He got tired of 2020, so he used his secret project of a time machine to get away for a bit before coming back with videos. Could it be a warning from him of that is when we finally get back to normal?
When you say that we're going down the rabbit hole it tells us that it's a good teaching video on weapon repair always a pleasure to watch the trip down as you explain it.
I really love work, I can sit around and watch it for hours. This man is a true craftsman and occasionally an artist too. Thank you Mark for another excellent video showing why I don't do wood working or metal work...
I continue to be amazed at the ingenuity of you Mark and the expertise you posses. It shows that the decades of experience you have shows on each and every video. Please continue the terrific content it is not only informative but entertaining.
Wow! Mark Novak is truly amazing. I would love to see more on checkering. Appreciate all the videos and explaining along the way. Guys a true craftsman. Ian should be very pleased.
$600? That's a steal man. Restoration, preservation, historical research, wood, checkering, chiseling, inletting, rasping, wear on your checking tools, and the time to stone the sharp instruments and the stone itself and stain and oil and dry times, any pumice or sandpaper. Wear and tear on the tools alone would be $100+. If the book is rare it might cost $100-200 to obtain. Wear and tear on your eyes. Your lungs. Your hands and neck. Your electricity costs. And then hourly wage. You gave them a major break. By the way that rasp is amazing. Cuts like a dream.
@@garymitchell5899 Most do. That's why labour is so expensive now. Healthcare costs have to be factored in. If anything they don't charge nearly enough.
Video was great, but simply amazing how your camera is able to capture Feb 2023 and send it back to Oct 2020! At least we know the world doesn't end just yet lol
He just got tired of 2020, and used his secret project to get away for a bit. Then he came back with videos. But could it also be a warning of that's when we finally get back to normal?
Possibly they now have a "best before" date. As in,vintage stereo systems that cost a bunch but no longer work. As in,buy a technological replacement before that date or the bloody thing will melt in your hand. As in,as of that date the manufacturer will no longer support the product,you are on your own there bud ? Windows 3.1 and 3.4 were just good enough to CNC "analog" woodworking machinery. No sooner did a bunch of woodworking guys do that conversion than Microsoft did just that. Leaving behind some very angry shop owners. So maybe this an example of forward thinking ? A disclaimer for future (suckers?) (camera owners?) ???
Thanks Mr. Novak. You are a great teacher. Stop apologizing for your hands in the way. People here to truly learn factor that in. It adds a little character.
Dropping small parts can be ab epic adventure. I remember dropping a primer on my bench and losing track of its bounce. It needed finding because--it's a primer. I eventually found it in a room across the hall from where I dropped it.
Another great video in the can. I sincerely appreciate you providing these videos, most of us will never get the chance to see such a master at work. Thanks so very much.
Wow just wow! The Craftsmanship Mark has just blows my mind! Time is money and those grips are worth a weeks pay. The video editing had to be a chore like no other. Good work guys! Thanks for sharing knowledge so it doesn't die.
$600.00 for that much hand-crafted master-craftsman expertise ... is a freaking BARGAIN. If I were the customer I would thank you, pay the bill and RUN out your workshop before you had a chance to reconsider - LOL. Another truly wonderful video - LOVE your work and excellent humour.
Mi Mark, another informative and fascinating video displaying the quality of your craftsmanship. the real reason i am posting this commenty is to compliment whomever on the choice of incidental music that plays in the background whenever there is no narrative, could it be you Mark? We all know that you are a virtuoso pianist but some of the pieces I don't recognise-brilliant stuff. Crare to comment? Anvil is a great, high quality post, Stu UK
Just be glad you aren't making grips out of stone. I did it once for a Ruger .38 special owned by a friend of mine, they were out of a golden yellow jasper and after I got done it looked awesome and shot great. Made the recoil feel like shooting a .25 cal. Took about a week to make them and I definitely won't make them ever again.😂
That’s ONLY $600 some dollars of work? I watch your stuff regularly, I love your content, and your work is flat out awesome. Keep the old guns running! (About to build some grips for a Ruger Mark 1 I rescued, so re-watching old videos).
You could use cactus juice and a vacuum chamber to resin impregnate whatever wood you use. I absolutely love using cactus juice for wood as it stabilizes it and gives it that freshly wetted look.
Michelangelo, it is said, could look at a block of marble and see the finished statue. On an artistic scale, I believe Mark is capable of doing the same to a block of wood. Craftsmanship at its finest sir.
One piece of advice to folks new to checkering: Dont cheap-out on cutters. Saving $3 by trying to stretch a dull tool a little farther is an exercise that will lead to self-loathing. Love the videos, Amigo!
Mark: I in NO WISE am comparable to Mr McCollum but I do own copies of "Les Revolvers Militare", French Service Pistols, Proud Promise, and Ian's book, (btw I have is Dad's book too, Japanese weapons are COOL!) and have a small collection of French firearms including a MAS-36, a Mas-49/56 (Iterarms 308 conversion dang it, but with a new firing pin), a R35 Carbine and a destroyed Berthier, also 1935 A and S and a MAB and a Lefaucheux pinfire/center fire conversion 44(?). Your videos are instructive in spite of your disclaimer and your piano playing is divine (please do more). Thank you for some just plain FUN!
That checkering section got me on various levels. The level of craftsmanship is incredible. And the music fits perfectly - one piece of art accompanying another!!! Seriously, right in the feels. I didn't know I could get emotional about woodworking, but that piece did it. Subscribed as of today! Now I just hope to find that piece of music somewhere in the comments. I need to know.
$600 for the grips and light conservation. But what did the firing pin and spring cost? It looked like a $200 wall hanger but when it leaves your shop it’s a lovely $2,000 historical shooting piece. Pretty expensive but for the right person it’s chump change. To me it seems like there is still value here.
Note to whenever you see an angle that... at least in north america... drafting tables had locks at 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, and 90 degrees... so when it doubt aim for one of those. This is standard for architectural and structural drawings to the extent that when you look at old drawings and see something silly like 6 degrees its because the guy screwed up his drawings and rubbed out the 15 and made it work. There is also a universal WTF of all the old guys looking at it when they see it :p Its too bad that most of the old mylar drawings are tossed in the garbage now.
There is something poetic about watching Mark shape and checker grips while I model some Mlok rail covers with checkering on the computer. Now lets see if my printer can do half as good of a job as Mark.
The checkering part is awesome. I'm not confirming, nor denying, that some heavy-caliber expletives came out of my mouth as I watched it, I may have said horrible things about different memebers of your family. Man, it's just poetry and ballet.
$600 for that amount of work by a proper master gunsmith is a darn good deal and worth every penny. I watched a film from WW2 about the making of Garands at Springfield Armory and it showed those stock duplicating machines and the inletting jigs for cutting out the inside of the stocks. Indeed, it only takes a few minutes knock out perfect stocks, when you have several high $$$ pieces of equipment to do it with! By hand, forget about it!
Thanks for sharing this one. I always dig your work. It's nice to see another person that keeps their chisels sharp. Stay safe and happy holidays, you legends. 🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾
When I did grips for Luger and P-38 pistols and carbines for John Martz the custom Luger maker from Lincoln, CA., I used to mill the grips on a milling machine. P-38 grips were the most difficult because they wrapped around the back of the pistol. Mark did a great job on these grips however, he did way too much work contouring them. I used a Dremel tool to contour. I used metallic tape to protect the frames and power sanded to the tape.
It really is crazy how they set up old factories, lines and lines of machines that performed a single operation, it may not seem efficient when compared to a single machine doing many operations but when it comes to large scale production it works great. I really wish a whole WW1/WW2 era factory had been preserved so people could actually see how it was done. And I certainly wouldn't complain about having a whole Garand or M1 Carbine factory still cranking them out the way they used to.
Mark, or Bruno, would you please add the title of the music you use in your videos in the details. I know this is entirely secondary to the skills shown but I like the music you use and would welcome the information. Thank you.
I've got a French _Revolver d'Ordonnance_ that looks like it spent a good bit of time buried in the ground. It works--barely--but man alive, is it beat. More relevant to the topic at hand, its most interesting sign of the long and strange life it's led is the fact that some previous owner replaced the grips with a set made of what appears to be Plexiglas.* Interesting choice for a field-expedient repair material, but they do look kinda cool. * other transparent plastics are available
back in WWII many troopers would replace grips with plexiglass (usually a ruined fighter plane's windshield) then put a picture of a loved one under it. Common German practice; I have seen a Frommer Stop so treated.
@@pilgrimm23 Huh, interesting. Well, there's no sign of anything being under them now, but like I say, the gun looks like it spent a few decades buried, so who knows?
I would guess, as I have never made a set of grips, that the old saying, One aw shit, cancels out, a whole bunch of atta boys... You still have the greatest job on the planet.... In my opinion... Stay Safe God Bless you and your loved ones Godspeed P. S. Beautiful job, as always.
You’re an amazing craftsman. Ian will be pleased. I really like the border around the checkering on the grips. I have Altamont grips on most of my 1911s with a similar border. I know the Altamont are machine made and can’t hold a candle to what you’re doing, but I like the looks they give a 1911.
I absolutely love your videos, I’m not a gun smith, but I would love to be, and someday I hope I will be able to go to a gunsmith school, even if it’s not for my employment, I love working on them
I'll bet you had shop classes in high school too? I can't say how much I'm glad I had them. I can weld, run a lathe, AC/DC electrical work, and wood working, all because of shop! I have three degrees from post high school studies. But I think schools doing away with these and trying to get kids to go to college is wrong! Our carpenters union just held an open house to show HS kids what else is available. Wish they would see one of your videos so they can see what being versatile means! Good stuff Mark!!
Hi Mark - I get frustrated sometimes with the grain not cooperating when I am getting close to final size. I have a couple of really good files with milled teeth by Corradi and Pferd, and they slice the wood really well, even if it isn't in line with the grain. You can't go totally against the grain, but you can come close. Better than with a chisel, even a razor sharp one. I agree with you that I never use these on metal, except copper or silver some. Only in a pinch, though. It is fun watching you and learning some of your techniques. thanks again.
God I hate checkering! Waaay too time consuming and all for naught if the smallest error happens. But you Sir have shown how well it can be done. However, where is the viewing of the finished product?! We were hoping to see this revolver in it's conserved glory!
@10:48 - this one is for the moon landing deniers who dismiss the claims that, "with all of modern technology", we can't just remake the rockets that took the astronauts to the moon, they would basically have to be designed all over again so that the tooling could be designed over again, aaaallll the manufacturing setup again, etc. again, etc. again. Sure, just like remaking these grips by hand, we "could" totally do it - with enough time and money. But NASA doesn't exactly operate on open ended timelines & budgets...
I'm a simple girl. I see an anvil episode. I click.
A French revolver aaaand it's Ian's.
Who'd have thought.
Ian, Othais, and Mark. The three best friends a gun could have.
That was inspiring. Also I noticed one of the cameras had a date stamp of 2023-02-13, so congrats on making it into 2023. I hope it's a better year.
Prooving that Mark is a visitor from somewhen else.
He got tired of 2020, so he used his secret project of a time machine to get away for a bit before coming back with videos. Could it be a warning from him of that is when we finally get back to normal?
The truth is that his rabbit hole is literally a time machine
Well he did say that during the filming he learned "Mark should not touch the camera equipment" maybe he did the date/time setup?
We got a french...Its Ians.
Bingo.
I can't tell you how much i appreciate the work you put into these videos
I read the title and jokingly thought, "Must be Ian's" 😃😅😂😅😂😅😂
I just really enjoy your videos. Please don’t stop making them. You are a Master Craftsman.
My go-to line when I'm just browsing in a gun store when they ask if they can help me is "do you have any .32 French Long?"
But do they have Battletoads?
Your stockmaking is really inspiring.
When you say that we're going down the rabbit hole it tells us that it's a good teaching video on weapon repair always a pleasure to watch the trip down as you explain it.
I really love work, I can sit around and watch it for hours. This man is a true craftsman and occasionally an artist too. Thank you Mark for another excellent video showing why I don't do wood working or metal work...
Beautiful work, Mark, and great taste in music too. Thanks for a soothing morning.
Yea, love watching his work.
I continue to be amazed at the ingenuity of you Mark and the expertise you posses. It shows that the decades of experience you have shows on each and every video. Please continue the terrific content it is not only informative but entertaining.
Wow! Mark Novak is truly amazing. I would love to see more on checkering. Appreciate all the videos and explaining along the way. Guys a true craftsman. Ian should be very pleased.
releasing videos early is a cool but mark is ahead of the curve showing videos from 2023
As a 25yr your literally my favorite UA-camr you deserve to make millions for the content you provide
A new phrase for you to teach is a quote from Frank Pain, an old English woodturner, "always cut wood the way she likes to be cut"
$600? That's a steal man. Restoration, preservation, historical research, wood, checkering, chiseling, inletting, rasping, wear on your checking tools, and the time to stone the sharp instruments and the stone itself and stain and oil and dry times, any pumice or sandpaper. Wear and tear on the tools alone would be $100+. If the book is rare it might cost $100-200 to obtain. Wear and tear on your eyes. Your lungs. Your hands and neck. Your electricity costs. And then hourly wage. You gave them a major break. By the way that rasp is amazing. Cuts like a dream.
Tool wear would be ¢10 at most.
Just out of curiosity - which craftsman do you know who charge for wear on their lungs?
@@garymitchell5899 Most do. That's why labour is so expensive now. Healthcare costs have to be factored in. If anything they don't charge nearly enough.
I decided to watch this one when I heard Ian McCollum. Awesome video! Nice workmanship!
Video was great, but simply amazing how your camera is able to capture Feb 2023 and send it back to Oct 2020! At least we know the world doesn't end just yet lol
He just got tired of 2020, and used his secret project to get away for a bit. Then he came back with videos. But could it also be a warning of that's when we finally get back to normal?
Possibly they now have a "best before" date. As in,vintage stereo systems that cost a bunch but no longer work. As in,buy a technological replacement before that date or the bloody thing will melt in your hand. As in,as of that date the manufacturer will no longer support the product,you are on your own there bud ?
Windows 3.1 and 3.4 were just good enough to CNC "analog" woodworking machinery. No sooner did a bunch of woodworking guys do that conversion than Microsoft did just that. Leaving behind some very angry shop owners.
So maybe this an example of forward thinking ?
A disclaimer for future (suckers?) (camera owners?) ???
Thanks Mr. Novak. You are a great teacher. Stop apologizing for your hands in the way. People here to truly learn factor that in. It adds a little character.
Dropping small parts can be ab epic adventure. I remember dropping a primer on my bench and losing track of its bounce. It needed finding because--it's a primer. I eventually found it in a room across the hall from where I dropped it.
I appreciate that this video is from >2 years in the future
Whisper's "give me that other grip" 😂 you're the best Mark!
Hey Bruno, Thanks for all you do! You and Mark are amazing!
Another great video in the can. I sincerely appreciate you providing these videos, most of us will never get the chance to see such a master at work. Thanks so very much.
The checkering technique was great to watch.
Wow just wow! The Craftsmanship Mark has just blows my mind! Time is money and those grips are worth a weeks pay. The video editing had to be a chore like no other. Good work guys! Thanks for sharing knowledge so it doesn't die.
thank you Mark.from a 74 year old in uk .i only work on one plane.your work is magic. THANKS.
$600.00 for that much hand-crafted master-craftsman expertise ... is a freaking BARGAIN. If I were the customer I would thank you, pay the bill and RUN out your workshop before you had a chance to reconsider - LOL. Another truly wonderful video - LOVE your work and excellent humour.
The Date stamp indicates you did this in 2 1/2 years from now...was your shop that backed up with work that you're left to videoing in the future?
Always a spectacle to behold watching you work. I truly enjoy all of the videos you do.
Mi Mark, another informative and fascinating video displaying the quality of your craftsmanship. the real reason i am posting this commenty is to compliment whomever on the choice of incidental music that plays in the background whenever there is no narrative, could it be you Mark? We all know that you are a virtuoso pianist but some of the pieces I don't recognise-brilliant stuff.
Crare to comment? Anvil is a great, high quality post, Stu UK
Just be glad you aren't making grips out of stone. I did it once for a Ruger .38 special owned by a friend of mine, they were out of a golden yellow jasper and after I got done it looked awesome and shot great. Made the recoil feel like shooting a .25 cal. Took about a week to make them and I definitely won't make them ever again.😂
Thank you for bring REAL about the costs!
That’s ONLY $600 some dollars of work? I watch your stuff regularly, I love your content, and your work is flat out awesome. Keep the old guns running! (About to build some grips for a Ruger Mark 1 I rescued, so re-watching old videos).
The music and the workmanship... WOW.
Mark, I am currently a student and this video has certainly helped me better understand checkering. Thank you!
You could use cactus juice and a vacuum chamber to resin impregnate whatever wood you use. I absolutely love using cactus juice for wood as it stabilizes it and gives it that freshly wetted look.
Call me a dinosaur, I like linseed oil.
Michelangelo, it is said, could look at a block of marble and see the finished statue. On an artistic scale, I believe Mark is capable of doing the same to a block of wood. Craftsmanship at its finest sir.
If its french, Ian Macullum probably owns it
He does in fact own this one
One piece of advice to folks new to checkering: Dont cheap-out on cutters. Saving $3 by trying to stretch a dull tool a little farther is an exercise that will lead to self-loathing. Love the videos, Amigo!
If your wood working tools aren't sharp enough to *dry shave* with, get them sharpened!
Mark: I in NO WISE am comparable to Mr McCollum but I do own copies of "Les Revolvers Militare", French Service Pistols, Proud Promise, and Ian's book, (btw I have is Dad's book too, Japanese weapons are COOL!) and have a small collection of French firearms including a MAS-36, a Mas-49/56 (Iterarms 308 conversion dang it, but with a new firing pin), a R35 Carbine and a destroyed Berthier, also 1935 A and S and a MAB and a Lefaucheux pinfire/center fire conversion 44(?). Your videos are instructive in spite of your disclaimer and your piano playing is divine (please do more). Thank you for some just plain FUN!
I love the way Bruno can take you into the future to do the videos. (time stamp 2023 2/13) Fun.... ;-)
Outstanding work!!!, And great commentary!!, Thank you Mark 👍🇱🇷
That checkering section got me on various levels. The level of craftsmanship is incredible. And the music fits perfectly - one piece of art accompanying another!!! Seriously, right in the feels. I didn't know I could get emotional about woodworking, but that piece did it. Subscribed as of today!
Now I just hope to find that piece of music somewhere in the comments. I need to know.
Beautiful work, and as always thanks for getting it on camera for us to enjoy.
You can tell a craftsman from the way his tongue sticks out in concentration. Excellent work Mark! $600! Is that all?!
So you’re gunsmith to the gun Jesus. That makes you like a gun apostle lol
@Tom Magee gun Jesus
Mark, I hope you have apprenticeships your skill and craftsmanship should be passed on to future generations.
The checkering segment was exquisite.
$600 for the grips and light conservation. But what did the firing pin and spring cost? It looked like a $200 wall hanger but when it leaves your shop it’s a lovely $2,000 historical shooting piece. Pretty expensive but for the right person it’s chump change. To me it seems like there is still value here.
Note to whenever you see an angle that... at least in north america... drafting tables had locks at 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, and 90 degrees... so when it doubt aim for one of those. This is standard for architectural and structural drawings to the extent that when you look at old drawings and see something silly like 6 degrees its because the guy screwed up his drawings and rubbed out the 15 and made it work. There is also a universal WTF of all the old guys looking at it when they see it :p Its too bad that most of the old mylar drawings are tossed in the garbage now.
There is something poetic about watching Mark shape and checker grips while I model some Mlok rail covers with checkering on the computer. Now lets see if my printer can do half as good of a job as Mark.
The handle is gorgeous!
The checkering part is awesome. I'm not confirming, nor denying, that some heavy-caliber expletives came out of my mouth as I watched it, I may have said horrible things about different memebers of your family. Man, it's just poetry and ballet.
just noticed you did the stock work in yr 2023!! You have a time machine!!! (really enjoy your videos,, have learned much!!)
2023? Gunsmithing from the future
Love your content! I can't believe you don't have half a million subs. You are a true Craftsman!
$600 for that amount of work by a proper master gunsmith is a darn good deal and worth every penny. I watched a film from WW2 about the making of Garands at Springfield Armory and it showed those stock duplicating machines and the inletting jigs for cutting out the inside of the stocks. Indeed, it only takes a few minutes knock out perfect stocks, when you have several high $$$ pieces of equipment to do it with! By hand, forget about it!
Very, very cool video. A symphony of artistic craftsmanship.
Thanks for sharing this one. I always dig your work. It's nice to see another person that keeps their chisels sharp.
Stay safe and happy holidays, you legends. 🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾
Shoulda checked the 24 hour French Revolver parts store.
When I did grips for Luger and P-38 pistols and carbines for John Martz the custom Luger maker from Lincoln, CA., I used to mill the grips on a milling machine. P-38 grips were the most difficult because they wrapped around the back of the pistol. Mark did a great job on these grips however, he did way too much work contouring them. I used a Dremel tool to contour. I used metallic tape to protect the frames and power sanded to the tape.
Hats off to you for your work for John Martz!
I always chuckle a little when I hear about an old Colt New Army that needs a spring. I can't imagine trying to get one of these things back together.
Awesome job! It shows your talent, knowledge, and respect of the weapon itself and to your profession.
Great work Mr Novak! Thanks for another great video!
It really is crazy how they set up old factories, lines and lines of machines that performed a single operation, it may not seem efficient when compared to a single machine doing many operations but when it comes to large scale production it works great. I really wish a whole WW1/WW2 era factory had been preserved so people could actually see how it was done. And I certainly wouldn't complain about having a whole Garand or M1 Carbine factory still cranking them out the way they used to.
It sure is a pleasure watching a master craftsman at work! Beautiful!
Admire the dedication to craft, envy the tools and their impeccable sharpness.
It has to be considered that the light in the photos is harder that in the video. That hard light brightens the colors of the subject gun.
Id love ot have seen the owners reaction to the inside of this gun , what a mess glad mark is on the job
Nothing could surprise gun Jesus
Mark, or Bruno, would you please add the title of the music you use in your videos in the details. I know this is entirely secondary to the skills shown but I like the music you use and would welcome the information. Thank you.
Plus one. Some of us gun nerds also like music.
I've got a French _Revolver d'Ordonnance_ that looks like it spent a good bit of time buried in the ground. It works--barely--but man alive, is it beat. More relevant to the topic at hand, its most interesting sign of the long and strange life it's led is the fact that some previous owner replaced the grips with a set made of what appears to be Plexiglas.* Interesting choice for a field-expedient repair material, but they do look kinda cool.
* other transparent plastics are available
back in WWII many troopers would replace grips with plexiglass (usually a ruined fighter plane's windshield) then put a picture of a loved one under it. Common German practice; I have seen a Frommer Stop so treated.
@@pilgrimm23 Huh, interesting. Well, there's no sign of anything being under them now, but like I say, the gun looks like it spent a few decades buried, so who knows?
@@pilgrimm23 that's quite an interesting little bit of information :)
@@jonwingfieldhill6143 thanks. I am a trivia nut
Cheap and readily available, and easy to carve to shape.
Good job, and a good job explaining it. Thank you.
Beautifully done!
Fantastic job, looks beautiful
Beautiful finished product and that is a talent that I'd love to have.
I would guess, as I have never made a set of grips, that the old saying, One aw shit, cancels out, a whole bunch of atta boys...
You still have the greatest job on the planet.... In my opinion...
Stay Safe
God Bless you and your loved ones
Godspeed
P. S. Beautiful job, as always.
Oh snap! Mark is coming to us from the future!
Wow. Thanks tor an awesome video.
You’re an amazing craftsman. Ian will be pleased. I really like the border around the checkering on the grips. I have Altamont grips on most of my 1911s with a similar border. I know the Altamont are machine made and can’t hold a candle to what you’re doing, but I like the looks they give a 1911.
A French pistol that belongs to Gun Jesus....not shocking
10:24 Out of all power tools, routers make the funniest noises.
Mark your amazing at what you do
I absolutely love your videos, I’m not a gun smith, but I would love to be, and someday I hope I will be able to go to a gunsmith school, even if it’s not for my employment, I love working on them
Just from the sound I know I covet that rasp.
I like to think Ian watched this intensely haha great work as always!
Beautiful......bringing a revolver back to life!
I'll bet you had shop classes in high school too? I can't say how much I'm glad I had them. I can weld, run a lathe, AC/DC electrical work, and wood working, all because of shop! I have three degrees from post high school studies. But I think schools doing away with these and trying to get kids to go to college is wrong! Our carpenters union just held an open house to show HS kids what else is available. Wish they would see one of your videos so they can see what being versatile means! Good stuff Mark!!
Hi Mark - I get frustrated sometimes with the grain not cooperating when I am getting close to final size. I have a couple of really good files with milled teeth by Corradi and Pferd, and they slice the wood really well, even if it isn't in line with the grain. You can't go totally against the grain, but you can come close. Better than with a chisel, even a razor sharp one. I agree with you that I never use these on metal, except copper or silver some. Only in a pinch, though. It is fun watching you and learning some of your techniques. thanks again.
My gosh O'man WOW.....Thanks brother outstanding mister carry on....l enjoyed ever min of this....!
That people is craftsmanship.
God I hate checkering! Waaay too time consuming and all for naught if the smallest error happens. But you Sir have shown how well it can be done.
However, where is the viewing of the finished product?! We were hoping to see this revolver in it's conserved glory!
Another great video Mark and Bruno! How often do u sharpen the chisels? They are looking silky smooth on that wood!
@10:48 - this one is for the moon landing deniers who dismiss the claims that, "with all of modern technology", we can't just remake the rockets that took the astronauts to the moon, they would basically have to be designed all over again so that the tooling could be designed over again, aaaallll the manufacturing setup again, etc. again, etc. again.
Sure, just like remaking these grips by hand, we "could" totally do it - with enough time and money. But NASA doesn't exactly operate on open ended timelines & budgets...
What is the violin music playing while you are checkering?
Congratulations on 40,000 subs!
That checkering was masterful.