Between 705 & 1200 SQ/FT 1928 Sinclair

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The ceiling was bordered with a small cove molding.
You can see traces of red. This would be from the first paint job in 1928.
When Sandy switched to Sinclair in the early 30s, this was probably left red being that Sinclair used a red also.
Then as years went by, someone mopped white on it being it was easier than cutting in.

Look above the doves head and you can see how the cove molding bordered the ceiling.

 

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Red cove will being going back up.
This time it will be a little bigger cove.
Were using a Sinclair red that has a bit of orange in it.
Trying to match what I used inside.

 

[Toolfool]

Came out good.

 

[don long]

Love that old wood look

 

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Last piece of cove installed.

 

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Before and after.

 

[Jayman17]

That looks great! Nice job...

Jay

 

[Terry D]

I know that is a lot of work, but it is going to be one nice building when done. You are bringing it back to its original glory.

 

[Bert_]

That's a thing of beauty right there! I love beadboard

 

[captain14]

Very nice job!

I guess I missed my cove molding hands on install training?

I have a small job to finish on my garage man door porch. I just have to cut, fit and install four pieces around the 8” posts.

 

[Wheelingit]

It will probably look better than when it was new when you are finished.

 

[don long]

Gas "N" Guns
Hows the station coming? haven't seen you around here much lately.

 

[don long]

Hope all is well.

 

[cool50]

Looks so cool nice job!
Anthony

 

[23ford]

cool

 

[gas and guns]

Hope all is well.

Yes all is good. From time to time we get lost in other things.
Winter is a tough time in Michigan. Not much happening outside unless it has to do with hunting. Which I do my share of.
Now that the weather is starting to turn we should be able to get back to some restoration.

 

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Spent the cold months restocking an old double barrel.
This was a semi inletted stock.
There was a fair amount of work to get it to this point.
I should have taken more before pics. These pics were taken after I got the receiver fitting the stock.

 

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As you can see, they give you quite a hunk of wood to work with.

 

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Taking shape.

 

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Sanding and filling the grain.

 

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If the mods think I'm out of line posting gun stock work feel free to delete the post.
Just a little intermission.

 

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A little Tru Oil finish.

 

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Looking at the forearm I just could not leave it like this.
It looked like it was left too close to the wood stove or maybe chewed on by a pointer dog.

 

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Start out inletting the forearm iron into a block of walnut.

 

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Once you get the iron to fit the wood, cut the bbl troughs to a depth where it snaps on the barrels.

 

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Time to start carving.

 

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I made the forearm during the course of 2 evenings after work.
Like everything else I do in life I do not snap enough photos.
Instead of doing a small splinter forend, I carved it into a semi beavertail forend.

 

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Freshened up the metal work with some Brownells oxpho blue.
Not completely assembled yet but it should look good for an 80 year old double.

 

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I made the forearm during the course of 2 evenings after work.
Like everything else I do in life I do not snap enough photos.
Instead of doing a small splinter forend, I carved it into a semi beavertail forend.

 

[captain14]

The woodworking on the gun looks great. Do you live in the house attached to the station? I know previously you said their was a house either on the property or part of the structure.

I ask because I see you using the office as a shop space.

 

[gas and guns]

The woodworking on the gun looks great. Do you live in the house attached to the station? I know previously you said their was a house either on the property or part of the structure.

I ask because I see you using the office as a shop space.

Yes there's living quarters on the back. Been my residence since 1985.