The Nomad From Morwood

Dan Morrison

Dan Morrison

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Manufacturer
The little outside shop tonight.

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Hogni

Hogni

Honi soit qui mal y pense
Sorry @Dan Morrison , I don't want to offend you in any way but I can't understand why I get no reply from you to my pm more than a month ago.
You told me I have to contact you per pm for orders and I did so. Neither I got a reply to this inquiry nor to the following ones as a reminder.
I really appreciate you and your work but am feeling a bit helpless so I couldn't see another way than asking you for in the thread - sorry for doing that!
 
Dan Morrison

Dan Morrison

Well-Known Member
Manufacturer
Hogni said:
Sorry @Dan Morrison , I don't want to offend you in any way but I can't understand why I get no reply from you to my pm more than a month ago.
You told me I have to contact you per pm for orders and I did so. Neither I got a reply to this inquiry nor to the following ones as a reminder.
I really appreciate you and your work but am feeling a bit helpless so I couldn't see another way than asking you for in the thread - sorry for doing that!
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No offense taken! I have been neglectful of my personal messages and emails regarding list sign ups. I'll be answering them all in the next few days now that I've got some time out of the shop. I've let them build up too much... and now the task seems like a full day long affair. The days have just been eaten up by shop time lately. Just know that it won't have any effect on your standing, as far as list order goes, I always get to them in order from oldest to newest.

And now for a little Holiday Update.

The bronze and wood are now to be joined!

First I spot drill/countersink two holes in the rear bronze plate.

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Then I drilled out one corner, leaving the second corner for later.

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Drilling holes in the bronze track. This part carries the current from the fire button down to the bottom plate.

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I pre-shape, sand, and polish each track before assembly.

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Here you can see the difference in shape between square and rounded. These subtle details are what make the entire design really pop in the end.

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I also did the same hand shaping/polishing to the back plates, but no photos of that apparently...

Anyhow, it's time to join em'.

I use both a copper rivet and silver solder to join the two parts. The rivet is mostly for alignment and aiding in the soldering process, but it also gives the joint a huge amount of strength. The silver solder creates a near zero resistance air tight electrical connection.

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The rivet is hammered and mushroomed on both ends, squeezing the two parts tightly together. The mushroomed copper material is forced into the countersunk holes in the bronze so that when the surface is sanded smooth, the joint line between the bronze and copper is seamless. This creates a really cool look I think...

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Silver solder and flux.

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Applying the flux and solder, these are all soldered at once in a large batch.

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After soldering. The pieces take on a cool pinkish hue... but that goes away when the parts are cleaned.

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Jumping forward a bit for a preview of the final product so far.

I chose to give the bronze a satin finish... It just looked the best.

Notice how the two copper pins in the corners of the back plate are flush and almost invisible.

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I chose to bevel all the edges where the bronze and wood parts join. This gives a bit of visual separation between the two materials, and the way that the light plays on these bevels and rounded curves really makes these details look so much better than if they were flush/seamless.

This was one thing I decided to do different compared to my prototype. I toiled over the design change for quite a bit... because doing it this way definitely adds a lot of hand shaping/filing/sanding to the making process, but I'm so glad I went in this direction.

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Notice the subtle rounded edges between all of the joining surfaces.

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Next up are the stem collars and sleeves.
 
Fat Freddy

Fat Freddy

FUCK CANCER TOO !
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The combination of wood with precision machined brass (bronze?) that has been so well blended into each other, gives this a true feel of, lets say, 'exqusite customization' for each owner. So I can wait. :bowdown::bowdown:

Still...those pics make one want to reach out and touch....fondle....caress! Right!?

Hmmmm...nobody.....? It's just me huh? :rofl:



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