get rid of it at once!! Send it to me and I will take care of it for you!! Will test it for the next 30 years and send it back to you when it is ready!!!

STUNNING!!

Yep, takes this wood a long time to cure. This piece has been silently air curing for 17 years, another 30 should bring it to perfection.

I recall looking at the tree before we dropped it and wondering "Is this the one??????"

30 September 2011, 20:36

fla3006

A genuine maple flame job, aqua fortis (nitric acid + iron filings) followed by blow torch:

30 September 2011, 20:38

WoodHunter

quote:
Originally posted by BaxterB:
quote:
Some guitarist is pist right now. Look great either way

That would look a bueat on a LP with a little tobacco sunburst...

Maybe I should try some tobacco stain?

I am off to the store to buy some Beech Nut Chawing T'Baccie and Kodiak Snoose. Then a stop at the llama ranch for a big cup of spit.

30 September 2011, 20:39

WoodHunter

quote:
Originally posted by fla3006:
A genuine maple flame job, aqua fortis (nitric acid + iron filings) followed by blow torch:

Hal Hartley Style! Looking good.

30 September 2011, 20:44

WoodHunter

Here is a piece of Tiger with 37 hand rubbed coats of Slakum. No acid or flame used, only the oil.

Another one with only 10 coats. Note the grain goes all the way through the blank.

We call this stuff Death Wood: Wood to die for and some would kill for it. Pretty rare.

This maple has a natural reddish tint, I think it is from the soil mineral content in the local area.

30 September 2011, 20:53

Boss Hoss

HEY you owe me a keyboard!!!! I ruined this one by drooling all over it!!!!!

30 September 2011, 21:34

Michael Robinson

It looks reticulated, like a giraffe's skin. Very striking.

30 September 2011, 22:32

WoodHunter

It will look better with a nice rubbed in finish. The grain becomes more pronounced and the colors richen.

01 October 2011, 00:03

DuaneinND

It would look even better on my new heavy varmint 6mmBR. I can pm my shipping address!
Thanks for the picture.

01 October 2011, 01:42

odies dad

All it needs is a spray can of trunk pain.
Just kidding. That is one beautiful chunk of wood.

01 October 2011, 02:45

WoodHunter

quote:
Originally posted by Boss Hoss:
HEY you owe me a keyboard!!!! I ruined this one by drooling all over it!!!!!

Now you see why we call it Death Wood.

01 October 2011, 03:01

plainsman456

It looks Good,but it might be to bright for a coyote rifle

01 October 2011, 04:03

FMC

Nice.

But.......staring at it gives me flashbacks....too much acid back in the hippie days.

01 October 2011, 17:57

Phatman

I couldn't even guess what a blank like those would cost.
All I know is that where ever you are storing them, I hope you have insured the hell out of it.

Cheers, John

01 October 2011, 18:20

WoodHunter

quote:
Originally posted by Phatman:
I couldn't even guess what a blank like those would cost.
All I know is that where ever you are storing them, I hope you have insured the hell out of it.

Cheers, John

You said it.

Just counting the labor and expense involved in dropping a tree, sawing it up, selecting blanks, fussing with drying for 17 years, sorting again for the firewood, planing, and all that, the total expense adds up. The cull rate is very high when chasing figure like this.

The music wood guys have captured most of the good maple and a lot of it goes for export. Should be a ban.

01 October 2011, 21:08

Boss Hoss

WH---you speak the truth! Bought 5 green Screwbean blanks that were fresh green and 5 years later only 2 made it....

01 October 2011, 21:33

zimbabwe

When I was in gunsmith school in the 50's maple was the lesser expensive of the two primary stock woods,walnut and maple. At that time as I remember they had three distinct types,birdseye,curly and striped. I built a couple of stocks,one curly and one birdseye. The curly was really hard to scrape in the barrel channel as it tended to be soft between the curls and came out wavy. Made a special barrel rasp to cut the channel if I remember. The birdseye worked real nice but some people complained that the eyes had a tendency to pop out sometimes. Never happened to me. I rather liked curly as it was kinda white and grey and not the honey color of birdseye. Nice stockwoods. They invented a laminated blank at TSJC using alternate laminations of walnut and maple that made a really distinctive stock that I liked very much. Similar to the one Remingtom makes today. One of the popular stock treatment of that time was to carve rather than checker a stock. I became fairly adept at carving an oak leaf pattern and maple was a particularly good wood for this treatment as were the laminates.

01 October 2011, 22:44

WoodHunter

This stuff I play with is Pacific Big Leaf Maple, much different from the eastern maple most gun guys are familar with.

It is hard, dense wood, heavier than walnut.

Ya tools better be sharp!!

And I believe the growing conditions for the wood I have impart toughness, figure and color.

Figure and toughness as the trees are hanging on the west bank of a steep canyon that runs north/south, has wind exposure, plenty of rainfall, and best of all is in elk territory.

Color due to the mineral content of the soil.

Some folks hate maple, some love it. I am not in love with maple, but use it as I have access to some beautiful wood in the raw and can dry the blanks to my specifications.

Plus it is just plain fun making stocks out of wood I have cut myself.

02 October 2011, 00:18

Crazyhorseconsulting

quote:
When I was in gunsmith school in the 50's maple was the lesser expensive of the two primary stock woods,walnut and maple. At that time as I remember they had three distinct types,birdseye,curly and striped. I built a couple of stocks,one curly and one birdseye. The curly was really hard to scrape in the barrel channel as it tended to be soft between the curls and came out wavy. Made a special barrel rasp to cut the channel if I remember. The birdseye worked real nice but some people complained that the eyes had a tendency to pop out sometimes. Never happened to me. I rather liked curly as it was kinda white and grey and not the honey color of birdseye. Nice stockwoods. They invented a laminated blank at TSJC using alternate laminations of walnut and maple that made a really distinctive stock that I liked very much. Similar to the one Remingtom makes today. One of the popular stock treatment of that time was to carve rather than checker a stock. I became fairly adept at carving an oak leaf pattern and maple was a particularly good wood for this treatment as were the laminates.

Earlier in my career I worked a couple of years at a place building muzzle loading rifles, your comments about the curly maple and the soft areas between the curls brings back lots of memories.

As much as I would like to have one of my rifles stocked with a piece of wood like the one that is the topic of this discussion, I think the prettiest rifles I have ever seen using tiger stripe maple especially are half stock Hawkens.