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If he doesn't like it, i like it... :eyebrow: :eyebrow:
Great work man, im sure hell love it!
Beautiful calls and the finish you put on them is amazing.
John
Nice calls as usual Brad!! :yoyo: :yoyo:
If he don't like em just put the wig back on him!! :alscalls: :alscalls:
The real question is: What's not to like? :thumb2:
I would say Doug will flip his wig. :wink: :laf:
:yoyo: :yoyo: :yoyo: :highclap: :highclap: :highclap: :highclap:
Beautiful calls, Brad. He will surely like them a bunch. :congrats: :congrats:
Thanks guys!... :alscalls: :alscalls: @ Chet!! Can't believe you went there on him! :alscalls:
Those things are truly eye candy.
Just curious, how long from start to finish does it take you take create such a piece?
:confused: I honestly am not sure Jim. To try to make an honest stab/guess on the barrels (counting the finish) 3 or 4 hours. The toneboards on the ivory is a real pain... the tusks are hooked something awful, so I put them in the lathe chuck and after a terrible beating I get is kind of close to straight... usually has a pretty good sized portion missing from one side.... that plays into the ramp...but makes it harder than heck to hold on to. lol I've payed as much as $45 for a warhog tusk and got 1 good toneboard out of it.....oops you didn't ask that did you! lol anyway I'd guess around 2 hours on the toneboard counting finish. So I'll say 6 hours if everything goes right... which rarely happens... the finish I do is a pain in the butt. On this set the enclosed reed when I thought it was done I looked at it while it was on the lathe... with a magnifying glass (eyes ain't as good as they used to be) I notice on the ACCENT RING (dang it VV) there was white....(air got trapped under the finish) I had to cut through the finish and re-burn the line then refinish I'm guessing here I really go by how it looks when I'm doing it but better than 20 coats. I don't use medium or thick CA only the thin (just what works/looks best to me) so I have to use more coats. So I'd have to say at least another 1 1/2 hrs on it.
Wow, Their BEAUTIFUL Brad.....Thank's. I wouldnt expect anything less!
Now! For the rest of ya- Quit drooling on my call's!!!
One more thing? Who woke Chester up? Now ya'll even have him taken shot's' at me!!! (Flip my wig my @$$!!! :madd: :nofgr:)
WldWldWendy
Doug... that "HaMer" feller made me do it. :innocentwhistle: :laf:
:wink:
Quote from: Yotehntr on July 24, 2010, 12:02:00 AM
:confused: I honestly am not sure Jim. To try to make an honest stab/guess on the barrels (counting the finish) 3 or 4 hours. The toneboards on the ivory is a real pain... the tusks are hooked something awful, so I put them in the lathe chuck and after a terrible beating I get is kind of close to straight... usually has a pretty good sized portion missing from one side.... that plays into the ramp...but makes it harder than heck to hold on to. lol I've payed as much as $45 for a warhog tusk and got 1 good toneboard out of it.....oops you didn't ask that did you! lol anyway I'd guess around 2 hours on the toneboard counting finish. So I'll say 6 hours if everything goes right... which rarely happens... the finish I do is a pain in the butt. On this set the enclosed reed when I thought it was done I looked at it while it was on the lathe... with a magnifying glass (eyes ain't as good as they used to be) I notice on the ACCENT RING (dang it VV) there was white....(air got trapped under the finish) I had to cut through the finish and re-burn the line then refinish I'm guessing here I really go by how it looks when I'm doing it but better than 20 coats. I don't use medium or thick CA only the thin (just what works/looks best to me) so I have to use more coats. So I'd have to say at least another 1 1/2 hrs on it.
See whatcha did Jim.......After reading all this crying I smell a price Increase! :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
:alscalls:@Doug
Quote from: Yotehntr on July 24, 2010, 12:02:00 AM
......So I'll say 6 hours if everything goes right... which rarely happens... the finish I do is a pain in the butt.
......I'd have to say at least another 1 1/2 hrs on it.
I can only imagine the pain staking moments. All I can say is it sure looks nice...and whatever you do, dont stop :wink:
In a word, UNFREAKINGBELIEVABLE :bowingsmilie:.
:confused: ....now that you mention it Doug. :innocentwhistle:
Very Nice!!
Jim