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Mauser 308

moby30 wrote: »

Swap wives? Anyone want to swap mine for a zeiss victory or similar?
Please:)

You will need to post a few pics then we can discuss, have a victory ready to go;):rolleyes::D:D:D:D:D

customrifle

jaysus lads all this talk of wife swapping is terrible:eek: i wouldnt swap my wife to be for the world....................coz no one would swap with me:(:(:D:D:D

davymoore

#|USER NAME|DEP|L/R|Handle|Liners|Sheath|Fittings|Lanyard|Stitching|Lanyard Knot
1|moby30|Paid|Right|J - Buckeye Maple|Red/Black|Black|Loveless|Leather|Red|Overhand Knot
2|customrifle|Paid|Right|E - Quilted Maple|White|Brown|Corbys-SS|PC-D-Camo|White|Cobra Knot
3|skippey|Paid|Right|C - Walnut|Red|Brown|Corbys-CP|PC-Red|Red|Square Knot
4|EPointer=Birdss|Paid|Right|A - Spalted Teak|Green|Black|Loveless|PC-M-Camo|Green|Cobra Knot
5|Mauser 308|Paid|Right|Q - BogOak|White/Green|Brown|Corbys-SS|PC-M-Camo|Brown|Cobra Knot
6|dwighet|Paid|Right|B - BogOak|Black|Black|Corbys-B|Leather|Brown|Overhand Knot
7|belowaverageiq|Paid|Left|M - Box Elder Burl|Green/Black|Black|Corbys-SS|PC-M-Camo|Green|Barrel Knot
8|Bibio|Paid|Right|L - Spalted Teak|Red/Black|Brown|Corbys-B|PC-M-Camo|Red|Square Knot
9|riflehunter77|Paid|Right|D - Black Pauya|Brick|Brown|Corbys-B|PC-D-Camo|Black|Cobra Knot
10|Dupont|Paid|Right|G - Cocobola|Blue|Brown|Corbys-Al|PC-Black|Brown|Cobra Knot
11|.220 Swift|Paid|Right|F - Box Elder Burl|White/Red|Brown|Corbys-SS|PC-Red|White|Cobra Knot
12|underthethumb|Paid|Right|R - Striped Ebony|Grey/Black|Black|Corbys-SS|PC-Black|Black|Overhand Knot
13|650gs|Paid|Right|N - Jarah Burl|White|Brown|Corbys-Al|PC-D-Camo|Brown|Turks Head Knot
14|garveyjg|Paid|Right|I - Ambonya|Green|Brown|Corbys-SS|None|Green|None
15|baldyshane|Paid|Right|T - Black Walnut|Brick|Brown|Corbys-Al|PC-H-Orange|Brown|Cobra Knot
|RESERVES|||||||||
*|demonloop|||||||||
*|Vegeta|||||||||
*|Macadam|||||||||

This is the current state of play

Thanks Lads

Davy

davymoore

Well Lads
We are still waiting on Dwighet to choose a Lanyard Knot and that will be the last choice made apart from what ever develops during the Swap Day tomorrow. Dwighet is abroad this week and he'll make his choice on returning he told me that he would have limited access to a PC this week so I don't mind waiting the extra bit for him.

The big Lull is coming whereby the thread, that has seen a lot of activity over the last couple of weeks, will die down as I get on with the builds themselves. I'll try to post pics of the work and I'll keep ye up to date as far as I can with the progress but there will be down times as I'm waiting for heat treating etc. Hopefully the gaps can be filled with leatherwork and so on so I'll attempt to keep the thread as alive as I can during these times.

Timing looks good at the moment so I am fairly confident that we will be finished by early - mid December and everyone should have their knife well before xmas. I will only ask that ye be a bit paitient with me over the coming weeks as there will be periods where it seems nothing is happening but believe me with 15 knives to complete in a shortish time frame there will be plenty happening.

I hope it has been a bit of fun so far and I'll try to keep a bit of interest going but I just wanted to give ye a bit of a heads up as to what happens next.

Davy

dwighet

I havnt left yet Davy....I picked leather braid and thought only knot A was available.....

Dwighet.. Knot "A"...

There ya go lads...All done now:cool: My bad..

davymoore

dwighet wrote: »

I havnt left yet Davy....I picked leather braid and thought only knot A was available.....

Dwighet.. Knot "A"...

There ya go lads...All done now:cool: My bad..

Ah right ....!! Spose you coulda picked none though and I could leave a bit of leather hanging out the end of the knife

EPointer=Birdss

Between waiting on the match in the morning, the pheasants in November & the knives in December I can't take much more

dwighet

davymoore wrote: »

Ah right ....!! Spose you coulda picked none though and I could leave a bit of leather hanging out the end of the knife

Ah ya wouldnt do that to me would ya??:D
Im off to Scotland on Sunday for a week...Theres a flight of geese with my name on em...Cant wait.

J.R.

dwighet wrote: »

Ah ya wouldnt do that to me would ya??:D
Im off to Scotland on Sunday for a week...Theres a flight of geese with my name on em...Cant wait.

Often though about heading to Scotland for the goose shooting..........any chance you'll put up a few words about the trip and maybe some photos etc. when you get back?...travel arrangements, shooting good?, gun arrangements, good guide?, accomodation, the shooting etc.

dwighet

J.R. wrote: »

Often though about heading to Scotland for the goose shooting..........any chance you'll put up a few words about the trip and maybe some photos etc. when you get back?...travel arrangements, shooting good?, gun arrangements, good guide?, accomodation, the shooting etc.

I will indeed...:cool:

Mauser 308

Mauser308 - Handle - Bog Oak....:)

baldyshane

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Baldyshane-fittings- Corbys Aluminium

Mauser 308

Mauser 308 wrote: »

Mauser308 - Handle - Bog Oak....:)

Bog oak it so I guess. Davy I have no doubt each and every knife will be a fine knife and I have no doubt we will all be very happy. Thanks for the option of a swap Sat.
For my next knife build, I am planning Buckeye Maple or striped Ebony

davymoore

Well it looks as though the Swap Shop went fairly trouble free
I take it most people were happy enough with their selections. So for me now it's on to the builds.

baldyshane

It's going to be strange not checking in to see what the latest choices are but really looking forward to seeing the final pieces.

Drive on Davy......but keep us in the loop though.

BELOWaverageIQ

Seeing as the thread had dropped back to page 5,
Just a thought, would it suit you Davy and of course the lads involved to give you another few bob at some stage soon to soften the blow of trying to raise €150 just before Christmas ?
Just a thought.…

Mauser 308

Good Idea,assuming Davy is ok.

moby30

ive no problems there either

davymoore

I've no problem with that lads. If some of you want to make another payment that's fine but you are not obliged to at this point.

If anyone does want to go ahead and make another payment just PM me before hand so that I can keep things straight

Davy

davymoore

Just to give you an idea whats happening. ......
We have been cutting out the profiles for the blades.

dwighet

Its all happening:cool:

davymoore

How's it goin lads

All Profiles now complete and the first blade set up to grind the bevels




The Jig is pitched at exactly 11 degrees giving a total cutting edge of 22 degrees

I made this jig up so that I could replicate blade profiles (Handy Huh?)

Regards

Davy

BTW The 7UP ice bucket is for quenching water not for drinking on the job

davymoore

Lads I've hit a big bloody snag.

We had a power outage yesterday, which isn't the end of the world I thought, until the power came back on and I discovered my Grinder wasn't working. I thought there was something wrong with the motor and called out the electrician who installed it to have a look. Fair play to him being Saturday of a bank holiday and all that, he was here in an hour. Anyway it turns out that the motor is fine. But and it's a big BUT the Three Phase inverter is shot. This means that none of my power tools are working.

The inverter is under warranty and I will have to send it away either for repair or replacement and according to the guys I bought it off it could take 2 to 3 weeks to get the replacement. This delays the entire project by 2 to 3 weeks which means I won't have the knives completed this side of Christmas as I had originally planned. It simply won't be possible

I'm really sorry about this but I never envisaged losing the entire workshop for 2 weeks. I can't do anything about it. I wish I could.

I hope this doesn't mess up anyones Christmas lads I really do apologize about it. I thought I'd better let you know straight away as it's only fair.

Sincere apologies and Regards

Davy

riflehunter77

Not to worry Davy its something to look forward to for the new year. Thanks for the update.

BELOWaverageIQ

Thank Fu*x,
Bit less pressure to scrape together the few bob before Christmas!

(no seriously, no panic on me anyway)

baldyshane

Not a problem for me either Davy. I didn't plan on using it to crave the turkey:D:D.
Anyway good to have something to look forward to in dreary Jan/Feb

clivej

davymoore wrote: »

Lads I've hit a big bloody snag.

We had a power outage yesterday, which isn't the end of the world I thought, until the power came back on and I discovered my Grinder wasn't working. I thought there was something wrong with the motor and called out the electrician who installed it to have a look. Fair play to him being Saturday of a bank holiday and all that, he was here in an hour. Anyway it turns out that the motor is fine. But and it's a big BUT the Three Phase inverter is shot. This means that none of my power tools are working.

The inverter is under warranty and I will have to send it away either for repair or replacement and according to the guys I bought it off it could take 2 to 3 weeks to get the replacement. This delays the entire project by 2 to 3 weeks which means I won't have the knives completed this side of Christmas as I had originally planned. It simply won't be possible

I'm really sorry about this but I never envisaged losing the entire workshop for 2 weeks. I can't do anything about it. I wish I could.

I hope this doesn't mess up anyones Christmas lads I really do apologize about it. I thought I'd better let you know straight away as it's only fair.

Sincere apologies and Regards

Davy

Davy
I have this sitting here on the shelve its your's if any good to ya. Just to arrange collection or delivery.
No manual, as is, and FREE to good home (it's not just for Christmas you know)


Local contact in Dublin
http://www.hanleyautomation.ie/controls/Inverter/YASKAWA/YaskawaDrives.html

dwighet

fair play Clive....

davymoore

That looks like it'll do the job

I'll take it please and I'll do you a trade for it obviously

Thanks very much

clivej

dwighet wrote: »

fair play Clive....

I can't stand to hear you cry, so something had to be done.

davymoore wrote: »

That looks like it'll do the job

I'll take it please and I'll do you a trade for it obviously

Thanks very much

Hi Davy,
All good so and collection arranged, as from the phone call last night.

cj..........