What did you do in your shop today?

sprucegum said:
Cleaned up good, I had one of those once, it had about a 9 pound trigger pull partially due to the very strong firing pin spring . They did not fail to fire in very cold conditions and did a hell of a job against Hitler's mighty but half frozen troops. The safety is loud and a little clumsy and a Korean war vet I knew used to tell of a guy in his unit that could hear the noise from them releasing at quite a distance and often was able to give a warning in time.
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This one is interesting, the marks on it put it quite early. I'll be seeing him later today and we'll figure out how far he wants me to go on this stock.
 
Gunstocks can amaze you at times! Have had a few that really surprised me. Bought a little Stevens 410 single shot one time that someone had taken about 40 grit and some nature of antiquing kit to, as it was purple. Sanded across the grain, over the receiver; it was a mess!! Bought it for nearly nothing from a sporting goods store. The sanding over the receiver and pistol grip was the worst part to deal with, but it all cleaned up pretty nice. Cold blued it to allow it to redevelop a natural patina a little more quickly, it wound up looking really good, and did in fact do that just as planned.
 
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Finished these up. One of them was done the other day. Part of our gifts for my nieces. One of them is my goddaughter and we get her an ornament every year. This year I decided to make hers. Pencils are in each of their favorite colors. Big sketch pencil for the youngest so she's not always snapping the lead.

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Only 81* here today. :cool:
Roughed out a bunch of Camphor boxes with the A/C going!!

Was only 65* this morning! Brrrrrrr!!
 
We've been enjoying the upper teens with light winds today, most gust under 30mph. I actually wimped out and put a hooded sweat shirt on to go out to the mailbox. The next few days are supposed to have single digits, but at night.

Wife was chilled this morning, so the stove was packed. It was to hot for shop work. At one point the sweat was dripping off me just trying to pack some 'Golden Raintree' boxes...thus a day writing and reading.
 
It was cold, 49 when I got home from work, but I braved the frigid temperature to install the Carter guides in my bandsaw. I ran into some trouble but a phone call to @Schroedc got me straightened out. Many thanks Colin! Tony
 
Tony said:
It was cold, 49 when I got home from work, but I braved the frigid temperature to install the Carter guides in my bandsaw. I ran into some trouble but a phone call to @Schroedc got me straightened out. Many thanks Colin! Tony
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Pictures or it didn't happen :sofa:

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