How to Install an Ebony Forend Tip on a Rifle Stock | MidwayUSA Gunsmithing
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2013
- An ebony forend tip is an elegant addition to any custom rifle stock. Watch along as Larry Potterfield, Founder of MidwayUSA, installs an ebony forend tip on the stock for his Nearly Perfect Safari Rifle. Using a block of ebony obtained on a previous safari, Larry shows how to rough shape the tip, permanently attach it to the forend, and finish shape it for a pleasing appearance. This is a straightforward stock making process that anyone can perform.
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My first instinct is to defensively say that I could do this if I had all the right tools all the time, but then I realize that the guy is such a master that he makes everything look easy. Dude is legit.
The lesser the skill you have the slower you must go.
Only fools and experienced people go quick and its easy to tell which is which based on the quality of their work
Just watched 2 hours of Larry Potterfield manhandle all things firearms. Yeah, this channel is good stuff.
Nice job. The one thing that I might have done different is to use a high quality epoxy instead of the standard wood glue due to the oil in ebony. As a woodworker, I really enjoyed the video.
Knowledge and skill, patience, and attention to detail! Few have it all together. Such fun to watch Larry attack a project!
This is like one of those "things you didn't know" type videos.
I'll never look at a long gun the same again, knowing the potential process!
Larry has every tool under the sun.
God! I love this music.
Although this music is not indigenous to West Africa it does invoke memories of the summer of '82 I spent there.
Man, that ebony looks like an amazing material to work with. It's very attractive.
hello,
my name is Larry potterfield and you are are hearing African public Radio
now playing afropop
More like Mugumbo's Greatest hits.
Once again Larry does not disappoint
Love it Larry. Beautiful,custom handmade job. That is a beautiful piece of Black Ebony too. It's getting really hard to find pieces that uniformly jet black where I live. A little additional tip for people using Black Ebony. If you can't find a piece without lighter colours in it & you want that jet black look use a little alcohol based black leather dye & let it dry.It looks funky before a clear coat but goes jet black when you apply clear. It really makes a less than ideal piece of Ebony pop.
Damn ebony is such a gorgeous wood.
Yep, goes perfect with some ivory.
Much thanks to Larry , I use to just eat applesauce and bananas until Larry made me a set of Ebony false teeth , bless you Larry
This dude is the Bob Ross of guns.
I love the guys videos don't get me wrong but he makes it look so easy but in reality its hard
Yep.larry is a. True gun smitty
I counted no fewer than 331 ways that I could screw this project up quickly.
Jokes on you I would screw this up 365 ways
I lost count at 433
Your music for these shows are beautiful
Wow! You made that look so easy. And step by step it sure is. Working from a flat to a curve.
You sir are a true craftman.thank you for your videos.
Watching these videos over and over
This whole project is true artistry. I wish I had the time a materials to do something like this.
He is the CEO of an Nationwide Operating Companie... And he has the time to do stuff like this!
Thanks for all these tips and how to’s I have enjoyed every one of them!! Thanks again!!
Impressive. Larry makes it look easy.
wonderful craftsmanship
Like a BOSS, as usual! Thanks for the video.
I was looking for the Gunline Bedding tool shown in the video and seen that it's no longer available through Midway. It seems all of Gunline's checkering tools and W.E. Brownell tools are gone as well. I'm bummed to say the least. By the way, I love the music. It leaves me feeling excited as I watch the videos and imagine the incredible lands this rifle and it's owner are off to in the the future.
"That looks pretty good." (perfect)
Great video.learning this in my gunsmithing class..wish I would of started gunsmith school about 30 years ago,ha...
I can only imagine how botched it would look if I tried this. It's always nice to see a skilled craftsman at work.
Reeeeee
wow I never thought that it would be shaped by hand great video as always
I guess I never thought about how one could make round things in wood. Now I need to find a project to try this.
i'm from Brazil, and this are awesome !!! wants to live there
Such amazing work!
Honestly love these videos.
He's like my Bob Ross
Jeff Nardi AMEN!
you mean Rick Ross ,
amiright ?
Happy little stock 😌
Gives me amazing calmness
I use radius gage to check my radii when doing this type of work. It makes the work more accurate and quick to completion.
Could always just turn it
the amount of craftmanshift is strong in this one
the stockmusic is strong with this one
Amazing work
Amazing Mr.
Really nice work I would have also wanted some spacers in
man with lathe in background makes round shape by hand
Wow man I love you video
I learned a lot from you 👍
Thanks
Wow now I just need to book my usual trip to Africa to get the ebony. I wish I'd thought about it the last time I was there 😔
I’ve never specifically done this, but I gotta think that instead of immediately glueing the block on, it would be much easier to do a dry fit with the dowels, mark the contours on the ebony, take it to that belt sander and knock down 95% of the material, then glue and finish. Saves from accidentally marring the stock as well.
All that does is add an extra unnecessary step. Larry did it correctly.
Larry you are the nuts my friend
Greet
Gun inginiar
I like your all video
Gun docter
Not how I expected, but it works. Love Midway, but make some house branded checkering tools that are as good as the old W.E.B. and G'line...
People are running out of options as MMC is fading away and Dem-Bart cutters Ned wider teeth that are more easily sharpened.
It's time for the "Midway - Battle Checkering Set."
Maybe this'll help: www.gunline.com/products.html
Wow, impressive!
Looks great
Nice video!!!
Great job , you sound a little like Marlin Perkins
So much skill!
impressive work there :O
Ebony is about 4 times as dense as walnut. Adding 2 inches ebony to the forend is a similar weight to adding 8 inches walnut. Not sure if this is strictly cosmetic- it has to affect the dynamics of recoil, no?
What a fantastic point. Im holding some ebony now this stuff is dense
brought back from Africa really
I don't get to Africa much anymore. Well, never actually.
Amazing!
Nice skill, good.
I listen to this video for the music
That's nice wood work on a gun stock.
I wish I knew where I could get that, as well as those cross bolt inlays and a grip cap all done to my Kimber stock
That ebony saw dust looked like coffee grounds!
i would have liked to see it finished ,,,, your a better man than me , id have had it on that belt sander ages ago ,,, but im not the gunsmith lol
Verry good
I like it
Black Ebony is difficult to turn. It is possible,actually,I do it regularly but,unless you are going to do large numbers this is probably the easiest way.I see what you are saying though,cut down on the hand labour & I totally agree.I would have cut the block down more.Get it closer to the finished shape.He seems to enjoy working with the wood though. lol Both of us are coming at it with the idea of getting the job done faster but,if you are doing it for the enjoyment,faster isn't always better
It has made me very creative
I like u man so so so much u r an artist.
Magnífico. ..👏👏👏👏
Good working
That's art!
interesting, i searched ebony foreskin tips and ended up here. At least i learned a thing or two.
If you can mathematically explain how you can create a shape and then demonstrate to completion, master gunsmith 👍
NAKASSA NA NA NA NAKASSA NANA NANA NAKASA
I don't think you used enough wood glue.
+s0nnyburnett Elmer's must be a sponsor.
It was kind of erotic.
Just me...
he uses titebond glue
Bigger the glob, the better the job.
He did say to *fill* the dowel holes.
Belo trabalho qual o nome dessa ferramenta q você usa para fazer o entalho onde vai o cano ?
Hats Off to YOU
Good tunes
lol I understand the shaky hand thing. It is a very neat wood.I can see why you thought it was resin.Even in person you have to look close to see the grain. It's very hard & strong but it is brittle. My problem turning it is chunks break out. High speed,really sharp tools & go really slow & it can be turned.I am far from an expert in wood & I learned so it can be done but it does take a learning curve & that is really expensive wood to be breaking a few pieces getting the technique down
Try the carbide tools for turning. I've found they work quite well with the harder woods.
could you guys do a 10/22 trigger job video for those people who can't afford a timothy or volquartsen custom trigger pack
thanks and keep up the videos
Would love to have you as a gun smithing instructor
I think Larry might have violated the Federal Lacey Act.
Why? And what is the Federal Lacey Act?
+Sphere723 African ebony is not covered under the Lacey Act because it is not a protected wood in that country. if it was from India or Madagascar, then yes, importing it would be illegal.
+Andrew B (IrishRebel92) Well yeah, but what about the prostitutes?
Sphere723 touche sir, touche...
Herb your skills are incredible! How can one practice these techniques without messing up a nice stock? How did you hone your skills?
I guess he did it the way all artisans did. By messing up a lot during his career.
Practicing on scrap.
Needs oiling but not as often as others. You use lemon oil if you don't mind the smell. You can find oil formulated for ebony at your local guitar stores such as Guitar Honey or Fret Doctor! There's others. How often depends on were you live, how it's stored, as well as the quality of the ebony. Keep in mind some ebony is actually dyed to make darker. This often the case on ebony used for instruments. If it starts turning colors (usual brown) and the grains start to show up its probably dyed.
Is that a Peruvian panflute I hear in the background? Now I can’t stop thinking about South Park.
Excellent info. for a guy about to do this himself. You better not let Mr. Wesson ( my high school shop teacher) see this. He’s be all over you for the amount of glue you used.
Nice to see ur not cutting corners...
beutiful wood work. Quick question: why use "standard" wood glue vs. epoxy which I think has greater holding power in all times of environmental conditions?
i live by epoxy. stuffs like liquid steel.
I'm quite sure that wood glue has actually been shown to hold better than epoxy in a wider range of conditions.
I don't know if you have ever used West System, but would bet a dime to a dollar on the holding power of that vs wood glue any day of the week. Wood fails before bond does.
Jim Massey epoxy glue is not good when working with rifle stocks as when you come to finishing sometimes on oiled stocks it shows up more where the joint is and the finishing oils don't penetrate as good as it does into wood glue also it's stronger with wood and not as brittle as epoxy when fully dry and hardened, I know this as I use this in my rifle stock work
Are there any other types of wood that people use for tips? And can someone add a tip to their stock without doing over the stock?
thanks
Очень нравятся мне ваши фильмы.
Wow thats art at its finest.
If I were to put the rifle stock and ebony tip in a vacuum chamber during the glue up stage, would that result in a better glue up?
+WarBerJr02 I believe it would be a little better using a heavy plastic vacuum bag chamber, it would ensure there is no chance of the clamp damaging the trigger cut-out from over-tightening it too.
I want to see the finished stock.
I would like to do this to a Pedersoli Scout carbine
qual e essa madeira escura que voce usou?
NICE
The music 🎶 🕺🏻
did you go to school for any of your mastered skills or was it something that was passed down from generation to generation? I would really like to know.
this is hella fine