Marblewood Grips for Ruger Bisley #017

Grips for the Ruger Bisley made from Marblewood. This wood has some great color. The grips fit Ruger Bisley Vaqueros and Bisley Super Blackhawks. They are finished with several coats of Tru-oil and include all necessary hardware. The price is $65.00 including shipping. Add Ruger medallions for $10.00. International shipping add $15.00. SOLD!!

Chechen Grips for Ruger Bisley #011

These grips are made from Chechen wood.  This hard, dense wood comes from Mexico and Central America.  These grips fit Ruger Bisley models.  The grips include all hardware.  Price is $65.00 including shipping.  Add $10.00 to have Ruger medallions installed. SOLD!!

Tasmanian Blackwood grips for Ruger Bisley #012

Grips for the Ruger Bisley made from Tasmanian Blackwood.  This wood has some great color and nice figure.  The grips fit Ruger Bisley Vaqueros and Bisley Super Blackhawks.  They are finished with several coats of Tru-oil and include all necessary hardware.  The price is $65.00 including shipping.  Add Ruger medallions for $10.00.  International shipping add $15.00. SOLD!!

Baikal IZH43 Shotgun Cosmetic Surgery

This is a project I did some time ago on a Baikal side-by-side.  I used to read a lot of Peter Hathaway Capstick and I loved the idea of the classic double rifle for hunting dangerous game in Africa.  Of course a fine english double rifle costs a fortune and I could never afford one.  Then one day I was at one of my favorite guns stores and I saw the next best thing.  A 12 gauge side-by-side shotgun!  They look about the same and the price was much more reasonable.  I got my Baikal SBS for a little less than $200.00.  I took is out a couple a times and was very happy with it's mechanics.  Going bang every time is absolutely necessary for a dangerous game rifle.  Because it is a 12 gauge and had all the handling qualities of a two-by-four it wasn't hard to imagine that you were shooting a .600 nitro express at a cape buffalo.

 However, if I was going to pretend that this was a fine double, something had to be done about how it looked.  The stock, I'm still not sure exactly what kind of wood it is,  was very clunky and the fit to the action was not all that great.  The wood was stained to look like walnut (I think) and stuck out about 1/4 inch all the way around the metal. 

The first think I did was use the old candle soot method to fit the action to the wood.  To use this method you just hold the metal parts in a candle flame for a second until they are covered in soot then press it into the mating wood parts.  The high spots on the wood touch first and get soot on them.  Lightly file just the black spots and repeat the process until the wood fits perfectly or you have had enough.   After the action was fitted I got out my rasps and files and trimmed the stock down till it was just barely proud of the metal.  At the same time I shaped the stock a bit so the wrist wasn't as fat as a python.  By the time I sanded all of the stain off and got the shape of the stock decent, the checkering was gone.  I tryed my hand at recheckering the stock but since I lacked the proper tools and (more importanly)skills the results were less than ideal.  I didn't want the stock to just be smooth so, I just went ahead and carved the celtic knot pattern into it instead. 

The other improvement I made was adding a piece to the tip of the grip.  The short rounded profile of the original just didn't feel right in my hand.  I fitted the extra piece and now the grip is long enough for my hand.  It's not a Holland and Holland double but it'll work for now.  I also added the rubber butt to the stock because I'm tall and need the length not because I'm a wuss. 

The last two pictures are some I pulled off the internet for "before" shots since I never took any before I did this project.

Walnut Grip Panels for Ruger SP101 #010

Ruger's SP101 is a great little gun that really packs a punch especially in .357 magnum caliber. The factory rubber grip does a great job managing the recoil of magnum loads in such a small package but the black plastic panels lack personality. Upgrade your SP101 with my custom walnut panels. The price is $20.00. This price includes hardware and shipping. Add $15.00 for international shipping. SOLD!!

If you are interested in more walnut grip panels please click the link below: http://timsworkshop.blogspot.com/2011/05/walnut-sp101compact-grip-panels.html

Spalted Cherry Grip Panels for Ruger SP101 #006

Ruger's SP101 is a great little gun that really packs a punch especially in .357 magnum caliber. The factory rubber grip does a great job managing the recoil of magnum loads in such a small package but the black plastic panels lack personality. Upgrade your SP101 with my custom spalted cherry panels. The price is $20.00. This price includes hardware and shipping. Add $15.00 for international shipping. SOLD!

Spalted Cherry Grip Panels for Ruger SP101 #007

Ruger's SP101 is a great little gun that really packs a punch especially in .357 magnum caliber. The factory rubber grip does a great job managing the recoil of magnum loads in such a small package but the black plastic panels lack personality. Upgrade your SP101 with my custom spalted cherry panels. The price is $20.00. This price includes hardware and shipping. Add $15.00 for international shipping. SOLD!!

Aluminum Grip Panels for Ruger SP101

Ruger's SP101 is a great little gun that really packs a punch especially in .357 magnum caliber. The factory rubber grip does a great job managing the recoil of magnum loads in such a small package but the black plastic panels lack personality. Upgrade your SP101 with my custom aluminum panels. These panels are hand shapped and bead blasted. They were then finished with a coat of laquer for durability. The price is $30.00. This price includes hardware and shipping. Add $15.00 for international shipping. SOLD!!

Spalted Cherry Grip Panels for Ruger SP101

Ruger's SP101 is a great little gun that really packs a punch especially in .357 magnum caliber. The factory rubber grip does a great job managing the recoil of magnum loads in such a small package but the black plastic panels lack personality. Upgrade your SP101 with my custom spalted cherry panels. The price is $35.00 each. This price includes hardware and shipping.   SOLD !!

Purple Heart Grip Panels for Ruger SP101

Ruger's SP101 is a great little gun that really packs a punch especially in .357 magnum caliber. The factory rubber grip does a great job managing the recoil of magnum loads in such a small package but the black plastic panels lack personality. Upgrade your SP101 with my custom purple heart panels. The price is $20.00. This price includes hardware and shipping. Add $15.00 for international shipping. SOLD!!

Curly Oak Grip Panels for Ruger SP101

Ruger's SP101 is a great little gun that really packs a punch especially in .357 magnum caliber. The factory rubber grip does a great job managing the recoil of magnum loads in such a small package but the black plastic panels lack personality. Upgrade your SP101 with my custom curly oak panels. The price is $20.00.  This price includes hardware and shipping. Add $15.00 for international shipping. SOLD!

Lignum Vitae grip panels for Ruger SP101 #001

Ruger's SP101 is a great little gun that really packs a punch especially in .357 magnum caliber.  The factory rubber grip does a great job managing the recoil of magnum loads in such a small package but the black plastic panels lack personality.  Upgrade your SP101 with my custom Lignum Vitae panels.  The price is $30.00.  This price includes hardware and shipping. Add $15.00 for international shipping. SOLD!!

Ipe Grips for Ruger Bisley

This pair of grips is hand crafted out of ipe wood.  Ipe wood is very hard and dense and has a nice dark brown color with green and orange undertones.  Price is $65.00 including hardware and shipping. Add $15.00 for international shipping. (Add $10.00 for Ruger medallions installed) SOLD!!

Curly maple grips for Ruger Bisley #007

Very nice set of grips for the Ruger Bisley revolver. These grips are oversize for larger hands and hand sculpted for superior recoil management and handling characteristics. Price is $65.00 which includes shipping.    SOLD!

Curly maple grips for Ruger bisley #009

These grips are slighly different from most of the other grips I have posted. Most of my other grips have flat chamfers on the butt and at the top, these are rounded over. It's not a big difference but it does give these grips a unique character. Like most of my other grips these are made a bit larger than factory grips for a more hand filling fit and to help tame the recoil of magnum rounds. These grips are $75.00 with medallions and including screw and shipping. SOLD!!

Walnut Ruger Bisley grips #010

These grips are nothing fancy. I had some walnut kicking around and decided to see how it turned out. I think it would look pretty on a stainless or nickle gun. The price is $55.00 including hardware and shipping. Add $15.00 for international shipping. (add $10.00 for Ruger medallions installed) SOLD!!

Spalted Cherry Grips for Ruger Bisley

It took awhile but I finally finished another pair of spalted cherry grips.  Unfortunately, I am nearly out of spalted cherry in big enough pieces to make grips for the bisley.  I might be able to find some more but it will take awhile. The price is $65.00 including shipping. SOLD !!

Name Plate with Mother of Pearl inlay

I made this name plaque as a graduation gift for my brother. He recently graduated from Chiropractic school and is now a Doctor.  The plaque is made from chechen wood with hand cut aluminum letters.  The inlay of the vertebrae on the right side is cut from mother of pearl, brass and copper.  I'm pretty pleased with the way it turned out.  Some of the letters are a little rougher than I realized, unfortunately, the flaws show up more after the parts are glued down and sanded flush.  But all-in-all not bad.

Scarab Beetle Plane

Here is a small plane I made some time ago.  I had this idea to make a plane in the shape of an Egyptian scarab beetle.  The plane is about 4 inches long and the body is walnut with an ebony wedge.  The 1 inch wide iron is from a small stanley trimming plane.  The mouth is a bit wide and the blade is a little flimsy but the plane will take a small shaving and is actually not bad for putting chamfers on edges.

Cribbage Board with Inlay

I made this cribbage board as a wedding present for a friend. The board is made from a piece of cherry that I have been hanging onto for a while. The inlay is a Celtic wedding knot. I wanted the inlay to be three different colors to highlight the design of the knot. The darkest part of the inlay is walnut. The reddish wood is lyptus and the light wood is olive. In one end of the board there is a spot for storing the pegs. The mechanism is quite simple and consists of a spring loaded oak rod with a hole drilled cross ways through the middle. A brass rod fits in a slot cut into the oak rod and limit the amount of travel in or out. I got quite an education from this project. If there is a next time, I will use a different kind of glue to glue the inlay to the base block. The clear epoxy I used didn't do me any favors hiding the inevitable gaps between the inlay and the base wood. Also the spring I got out of a used ink pen is a little under powered for the mechanism. I already have some better springs that I might use. Also, when I was done I wished the inlay and the holes for the cribbage pegs where more in harmony with each other and not just mashed together. Next time I'll take the placement of the holes into consideration.