Lever a bit sticky on my BB 357 ...UPDATE

[fortyshooter]

A little radiusing and polish on hammer helps the bolt slide by!

[BrokenolMarine]

I work with wood, very little with metals. I admire those that "really" work it.
Nice job.

[fortyshooter]

I work with wood, very little with metals. I admire those that "really" work it.
Nice job.

And same to the wood craftsmen!!

[GunnyGene]

I work with wood, very little with metals. I admire those that "really" work it.
Nice job.

And same to the wood craftsmen!!

Not that long ago, woodworkers were also metal workers by necessity. They had to make many of their own tools, such as chisels and gouges, planes, saws, specialized knives, scrapers, even files and rasps. Eventually most of the metal work was split off into specialties, although there are still quite a few craftsmen that do it all, at least for handtools.

[BrokenolMarine]

I work with wood, very little with metals. I admire those that "really" work it.
Nice job.

And same to the wood craftsmen!!

Not that long ago, woodworkers were also metal workers by necessity. They had to make many of their own tools, such as chisels and gouges, planes, saws, specialized knives, scrapers, even files and rasps. Eventually most of the metal work was split off into specialties, although there are still quite a few craftsmen that do it all, at least for handtools.

I do a little of that, but I really admire those who can turn a block of metal into something, or bang the blanks into knives.
A friend and mentor passed recently, who was an accomplished gunsmith, competitive shooter and recognized Officer. Cancer took him way too young.

[BrokenolMarine]

And same to the wood craftsmen!!

Not that long ago, woodworkers were also metal workers by necessity. They had to make many of their own tools, such as chisels and gouges, planes, saws, specialized knives, scrapers, even files and rasps. Eventually most of the metal work was split off into specialties, although there are still quite a few craftsmen that do it all, at least for handtools.

I do a little of that, but I really admire those who can turn a block of metal into something, or bang the blanks into knives.
A friend and mentor passed recently, who was an accomplished gunsmith, competitive shooter and decorated Former Officer. Cancer took him way too young.

[fortyshooter]

In the days before CNC machining got cranked up...in Die and plastic injection mold making many times we would have to make up custom shaped cutters with various angles blending into a radius. That was somewhat of an art itself doing some setups by hand or in special cutter grinders.

Now the engineer/dreamer just punches it all into the computer and the 3D printer goes to work! Not many of us old time Toolmakers around.

[markiver54]

Old time tool makers are of a generation of those with practical mechanical abilities. They could understand and adapt to whatever the task at hand was...and still is. I think they will live on; at least through the end of our lives.
They don't call me markiver for nothing!

[Vaquero]

And same to the wood craftsmen!!

Not that long ago, woodworkers were also metal workers by necessity. They had to make many of their own tools, such as chisels and gouges, planes, saws, specialized knives, scrapers, even files and rasps. Eventually most of the metal work was split off into specialties, although there are still quite a few craftsmen that do it all, at least for handtools.

I do a little of that, but I really admire those who can turn a block of metal into something, or bang the blanks into knives.
A friend and mentor passed recently, who was an accomplished gunsmith, competitive shooter and recognized Officer. Cancer took him way too young.

My condolences to you on the lost friend/mentor.
We are losing a lot of the true craftsmen.

RP

[fortyshooter]

Old time tool makers are of a generation of those with practical mechanical abilities. They could understand and adapt to whatever the task at hand was...and still is. I think they will live on; at least through the end of our lives.
They don't call me markiver for nothing!

Taking what you have and letting your mind shape it up to something cool and functional!

[Vaquero]

Good job forty, now back to that range.

RP

[fortyshooter]

Good job forty, now back to that range.

RP

Monday or Tuesday is the time. Weather supposed to be 60's to 70 !!

[Vaquero]

WOW!
Just looked 60's for the highs here Sun. thru Tue.

RP

[markiver54]

WOW!
Just looked 60's for the highs here Sun. thru Tue.

RP

Yes, looking for about the same here! Yippie!

[GunnyGene]

A little off subject, but if anyone is interested, I have a extensive digital library of old books (well over 100 volumes) about tools & woodworking going back to the early 1800's, and how it used to be done. All in PDF format on DVD's. Here's a partial list. I don't have a web site, so I'm not sure how I could share any of these, unless the forum permits large PDF files. I know some are available on the Internet Archive, so you could search by title or author. https://archive.org/index.php