Decided to try to make a powder measure on my wood lathe. Still learning the basics. Made three. Two of Purple Heart and one poplar. Made to hold 70 gr. charge. Still refining the design.
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Decided to try to make a powder measure on my wood lathe. Still learning the basics. Made three. Two of Purple Heart and one poplar. Made to hold 70 gr. charge. Still refining the design.
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Thos
I like the look. How about a piece of zebra wood?
Am looking at Leopardwood, Black Palm and Padauk. I have on hand Claro Walnut, Sycamore, Ebony. Plus a few others. Woodcraft had a mixed bag of pen blanks on sale, so I got a bag. Thought of trying one of the acrylic blanks, but could not see it with a muzzle loader. Trying to find small pieces of highly figured stuff. Should have a good stock when nice weather comes again.
My dad use to make pens with exotic woods. He would get scraps from custom cabinet shops and also buy from a local wood shop. He also did allot of deer antler. He also did the acrylic ones. I started making them but quit. Maybe I should start again.
I've made several that way, and just made a pen for our son's birthday. Dragon pen for him - www.pennstateind.com.
Very nice wood work. I made many powder measures from brass cartridge cases picked up at my gun club range. Rifle cases are cut to proper length in my shop for every charge I may need. I tether the measures to my possibles bag with a leather cord.
Adam
Since the weather was nice today I got out the lathe and did a few more powder measures. Made them so could tie a thong to them and increased charge to 80 gr. Finish is Tru-Oil and Johnson's paste wax. Used a few different woods.
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They look very nice!
Thank you,
Those are really nice wood measures, better than what I cobbled together. I've also used river cane, antler and cartridge cases to make measures. I don't have a photo of all the measures I've made and still have/use but do have a photo of a few.
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Those look good. I've used casing commercial made measures. Going make one from a horn tip I cut off making a powder horn.
River cane? Does it grow everywhere in the US
do they have a grooved pour area on the lip of the spout? cant tell from pictures? they are all nice.
No groove. Just a little relief on the edge.
I think I am going to try and make a powder flask out of purple heart. It will be a round with a flat base. Will see how it works out.
swamp
I got another piece of ebony. I like the way it turned out. Only had time to get a couple made today. The other I turned out of a acrylic blank. Black with white lines thru it. Thought I would try it. It works but seems to take longer to work than wood.
swamp
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Latest batch of measures. These are 90 gr.. Finally got a set of jaws that will fit the flask bodies. Hoping to work on them this weekend.
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I got a flask done. Had a piece of Claro Walnut and used it. I like the the grain in it. Finished with Tru-Oil.
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swamp. You sir, are a craftsman. I love your work. How was it to turn the ebony? I have a chunk left over from a rifle nose cap I did some time ago. Now I'm thinking a powder measure would be a good use for it.