| Project by Jimthecarver | posted 01-06-2012 10:13 PM | 5857 views | 1 time favorited | 22 comments |  |
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After many hours of tedious work and aching neck muscles. I am happy to be sending this back to its owner.
The design and scroll work was approved and off I began, without a clue how many hours it would take I set the timer for 30 mins. at a time. I found w/o the timer I would loose track of time and regret it later because I would not take breaks. The neck muscles were screaming “Dont forget the timer!”
I took aprox. 80 hrs to complete…..{I am fairly new to this type of carving}
I believe I have lots of room for improvement and hopefully in time it will show.
Thank you for viewing.
-- Can't never could do anything, to try is to advance.
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wizzardofwood
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#1 posted 01-06-2012 10:20 PM
80 hrs=$1,600 and a great job you did
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Michael
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#2 posted 01-06-2012 10:46 PM
Very well done. My oldest brother has a M77 with a cracked walnut stock. He gave it to my middle brother and now he wants a new stock made for it. So I’ll probably know how those neck muscles aching feel soon.
-- "A woodworking project is either a masterpiece or a POS" Dr. Lang
Don W
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#3 posted 01-06-2012 11:25 PM
very nice
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MShort
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#4 posted 01-06-2012 11:49 PM
That is an awesome piece of work. GREAT job !!!
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EyeOfTheJen
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#5 posted 01-07-2012 01:37 AM
wow. that is beautiful. nice work. so detailed.
-- Jen ~ Happiness is being covered in sawdust.
a1Jim
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#6 posted 01-07-2012 03:32 AM
Super carving ,very nice work.
George
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#7 posted 01-07-2012 05:03 AM
beautiful! I can appreciate the number of hours, too!
-- I did measure it twice, it's still too short.
mahadevwood
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#8 posted 01-07-2012 06:19 AM
superb carving and nice work.
BTKS
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#9 posted 01-07-2012 08:01 AM
Excellent work! I love the detail and craftsmanship.
-- "Man's ingenuity has outrun his intelligence" (Joseph Wood Krutch)
HalDougherty
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#10 posted 01-07-2012 01:05 PM
Beautiful carving job! I’m impressed with the detail. Walnut is a wonderful wood to work with.
-- Hal, Tennessee http://www.first285.com
BigYin
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#11 posted 01-07-2012 01:41 PM
Great Carving.
Book for you to check out is “Checkering & Carving Gunstocks by Monty Kennedy”
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Woodbutcher3
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#12 posted 01-07-2012 02:15 PM
Jo To Bro.
Excellent. You’ll pick up speed with more coming in after his buddies see it!
-- Rod ~ There's never enough time to finish a project, but there's always time to start another one.
Maveric777
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#13 posted 01-07-2012 04:30 PM
Beautiful work Jim! Great idea about the timer as well….
-- Dan ~ Texarkana, Tx.
Jimthecarver
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#14 posted 01-07-2012 04:41 PM
Thank you all for your kind comments.
Funny thing about the timer, I am so into the project when that dude goes off I about jump out of my seat. Usually I am never the first one to jump but it gets me every time….lol
The next project in mind is a real HummmDinger, You will understand what I mean by that soon. :-)
-- Can't never could do anything, to try is to advance.
Hanman
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#15 posted 01-07-2012 04:51 PM
I have an M77 myself and I’m now jealous! This stock looks a thousand times cooler than mine. lol Very nice work.
-- It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. - Harry S. Truman
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