New darts trophy
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New darts trophy
Got asked to knock something up this year for a new singles comp we are going to run after our main competition. I had a scrounge up in the shed roof space and found a lump of rosewood and a reclaimed piece of Aust red cedar, the cedar came from an old cabinet out of an old shearing shed about 50 years ago, I reckon it was milled well over a hundred years ago
Cedar
Rosewood
Three 223 cases, three 70 gn HP 25cal and a length of 1/8” brass rod
Shaped the shield and then spent a day sanding it down to 600grit, cut and shaped the back board,
Then started making the darts, necked cases up to 25cal, then drilled and tapped the primer pockets st take the stems, cut and threaded brass rod for the tips and drilled hp bullets cut a thread in them and screw everything together
Lots of layers of polish and it came together, today I cry and shaped a piece of Sally Wattle for the base, and put everything together
Quite pleased with how it turned out
Cedar
Rosewood
Three 223 cases, three 70 gn HP 25cal and a length of 1/8” brass rod
Shaped the shield and then spent a day sanding it down to 600grit, cut and shaped the back board,
Then started making the darts, necked cases up to 25cal, then drilled and tapped the primer pockets st take the stems, cut and threaded brass rod for the tips and drilled hp bullets cut a thread in them and screw everything together
Lots of layers of polish and it came together, today I cry and shaped a piece of Sally Wattle for the base, and put everything together
Quite pleased with how it turned out
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Re: New darts trophy
That's awesome work Camel , magic stuff & so clever. Well done
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Very inventive. Looks good, nice grain in the Rosewood.
Are you going to win it back?
Bruce
Are you going to win it back?
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Gee Camel you are not only a pretty face.
Well done.
See you at Narromine?
Cheers,
Trevor.
Well done.
See you at Narromine?
Cheers,
Trevor.
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Very nice Camel you did good.
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Awesome work Mark
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Surely that didn’t come from the RAF productions work shop?
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Re: New darts trophy
Thanks Barry.
Yeah its pretty good, I think it was from the next plank in from a burl, and I am gunna try my hardest.
Thanks Trev, yeah looks have improved with age mate.Old Trev-39 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 15, 2019 7:06 pm Gee Camel you are not only a pretty face.
Well done.
See you at Narromine?
Cheers,
Trevor.
Yeah, I will be attending this year.
Thanks Daisy.
Could have done a bit better with a little more practice James, but happy with how it turned out.
Sure did, I can sometimes get it right.
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RAF is now GAF
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Looks great well done
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That's really beautiful work
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Re: New darts trophy
Great work there mate. Only problem is you have set an expectation - better start thinking about what you are going to do next year.
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I did one for them two years agoBranxhunter wrote:Great work there mate. Only problem is you have set an expectation - better start thinking about what you are going to do next year.
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I don’t know if I can better that one
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I know you did - I remembered that one.
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New darts trophy
Got informed that I needed to do one for B grade as well. Took a couple of days to think up something different, but reasonably easy to do. Dug up an old shelf board, I think its an oak of some description, and this is what I came up with.