First grips off of my duplicator

[Chuck 100 yd]

I posted a pic of my little duplicator a couple weeks ago.
Well I finally got the first set done.
I have two more sets almost ready for finish now.
These are of Zebra wood from Africa.
A fairly soft wood but different.



Poor pictures due to much glare. I need a soft white bulb instead of that thing compact florescent.

[Pitchy]

Very nice Chuck, and like the holster too.

[ollogger]

I like em (two)

ollogger

[Griff]

AWESOME!!!

[olyinaz]

Obviously works purdy good! Nice!!

Oly

[Blaine]

[earlmck]

Verrry nice, Chuck! And thanks for showing the pics of your setup.

[Borregos]

Very nice

[M. M. Wright]

Awesome chuck!

Can you show a pic of how the Z axis works? I'm curious.

[two bit okie]

whose duplicator is it and where did you get it. I have not seen one yet in the catalogue

[pwl44m]

Looking good Chuck. What finish did You put on them and could they be made darker ?
Perry

[mikld]

Very good looking wood. I was really impressed with the duplicator you made...

[Pete44ru]

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Petey likey dat, Chuckey - nicey-nice !


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[Chuck 100 yd]

M. M. Wright , The Z axis is just a pair of pillow block bearings
like the ones on the left. They slide on the horizontal shaft and also rock to give up and down motion to the stylus and cutter.

two bit okie , The duplicator is my doing. I made it up out of mostly scrap pieces I had in my scrap box along with a piece of 3/4" drill rod and some pillow block bearings I got of off Amazon.

pwl44m, I used True oil. Five coats but they needed to have more coats to completely fill the pores.I was kinda in a rush
to get to the next set.
They could be stained or died to make them darker.
If I want darker I usually choose darker wood to begin with.

Thanks for the compliments guys.
I think these would really stand out on a blued gun.
More to come.

[GoatGuy]

Really nice! Good job and cool duplicator.

[Ben_Rumson]

Been meaning to say... Nice work all the way around!.. Very clever!

[O.S.O.K.]

Nicely done! Nothing like making your own rig and then using it to make your own grip scales!

Thanks for sharing!

[Chuck 100 yd]

pwl44m ,Perry, Your comment got me to thinking ( not allays a good thing for me, it causes lots more work quite often)
I took the next two sets I have been making out of that Zebra wood and gave them a coat of Herter`s French Red stain.
They are coming out real nice ,almost the color Winchester used on early levers. They still have the cool stripes very pronounced with some honey colored cast in some areas.
I will post some pics in a few days.
They will get at least 10 coats of True Oil and a good rubbing.
That takes some time to do.

[pwl44m]

Can't wait to see them.
I once reclaimed an M1 Carbine stock. I scraped it head to toe with a piece of glass then sanded it smooth. Then every nite when I got home from work I would rub true Oil with My fingers. I don't remember how many coats I put on but it was a lot. It turned out beautiful. I took it to Gun Show some years later and Noone liked it, too Purty. One Guy even said He could beat it with a hammer to make it look right- go figger.
Perry

[AJMD429]

I wish there were stores you could actually go to that sold stuff like "pillow block bearings" - when I try to find stuff like that locally, I just get blank stares and comments like "I don't think they make anything like that..."

Buying something like that off the internet for someone like me who barely knows the terminology is a bit 'iffy', to say the least.

[Chuck 100 yd]

AJMD429 , Just do a search for pillow block bearings.
They show pictures with full descriptions.
The ones I used cost about $7.00 each. X 4ea.= $28.00
Those standoffs that hold the shaft up were about $15 ea.
The Router is mounted with 2 1/2" muffler clamps at $2.50 ea. The little trim router came from Harbor Freght for $26.00. All together I have a little under $100 bux into this thing. I have had that much moneys worth of fun with it already. If you like making things like I do it`s well worth it.

[Ysabel Kid]

So cool!

[Ysabel Kid]

BTW, where do you get your wood from?