Thanks for the tip, Ill look into it.
Cherry
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Sawyer Rob
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Casey,
Square them up, and anything that's bigger, if you'd like, we can saw it into boards for you... They don't have to be perfectly square, just get the first slab off all four sides and try to keep them out of the dirt...
How does that sound to you??
Rob
Square them up, and anything that's bigger, if you'd like, we can saw it into boards for you... They don't have to be perfectly square, just get the first slab off all four sides and try to keep them out of the dirt...
How does that sound to you??
Rob
OK, not sure when Im going to get to them. Maybe whittle away at them after work each day.
Ill keep this thread going with progress pics to keep the newbies going.
Ill keep this thread going with progress pics to keep the newbies going.
t_andersen
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Don't forget to Anchorseal them asap....
Adkpk
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My cherry
This is how I found it. There is more out of the picture. I have a good part of it milled but as I said, I forgot the camera. 'Happy milling' Casey.
This is how I found it. There is more out of the picture. I have a good part of it milled but as I said, I forgot the camera. 'Happy milling' Casey.
Judge
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Milling cherry
Anyone ever mill any gunstocks out of black cherry ? I read somewhere that some of the old flintlocks were made with cherry stocks ?
Judge
Anyone ever mill any gunstocks out of black cherry ? I read somewhere that some of the old flintlocks were made with cherry stocks ?
Judge
aquan8tor
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I thought they were all walnut. Cherry is relatively soft in comparison, at least in my experience. Some friends of mine built their house out of (almost completely) wood they milled on a woodmizer, and their kitchen floors are cherry. The floors definitely have some deep gouges in them; due to the wide boards it just makes them look more rustic (timberframe w/HUGE oak beams in kitchen). Point is, cherry is pretty soft in comparison to some other hardwoods. BUT, cherry sure would look good.
Sawyer Rob
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It's true, cherry has been a popular stockwood for muzzle loaders in the past... Maple was too...
I've sold a lot of stock blanks in the past, but i was buying them from a mill that specialized in sawing out Hi-grade walnut blanks, i then resold them through a gunshop i had at that time. I would hand pick every blank myself...
It takes a big blank to make those flintlock boys happy, and i never had a call for one...
Rob
