Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
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Myra in TN
>I just received some hand tools from my Dad. Among the rasps and files was the tool shown in the attached picture. Dad can't remember what it is (it was his dad's). Can anyone out there identify it? And tell me how it's used? Thanks.
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Myra in TN
>Well, I guess first someone needs to help me figure out how to post a picture because that obviously didn't work.
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mikew
>As long as it is either linked to another site which allows linking, or uploaded to WC [needs to be below a certain image size in bytes and I don't know what that is]...
Just don't use the Preview Message button. At least, from what I understand.
Take care, Mike
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Dan Donaldson
>There is some info in the FAQ's (second pick from the top in the left frame). If you read them and still have a problem, send me the picture and I will se what I can do.
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Myra in TN
>Let's try this again. This should be the picture.
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Brian Anderson
>This tool is called a "barrel bedding tool"
the model that I have is identical in appearance
made by gunline. It is used in inletting barrels
in stocks of rifles.
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mikew
>Hi Brian,
Cool! So is it used as a scraper to even out the bed following whatever made the bed? If so, I assume there were/are different sizes available for differing barrel diameters?
Thank you, Mike
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Dave Mount, still in the deep freeze
>Morning Mike--
Apparently so. Over on the main board someone posted a link for a current supplier, which I'll include below for those that don't venture over there. Seems like a tool that might have other uses. . .
Best,
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Todd Hughes
>These are more like a float or rasp then a scraper I think....Years ago I made a sort of simular one with 3 sided cutters for a friend that makes muzzle loading rifles with octagon barrels. He used it to do the 3 bottom flats of the barrels inletting and not the side flats. Think it worked OK.....Todd
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Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX
>Todd, can you tell us exactly how this tool is used. I assume it does work, but it appears to me that neither handle will fit into a gun barrel; so how do you insert it?
Thanks,
Pam
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Dave Mount, still in the deep freeze
>Pam--
"Bedding" a gun barrel refers to shaping the wood gun stock to receive the barrel, not working on the barrel itself. The tool is used to make a round-bottom groove in the forward part of the stock where the barrel lays. The three-sided version Todd mentions is because an octagonal (instead of round) barrel has three facets of the eight inlet into the wood stock.
Apologies if you were poking fun, I couldn't tell.
Best,
Dave
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mikew
>Cool Dave--and thanks, Todd.
I do love it when I learn something new.
Take care, Mike
Well wadda ya know...
Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA
>I thought it was a pasta cutter...
Ditto Mikew's response. Very cool tool enjoy
vlparisian in Houston
>
or something along those lines :>) ... Vic
vlparisian in Houston
>
No, not poking fun at all...
Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX
>I truly didn't understand what bedding is and knew I was misunderstanding something, but what? So many thanks for explaining it.
Pam
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Greg B�tit, Crown Point NY
>The boys gave me all the parts for an 1750 era Pennsylvania rifle for Christmas. Everything but the wood. Like I needed another project. I guess they figured if I could make chairs I could make a rifle. They spent a lot of cash on this stuff, so now I'm learning 18th century gunsmithing. Thankfully there are books out there...
According to the book I got, for an octagon barrel you carefully scribe the side flats and use gouge, chisel (and shoulder plane, or that's my plan) to make a flat down to 1/2 the depth of the barrel's side flats. Then you do the same for the bottom flat of the barrel. The two 45 degree flats are made by making a crisp connection from the bottom of the side flats and the edge of the bottom's flat. A picture would be nice here...
A float made the size of the barrel with two sides at 45 to the bottom would be slicker than trout.
greg
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Brian Anderson
>A couple of things to keep in mind while inletting the barrel is that you will be removing small amounts of wood in response to actual contact not just perceived contact. In Stockmaking class at TSJC we used inletting black brushed like dust onto the barrel and removed the blackened wood with chisels, and scrapers but ONLY where the black showed.
Proceed slowly and don't jump to too many conclusions.
I saw in class some stocks get ruined by hasty cutting.
But the good side is that the bottom of the barrel can be glass bedded for the best support not real period but stong enough.
Good luck.
Brian.
Kinda like this float?
Dean Lapinel
>I guess they function in a similar manner.