Ringnecks for this season...

[Pat Gregory]

Making some new ringnecks for my rig for this season. These will take their first bath in Ontario, then Lake Erie, then, the Illinois River... Also, a hollow canvasback in there for Steve Sutton. Busy weekend...

Soon the teal will be here. God bless! Pat

 

[Hitch]

I love 'em Pat...Sweet! The "pencil eraser heads" are my favorite.

Hitch

 

[Pat Gregory]

Thanks Hitch! I hope the ringnecks like them...

God bless you and yours... pg

 

[P.G. Ross]

Pat,

Sweet! How do you shape your cork...those bodies have nice flowing lines that I have trouble getting with the cork.

PG

 

[Pat Gregory]

PG - I start of course by cutting on a bandsaw, an overhead cut, profile cut and finish with angled cuts with my table tilted. From there, I have a 16 inch Nicholson half round wood rasp I shape with. This rasp is about the equivalent of a horse shoe rasp, very course. Then I go to a cabinet half round rasp, less course. Then to a half round rat tail file then finally a bow sander for hand sanding. I finish the sanding on my Sandrite drum sander. It's the cat's meow...

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Hope this helps and God bless! Pat

 

[John Augustine]

Pat
How do you attach the heads on your cork birds?
I love your work.
Thanks John

 

[Pat Gregory]

John - mortise the head into the shoulders of the body with plenty of glue and a 5 inch galvanized deck screw through the bottom of the cork body up into the head.

Hope this helps and God bless! Pat